The share during our writing workshop has provided opportunities for children to compliment and celebrate the work of their peers, offer feedback, and ask questions. This week children asked their peers; What more can I add to my writing? What other details can I include in my teaching book?
In the below photographs, Bodhi shares his teaching book about volcanoes. Dylan points to the details in his illustrations - lots of lava! We then discuss additional details to include; rocks, ash, and cracks in the ground. The feedback and encouragement from his peer community will support Bodhi as he continues to work on his book about volcanoes.
"Find Your Sight Word Match" Greeting
Our newest "find your match greeting" during Morning Meeting has been with our growing sight word library. During this greeting, children are each given a sight word and quickly find their match. For example, if you have the you are looking for the peer with the word the. Matches are then placed on the green oval and each partnership points and reads their match. Through our "find your match greeting" I am able to support children in using their pointer finger to read from left to right. During our closing circle, one child shared that the sight word greeting was the BEST part of their day. Our match greetings continue to support children in their development of knowledge and skills through a playful and joyful morning experience!
Letter Building
Our newest academic choice connects to our recent read aloud about finding letters in nature. We can notice lines in nature and how these lines can form letters and shapes. We can also BUILD our letters using natural materials.
Using the letters introduced during Fundations, Evan works in the loft, following the straight and curved lines of each letter. I then ask him to draw a picture of his work - letters made of little gems and stones, acorns and sticks. In the coming weeks, this will be a choice during our Outside Classroom time as well.
Morning Message - readers retell!
Retelling means to tell the important parts of a book. We have been practicing retelling teaching books and storybooks. The children use our morning message to retell one of our favorite storybooks, The Carrot Seed. They put the important parts in order and use words like First, Then and Finally to connect all of the parts. This experience supports the children's comprehension, recognition of important parts in a story, and language development.
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