Sunday, November 27, 2011
SantasBigList.com
SantasBigList.com
- The FREE Christmas Gift Registry a very cool website
that allows your child to make a Christmas list!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
I'm thankful
So one of the blogs I enjoy reading is having a linky party for what they are thankful for and I thought what fun, I'd join in!
So here we go:
1. What are you thankful for in your classroom?
I'd have to say that one of the things I am thankful for in my classroom would have to be the kids I teach, even my kiddos that moved on! Going to work and seeing the smiling faces and receiving the hugs makes me thankful and feel so blessed!
2. What person are you most thankful for?
Family is a big part of who I am and without them in my life I don't know what I would be doing, I'd probably be bored or very unhappy! They truly all keep me loving every moment of my life!
So who is my family: of course my husband, Dave, and my girls, oh and my dog, Captain. They've shown me what a blessing it is to be a mother and wife! I love every moment I am with them and I grow to be a better person because they've taught me how. Next would be my mom, my dad, my sister, Jerri, her husband Beau, our great friend and Godfather to our oldest daughter Grace, Chris, my husband's family, my Aunt Paula, my cousins, especially my cousin, Michelle, and finally my friends, Melia and Jessica. Here's some pictures of those special people!
3. What 3 blogs are you most thankful for?
Wow, this is hard because I love to just look at random blogs and get ideas.
Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog and Miss Kindergarten are two that I find myself looking at daily. I love the ideas and really enjoy the pictures they post with them. I really find myself wanting to really try a lot of their ideas.
The third blog I enjoy looking at is Clutter-free Classroom. I love the ideas that they add for management and organization! This is who I am and try to be more of :)
4. What guilty pleasure are you most thankful for?
I would have to say that my guilty pleasure that I'm thankful for would have to be that I am a big Twilight and Harry Potter fan. Of course I was one of the silly people who had to be first in line for the midnight showings to all of the showings (along with my cousin Michelle of course) and was waiting for the books to be put out on the shelves (had them read really quick too). My husband and family (except for my cousin, Michelle) thought we were crazy, especially when it was cold and we were standing in line waiting to go in to the showings or was looking on-line to see when the next book was going to be out!
5. What are you most thankful for?
I think that I am most thankful for would have to be for my life that I am so blessed with from God! I think that without my faith in God I'd be lost. It's amazing when you look at how much you have to be thankful for and know that it is given to you to make the most of it. I think that this quote says it all and is a great reflection of how to live: "
So here we go:
1. What are you thankful for in your classroom?
I'd have to say that one of the things I am thankful for in my classroom would have to be the kids I teach, even my kiddos that moved on! Going to work and seeing the smiling faces and receiving the hugs makes me thankful and feel so blessed!
2. What person are you most thankful for?
Family is a big part of who I am and without them in my life I don't know what I would be doing, I'd probably be bored or very unhappy! They truly all keep me loving every moment of my life!
So who is my family: of course my husband, Dave, and my girls, oh and my dog, Captain. They've shown me what a blessing it is to be a mother and wife! I love every moment I am with them and I grow to be a better person because they've taught me how. Next would be my mom, my dad, my sister, Jerri, her husband Beau, our great friend and Godfather to our oldest daughter Grace, Chris, my husband's family, my Aunt Paula, my cousins, especially my cousin, Michelle, and finally my friends, Melia and Jessica. Here's some pictures of those special people!
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| my husband's family |
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| my dad-he's taught me to try my best |
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| Captian |
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| my mom-she's taught me to be a loving mom |
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| Our friend, my sister, her husband |
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| Me, Jessica, Melia |
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| Our picture this year |
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| A photo take a long time, really shows sisterly love! |
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| my cousin, Michelle |
3. What 3 blogs are you most thankful for?
Wow, this is hard because I love to just look at random blogs and get ideas.
Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog and Miss Kindergarten are two that I find myself looking at daily. I love the ideas and really enjoy the pictures they post with them. I really find myself wanting to really try a lot of their ideas.
The third blog I enjoy looking at is Clutter-free Classroom. I love the ideas that they add for management and organization! This is who I am and try to be more of :)
4. What guilty pleasure are you most thankful for?
I would have to say that my guilty pleasure that I'm thankful for would have to be that I am a big Twilight and Harry Potter fan. Of course I was one of the silly people who had to be first in line for the midnight showings to all of the showings (along with my cousin Michelle of course) and was waiting for the books to be put out on the shelves (had them read really quick too). My husband and family (except for my cousin, Michelle) thought we were crazy, especially when it was cold and we were standing in line waiting to go in to the showings or was looking on-line to see when the next book was going to be out!
5. What are you most thankful for?
I think that I am most thankful for would have to be for my life that I am so blessed with from God! I think that without my faith in God I'd be lost. It's amazing when you look at how much you have to be thankful for and know that it is given to you to make the most of it. I think that this quote says it all and is a great reflection of how to live: "
Monday, November 21, 2011
Reading/Sight words/Letter and Sound Ideas
Well, it comes into my mind that it would be helpful to give some ideas on how to make reading, sight words, letters and their sound fun to learn at home and at school! Of course, there is always more that you can do and find in books and on
the Internet, but thought that it would be nice to have a list to try
easy to find in one place! I hope that you enjoy these ideas and try a
couple out! It is really fun to see these ideas in action! I've tried a
couple with my daughters and was quite surprised at how much they
enjoyed playing them and didn't even know that we were actually learning
same time.
So I've been thinking I haven't given too many ideas on what parents can do with their child to help in reading and make reading a meaningful shared reading experience. With this in mind I've come up with a list of things!
With a book that may come home with your child listed Decorable reader or other books (the list of words may be harder if you don't have them but you can always choose a word in the book to do those items):
-Encourage your child to read the story to you.
-Read each page aloud as you run your hand under the words. leave out some of the words listed on the last page of the book for your child to provide.
-Open to the list on the last page of the book say a word and ask your child to point to it. Repeat with other words. Once your child feels comfortable with this task, point to the words in random order for your child to read.
-Choose one of the words from the list and have your child find it each time it appears in the story. Ask your child to read the sentence in which it appears.
-Enjoy the book!
With this same idea of helping out with reading I have a couple ideas for working on sight words at home! You can sort the sight words into four groups: Words I Can Read, Words I Can Spell, Words I Can Read and Spell, Words I Need to Learn. Encourage your child to practice the words at home. Try setting goals. How many new words each week would your child like to learn to read and/or spell? Here is a link that you can find the sight words at, http://sjsd.schoolwires.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=11283&ViewID=7b97f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-a8b4987d588f&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=8446&PageID=9658
To help your child practice, try these quick tips:
-Store the word cards your child needs to learn in resealable bags. Take them with you wherever you and your child go. Practice them in line at the grocery store, on trips, and other places where you have a few minutes together! With this in mind here is how simple it is: On The Run-the next time you're going somewhere with your child, play a sight word game. It's easy-just have your child find as many sight words as he or she can on billboards, signs, and so on. If you don't have a sight word list with you, invite your child to read the "little" words. You can play this game in a car, on a walk, even in line at the grocery store!
-Let your child select a handful of sight word cards at random, then find the same words around the house-for example, on packages of food or in newspaper headlines.
-Play Hide-and-Seek Sight Words. Hide ten word cards. Let your child find them and then read them to you.
-Skip count them with words. Start with the first word on the list. Say it, skip the next, read the next, and so on. Repeat the activity, this time starting with the second word on the list.
-Say each word then spell it, clapping once for each letter.
-Sing the words to the tune of a familiar song, such as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." If you run out of words before you get to the end of the song, just start at the top of the list again.
-Give each letter in the alphabet a number from 1-26. Guess which sight word on the list will be worth the most points. Find out! is i=9 s=20 is=29 (great way to incorporate math! :) )
-Read the sight words as slowly as you can. Try it again. This time say them fast!
-Spill a Sight Word-Copy sight words onto small cards. (you can cut index cards in quarters or cut sturdy paper into pieces.) Place the word cards on an empty container, sch as a tall plastic tumbler or an empty tennis ball can. Invite your child to shake the container, spill out the words, and read the ones that fall face up. Give each word your child reads a score that is equal to the number of letters in the word. Record the total, then place the remaining words back in the can and shake and spill again. Add the total to the first score. Play until your child has spilled and read all of the words.
-I'm thinking of-Play a game of "I'm thinking of..." One player starts by giving a clue about one of the sight words-for example, "I'm thinking of a word that starts like horse and has three letters." The other player looks at the list and tries to identify the word (his).
-In the Cupboard-Open a cupboard and take turns with your child, finding and reading sight words. Try the ones on the list your teacher has given you first, then include other sight words your child is learning. Keep going until you run out of words, time or things int he cupboard.
-Rainbow Letters-Turn sight words into rainbows! Ask your child to write a sight word on paper in big letters. Using different-colored crayons, your child can then trace around the word again and again, reading the word each time.
-Read my back!-"Write" a sight word on your child's back. Can your child guess the word? Trade places-let your child trace a word from the list on your back. Continue taking turns tracing and guessing sight words.
-Jump on it!-Copy sight words on index cards (one word per card). Make a second set of the same words. Scatter one set face up on the floor leaving about a foot between each card. Place the other set in a stack face down. Turn over the first card in the stack. Have your child read the word (offer help as needed) and then jump on the corresponding card on the floor. Turn over the next card and have your child read it and jump to that word. Continue until your child has jumped on all the words. Mix up the cards and play again!
-Which Word Wins?-Sit with your child and look at a newspaper to see just how often sight words pop up in print. Ask your child to choose a sight word form the list and an article from paper. Look for the word together. Highlight and count the word each time it appears. Try the same thing with a second sight word. Which word appears more often?
Well, here is the last couple of ideas I thought to share with you for helping your child with learning their letters and sounds:
-Just like the Jump on it idea for sight words you can play it with letters on index cards (one letter per card). Make a second set of the same letters. Scatter one set face up on the floor leaving about a foot between each card. Place the other set in a stack face down. Turn over the first card in the stack. Have your read the letter (offer help as needed) and then jump on the corresponding card on the floor. Turn over the next card and have your child read it and jump to that letter. Continue until your child has jumped on all the words. Mix up the cards and play again! You can have the lowercase letter on one set of cards and then the uppercase letters on the other; this will help them match the upper and lowercase letters as well. You can always have them say the sound along with its name.
-Go Fishing-have a set of letters on index cards (the fish). Have paperclips attached to each letter card, then a magnet attached to a pencil or another object to "caught the fish-the fishing pole." Have each player take a turn "catching a fish," they have to say the letter and its sound. If they are not able to then they have to put them back into the pond.
-Pat-a-Cake-With playdoh, sing the nursery rhyme,
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
baker's man
bake me a cake
as fast as you can.
Pat it, and prick it,
and mark it with a (fill in here the letter you want your child to make)
put it in the oven for (your child's name here) and me!
After your child's makes the letter with the playdoh, have them tell you the sound of that letter!
So I've been thinking I haven't given too many ideas on what parents can do with their child to help in reading and make reading a meaningful shared reading experience. With this in mind I've come up with a list of things!
With a book that may come home with your child listed Decorable reader or other books (the list of words may be harder if you don't have them but you can always choose a word in the book to do those items):
-Encourage your child to read the story to you.
-Read each page aloud as you run your hand under the words. leave out some of the words listed on the last page of the book for your child to provide.
-Open to the list on the last page of the book say a word and ask your child to point to it. Repeat with other words. Once your child feels comfortable with this task, point to the words in random order for your child to read.
-Choose one of the words from the list and have your child find it each time it appears in the story. Ask your child to read the sentence in which it appears.
-Enjoy the book!
With this same idea of helping out with reading I have a couple ideas for working on sight words at home! You can sort the sight words into four groups: Words I Can Read, Words I Can Spell, Words I Can Read and Spell, Words I Need to Learn. Encourage your child to practice the words at home. Try setting goals. How many new words each week would your child like to learn to read and/or spell? Here is a link that you can find the sight words at, http://sjsd.schoolwires.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=11283&ViewID=7b97f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-a8b4987d588f&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=8446&PageID=9658
To help your child practice, try these quick tips:
-Store the word cards your child needs to learn in resealable bags. Take them with you wherever you and your child go. Practice them in line at the grocery store, on trips, and other places where you have a few minutes together! With this in mind here is how simple it is: On The Run-the next time you're going somewhere with your child, play a sight word game. It's easy-just have your child find as many sight words as he or she can on billboards, signs, and so on. If you don't have a sight word list with you, invite your child to read the "little" words. You can play this game in a car, on a walk, even in line at the grocery store!
-Let your child select a handful of sight word cards at random, then find the same words around the house-for example, on packages of food or in newspaper headlines.
-Play Hide-and-Seek Sight Words. Hide ten word cards. Let your child find them and then read them to you.
-Skip count them with words. Start with the first word on the list. Say it, skip the next, read the next, and so on. Repeat the activity, this time starting with the second word on the list.
-Say each word then spell it, clapping once for each letter.
-Sing the words to the tune of a familiar song, such as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." If you run out of words before you get to the end of the song, just start at the top of the list again.
-Give each letter in the alphabet a number from 1-26. Guess which sight word on the list will be worth the most points. Find out! is i=9 s=20 is=29 (great way to incorporate math! :) )
-Read the sight words as slowly as you can. Try it again. This time say them fast!
-Spill a Sight Word-Copy sight words onto small cards. (you can cut index cards in quarters or cut sturdy paper into pieces.) Place the word cards on an empty container, sch as a tall plastic tumbler or an empty tennis ball can. Invite your child to shake the container, spill out the words, and read the ones that fall face up. Give each word your child reads a score that is equal to the number of letters in the word. Record the total, then place the remaining words back in the can and shake and spill again. Add the total to the first score. Play until your child has spilled and read all of the words.
-I'm thinking of-Play a game of "I'm thinking of..." One player starts by giving a clue about one of the sight words-for example, "I'm thinking of a word that starts like horse and has three letters." The other player looks at the list and tries to identify the word (his).
-In the Cupboard-Open a cupboard and take turns with your child, finding and reading sight words. Try the ones on the list your teacher has given you first, then include other sight words your child is learning. Keep going until you run out of words, time or things int he cupboard.
-Rainbow Letters-Turn sight words into rainbows! Ask your child to write a sight word on paper in big letters. Using different-colored crayons, your child can then trace around the word again and again, reading the word each time.
-Read my back!-"Write" a sight word on your child's back. Can your child guess the word? Trade places-let your child trace a word from the list on your back. Continue taking turns tracing and guessing sight words.
-Jump on it!-Copy sight words on index cards (one word per card). Make a second set of the same words. Scatter one set face up on the floor leaving about a foot between each card. Place the other set in a stack face down. Turn over the first card in the stack. Have your child read the word (offer help as needed) and then jump on the corresponding card on the floor. Turn over the next card and have your child read it and jump to that word. Continue until your child has jumped on all the words. Mix up the cards and play again!
-Which Word Wins?-Sit with your child and look at a newspaper to see just how often sight words pop up in print. Ask your child to choose a sight word form the list and an article from paper. Look for the word together. Highlight and count the word each time it appears. Try the same thing with a second sight word. Which word appears more often?
Well, here is the last couple of ideas I thought to share with you for helping your child with learning their letters and sounds:
-Just like the Jump on it idea for sight words you can play it with letters on index cards (one letter per card). Make a second set of the same letters. Scatter one set face up on the floor leaving about a foot between each card. Place the other set in a stack face down. Turn over the first card in the stack. Have your read the letter (offer help as needed) and then jump on the corresponding card on the floor. Turn over the next card and have your child read it and jump to that letter. Continue until your child has jumped on all the words. Mix up the cards and play again! You can have the lowercase letter on one set of cards and then the uppercase letters on the other; this will help them match the upper and lowercase letters as well. You can always have them say the sound along with its name.
-Go Fishing-have a set of letters on index cards (the fish). Have paperclips attached to each letter card, then a magnet attached to a pencil or another object to "caught the fish-the fishing pole." Have each player take a turn "catching a fish," they have to say the letter and its sound. If they are not able to then they have to put them back into the pond.
-Pat-a-Cake-With playdoh, sing the nursery rhyme,
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
baker's man
bake me a cake
as fast as you can.
Pat it, and prick it,
and mark it with a (fill in here the letter you want your child to make)
put it in the oven for (your child's name here) and me!
After your child's makes the letter with the playdoh, have them tell you the sound of that letter!
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