Phew! Today was jam packed with learning and love, and I am officially exhausted! This morning we took our spelling test on those tricky r-conrolled vowel spellings, ir, er, ur, and ear. I was so impressed with the student's understanding of the concept. A few things we have been working on within the last two weeks are: Sound spelling word mapping (By Kathrine Grace LOVE this!) Going on a "Bossy R" word hunt (see below for a cute pic). Word sorts. Playing Sparkle. Which is totally a student fav! I switched things up a bit and found it super successful. If their turn landed on the /er/ sound they needed to tell all the letters that spell the sound (ir, er, ur, ear). And of course lots of reading to transfer and apply the skill. I'm a big believer in the value of decodable text, and we also met Mr. Putter and Tabby this week as well.
Next we moved on to our study of The Mighty Mississippi River. My teacher heart was bursting during our writing block today because the kiddos were completely immersed in their research and were writing fantastic paragraphs with little support from me. Success!
During reading centers the students finished up these adorable Valentine bags. I just love the way they turned out!
For math today it was all about Sweetheart math! The students estimated, counted, sorted, solved equations, compared numbers, and found fractional parts -all with a box a Sweethearts!
I just have to share these super cute cupcakes our room mom made. Aren't they just the cutest ever!
Happy LOVE Day!
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