This past week I introduced the book CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM to my students. I set up several centers connecting to the book. Also we learned a really great song to go with this book.
These two students are working in our writing center. I cutout a coconut tree and taped it to a cookie sheet. Then the students used magnet letters to place onto the tree just like in the story. As you can see these two had fun "making" words on their tree.
This young lady worked with me in small groups on her name. The poem was getting the students to count the letters in their name. Each student read with me the poem and we counted the letters in their name. Then they had to make their tree. First they took the trunk of the tree and did an according fold with it. Glued it in place along with the leaves and coconuts. Then they glued their name onto or around the tree.
Another young lady in the writing center. She found the read the room glasses and was wearing them while she worked on her tree.
This week I also introduced the color blue and the shape square. The students were working on their fine motor skills as well as working with glue. The students had to tear small pieces of blue paper and then use a Q-tip to dip into the glue and place the glue onto the paper. They had to glue the blue pieces around the square.
This week we were introduced to characters in a story. So I used this anchor chart to discuss traits characters have.
This week in Math we were introduced to textures with this chart.
Our Voc words for the week that went with the story FOLLOW THE LEADER.
