And Hello, Saturday! What a crazy, busy, fun week of learning! I can't believe how tired I was...and very thankful to have this morning of peace and time...except for the cleaning, the yard work, the laundry, the grocery shopping, you know, all the "stuff" you don't have time to during the week when you work full+ time. But...I wouldn't have it any other way!
Anyway, I wanted to show you some fun word work we did this week. We were working hard on oa and ow words, so it was the perfect time for our Rainbow Float unit!
As a special memorable treat on Friday, we made Rainbow Floats!!
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Of course we had to write about our treat! I don't think the kids will forget about oa and ow!!
We also worked hard on prepositions this week. I shared my preposition unit already, but I wanted to show you the end products for using Rosie's Walk as a mentor text.
Our cute little preposition anchor
What? An interactive anchor?
Oh! I also wanted to share with you the hand to head and heart visual we made to culminate our study of the life cycle of a chicken. This was def. a feat of organization, and perseverance. The kids did it all except for the eyes. I finally got some of those circle punches! They are on sale this week at Hobby Lobby! Hooray! If you want to do this, make sure you have a hefty chunk of time!
As you can tell, I almost always have a hands on visual component to any unit of study! Some may think this is just fluff, but I will tell you that this hand to head "fluff" is incredibly beneficial on so many levels. The activities not only help cement the objective to be learned, whether it be science, social studies, math, reading, or writing, but they are also lessons in listening, following directions, problem solving, organization, creativity, sequencing, fine motor development, visualization, differentiation, etc., etc., etc. Yes, for many of the visuals, there is a lot of guidance, and teacher direction, but sometimes kids need that component to help build confidence. Please know that I give my kids plenty of free creative development opportunities as well. The key is to strike a balance.
Anyway, off my soapbox...If you would like the chicken life cycle unit and didn't grab it a few posts ago...You can get it HERE!
Til next time, have a great weekend! I'm off to get all that fun weekend stuff done! Thank you so much for stopping by for a peek through our Window!
Joyfully!
Nancy