This week in reading, we enjoyed the whimsical story One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. Not only was it a fun story to read, but also provided us with many wonderful rhyming words, clever characters, and even some tongue twisters. After reading the book together, students then pulled an activity from a "fish tank" to complete with a partner. Activities varied but some examples are:
- Create a list of rhyming words from the story.
- Create a list of characters from the story.
- Select a character from the story and write a completely new story about that
character.
- Select a character from the story and write five questions you would ask the character
if you could meet him.
Activities were designed to challenge students creativity and comprehension.
- Create a list of rhyming words from the story.
- Create a list of characters from the story.
- Select a character from the story and write a completely new story about that
character.
- Select a character from the story and write five questions you would ask the character
if you could meet him.
Activities were designed to challenge students creativity and comprehension.
This week in math, we worked on creating numbers using a variety of addends. Students were introduced to the "Addend Carnival" where they were given tickets to spend on carnival items. They could purchase a certain number of items, but the trick was, whatever items they purchased had to equal the sum of the tickets they were given. So, for example, if students were given 12 tickets, they had to then purchase 2 items whose sum would equal 12, then three items whose sum would equal 12, etc. As students created their addition sentences, we looked at all of the different ways to make the various sums.