Our cumulative activity for our close reads were these adorable writing/craftivities!

If you would like to download the freebie writing paper I used for our stories you can do so by clicking below!

Here is what else we’ve been up to in guided reading this week!

1: Letter Id Interactive Notebook
2. Phoneme Segmentation Sound Boxes
3. Step by Step Weekly books– this one is all about the five sense!
4. Stretching sounds with slinkys!

On the next day we continued to work on breaking down the number five. For this activity I wanted the students to have the five frame as a way to “see” the parts. I started by using five frame flashes {show a five frame for a couple of seconds} as the students turned to their partners they would discuss the parts they saw…focusing on the parts that were “filled” and “not-filled.” We then took it to filling in our five frames. The students rolled a dot cube {without a 6 on the cube} and filled the five frame. One student “did the work” they rolled and filled the frame, the next partner would do the math talk, ” 4 and 1 make 5.” The students would then switch roles.
I am linking up with Dee Dee for this peek at my week!
What a great weekend getaway! My brother lives in Vegas and we drove out to see him from Ohio a few years back. That was a long trip!! I love your bats-I used to make bats after reading Stellaluna and I used black paper plates and the kids cut out the wings. They looked so cute hanging from the ceiling. I tried to do it this year, but there was no time, especially when you are not self-contained. I am amazed that you are that far in math. How do your students do with it? I have a few in my class that still don't know numbers past 5.
Hey there Lee Ann! They are actually doing really well with breaking down 5. I think it is the various ways I help to show it that allows them to wrap their mind around it. Some do struggle with the "talk" part of it, but overall I'm very excited! 🙂 I love the idea of the paper plate bat as well!
awesome