I am teaching young children again! Not my own children this time, but the children of a very good friend. See our original post about this adventure here. Each week I plan to share our plans, which I did for Letter M here, and I also plan to share after our week is done so you can see my students in action!
Looking for Past Weeks?
- Letter A in Action
- Letter B in Action
- Letter C in Action
- Letter D in Action
- Letter E in Action
- Letter F in Action
- Letter G in Action
- Letter H in Action
- Letter I in Action
- Letter J in Action
- Letter K in Action
- Letter L in Action
I am excited to share all about our thirteenth week together, with a focus on the LETTER M! In addition to a letter focus each week we do several other things, which I will also share with you. Since I only have my students two days a week {3 hours each day}, we cram a lot into a short time! I also provide their parents with activities to do at home.
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All About Reading Level 1
My students used All About Reading Pre-reading during the first half of the year and after using the placement test from AAR in December, I could see that they were ready to begin Level 1! One of my students is 4 and the other is 5, and they are academically typical for those ages. We do the same lessons together, but I expect different from each of them.
Letter M Fun
We enjoyed several different activities, most from my site! I will link everything we used below! These are the plans I share with their parents {and also use myself to keep on track}:
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Below you can see AK and Ki doing the following activities:
- ABC Find It! Letter M
- Read & Write the Room
- Drive Around Letters & Sounds
- Letter Sort
- Pocket Chart Sentences Letter M
- Letter M Maze
- Beginning Sound Maze
Raising Lil Rock Stars Letter M
While the kids color I tell them the story and we review the items on the display board {shapes, colors, numbers}. They also do tracing at home for homework and take the verse bracelet home!
Letter M Toys & Puzzles
I love setting up fun letter displays and playing with the items. See more ideas here!
The kids enjoy playing with the toys and reading the books. Another hands-on activity I have them do is bring in objects from home that begin with the letter we are studying. Each week I take a photo of them with the objects they bring in and then I edit it and we have a photo album of each letter! Here’s their letter M photo:
Letter M Books
We read tons of books featuring the Letter M! See all of our Letter M book ideas here!
Math
For math, I am selecting goals to focus on and using activities to work on those goals. After assessment in December, I realized we needed to work on identifying, writing, and ordering numbers 1-20. I created several activities to help with this, which you can download for free here on our math resources webpage. These are the plans I share with their parents {and also use myself to keep on track}:
Their favorite activity is Roll and Trace. We began with numbers 5-10, but will continue to increase the numbers each week.
We started work on our number activity book.
I created these Cut and Glue Number Order worksheets but I laminated ours and added velcro dots so we could use them over and over again! We do one a day and they also take them home for homework.
Clip the Number is a simple way to review ten frames and counting. They are working on numbers 1-20.
You Can Read Word Family AT
We are using You Can Read Word Families in addition to our reading lessons. Word families are a great way to build confidence in reading CVC words. It also helps us review rhyming, and focus on word patterns. We are taking 2 weeks for each word family, this week we began the _at family. These are the plans I share with their parents {and also use myself to keep on track}:
When it Starts to Snow Literature Unit
These are the plans I share with their parents {and also use myself to keep on track}:
For our winter theme, I got out our Winter Sensory Bin, which they LOVED!
Free Play
They love playing with my toys, I am so glad I kept my favorites! The Mini Muffin Match Up is a favorite, and yes, my cat almost always plays with them!