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 W here and Letter X 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
- Letter M in Action
- Letter N in Action
- Letter O in Action
- Letter P in Action
- Letter Q in Action
- Letter R in Action
- Letter S in Action
- Letter T in Action
- Letter U in Action
- Letter V in Action
I am excited to share all about our twenty-third and fourth week together, with a focus on the LETTER W and X! 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! Over these 2 weeks, we worked on reviewing CVC words!
Letter W & X Fun
We enjoyed several different activities, most from my site! I will link everything we used below!
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Below you can see AK and Ki doing the following activities:
Raising Lil Rock Stars Letter W & X
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!
Letter Toys & Puzzles
I love setting up fun letter displays and playing with the items. See more ideas here!
Letter Books
We read tons of books featuring the Letter W and X! See all of our Letter W book ideas here and Letter X book ideas here.
You Can Read Word Family OP
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, we worked the _op family.
Mouse’s First Spring Literature Unit
We finished up a really fun spring theme unit using our Kindergarten Literature Unit and our Spring Kindergarten Printables! These are the plans I share with their parents {and also use myself to keep on track}:
Easter Theme
During our Letter X week, we enjoyed some Easter learning fun since it was around the time of Easter, find the free printables here! These are the plans I share with their parents {and also use myself to keep on track}:
Morning Message
We recently began a morning message notebook. I write them a message before they come to my house. They sit down with a highlighter and highlight any words they can read on their own. Then we read the message together. I always include a “prompt” of some sort. Below you can see Ki Writing some beginning sounds.
Calendar Notebook
They work on their monthly calendar notebooks at home and also with me on the days they are at my house.
