We used the printables from The Teacher Wife to make self-portraits and to write the steps needed to blow a bubble (which I somehow failed to get a picture of).
Each student got piece of Double Bubble to learn or practice blowing a bubble. Some students already knew how and they tried to help friends understand just how to hold their mouths to blow a great bubble. It was so cute to hear students yell, "Wow- look at that bubble!" After about 20 minutes of attempting to blow bubbles, we graphed whether or not we were able to blow a bubble. We ended up with 9 students that could blow a bubble and 6 that could not. It was a really cute activity- thanks so much for sharing it, Lindsey!
Some students trying a different technique. ;)
We had a lot of fun- Monday is lunch in the classroom, so I am off to the store to get a few healthy items to add to our lunch! :)
Our reading curriculum is Scott Foresman Reading Street and this week our story was Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery. The spelling words that went along with our story this week featured words with /oo/ like in book and moon. For our Thursday review, I gave each student a blank copy of our spelling test page and told them we were going to take a practice test. I asked them to tell me what our regular words had in common this week. (oo) We talked about the two sounds we learned and how all 10 words had an oo in them. Then I held up a box of Cheerios. I asked students what letter a Cheerio looks like and, of course, they said an o. I told them that when they were taking their practice test they could use Cheerios instead of writing the letter o in words.
They thought this was really cool- and all 15 students spelling every word CORRECTLY!
Wow! It was a great review!!! I let students eat their oo's when we were all finished. Since we had so many Cheerios left, I also let them have a handful the next while we took our spelling test. What is your favorite way to review for a spelling test?
