Writing Projects

Good evening!


There just aren't enough hours in the day!  This will be a brief entry.  :)  We worked on the number of syllables in a word.  The boys and girls could clap out the syllables or do the chin check.  The chin check consists of placing a hand under the chin and counting the number of times the chin goes down.  This works well since a syllable is one vowel sound.  For example, if I say Willy my chin goes down twice.  Each student reported the number of syllables in their first name and we created a "live" graph which was in three sections.  We discussed the data which tied in well with our math vocabulary words greater and lesser.


Rick Raccoon (puppet) stopped today to teach the boys and girls about the -ck sound.  His jingle goes like this:  -ck /k/  after one short vowel in a one syllable word like Rick, capital  R-i-c-k,  Rick, Yeah! 


Please check the Writing Projects tab for story starters about families.  You will need to scroll down when you open the tab.


Time to go!  This was supposed to be a short entry--oh, well.  :)


Your partner in education,
Ms. Loetscher