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Kindergarten Enrichment

We’re learning how to compare and contrast with our hula hoop Venn Diagrams. How are Mrs. Choate and Mrs. Messinger the same and different?

Sorting pictures by their syllables! Do you hear one, two, or three?

Elkonin boxes (sound boxes) help us to write our words, tap out their sounds and then sweeeeeeeep them together!

We’ve learned 11 sight words and now it’s time to hop them out!

Sharing our “lift the flap” sequence books

Indoor recess means we can practice with our rhyming mat! Toss the word family dice and find a rhyme! 🙂

Fun stamping out our CVC words!

Working together to sort pictures by their medial vowel sounds

It’s MUCH more fun to tap out sounds when you can hop them out in sound boxes! Super job, Lane!

Listening carefully to the ENDS of words for a fun center sort.

Working together as a team to pick pictures and then hop on the 3 letters to spell them.

We practiced “making connections” to help us remember events from the story, “Sheila Rae the Brave.”

If you hear a “CH” word, raise your “CH” stick up high!

We LOVED learning how to sequence events through “The Very Hungry Caterpillar!”

We now know the 2 sounds of “C” and “G!”

Brett taps out CVC words through his dot markers

We wrote some amazing acrositc poems!

Brynn shares her acrostic name poem that is filled with things she likes that begin with the letters of her name. Great job!

Using our 5 finger puppet to practice the 5Ws of reading (who, what, where, when, why)

We introduced the “5 Senses” through some fun mystery bags filled with exciting objects! Drew tested his sense of smell with cinnamon!

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Practicing the sounds of Long U by tossing bean bags into “ui” “ew” and “ue” buckets!

“Walk the Word”

Fun Limbo Games to reinforce different vowel sounds!

Rising 3rd graders at centers that reinforce the 3 sounds of “CH”

“Race to the Pond” with CVC words

Making “Super Sentences” with buckets of “Adjectives, Nouns, Verbs and Where/When.”

Three legged races to practice decoding words with consonant blends

More 3 legged races for practice with tricky “au/aw/augh” diphthongs!

Making sillier detailed sentences!

Hopping out words to segment sounds!

Sorting sentences strips to put the poems back together.

Rising kindergartners SWAT sight words!

Rising 1st graders bowl for short vowel practice!

Spoon Relays are a fun way to practice the tricky sounds of “F” (ph and gh)

Mrs. McCracken leads the group in “Punctuation” Red Light/Green Light!

“Punctuation” Red Light/Green Light

Rising 1st graders practice making words on their letter boards

Creating some neat Domino designs to practice contractions!

Swatting homophones! (words that sound the same, but are spelled different and have different meanings – ‘allowed, aloud’

To practice reading with expression, rising 1st graders put on a funny skit for all the campers!

Last day Water Balloon Relays (with letter sounds, word families, and vowel teams)!!! We got very wet!

Last day water balloon relays!

Rising Ks stamp out words and then fill in missing beginning, ending or medial letters.

Rising Ks LOVE to sight word swat as their board grows busier with more words!

Rising 2nd and 3rd graders act out a Readers Theater skit to practice reading with expression, speaking clearly, and getting into character.

Hopping out CVC words is F-U-N!!

Sharing “Beginning, Middle, End” scratch art activity after a whole group read aloud.

Our littlest learners!

“Hickety Pickety bumblebee, can you spell your name for me?”(hit the drum for each letter of your name!)

Calendar time!

Sorting pictures by their ‘er’ sound…. “er” “ir” and “ur” –> then we try to spell each picture!

“Bossy R” experts!

Working with Mrs. Choate to practice spelling Bossy R words.

Rising 1st graders make insightful predictions with Mrs. McCracken!

Modeling how to record predictions down BEFORE reading so we can check them DURING/AFTER reading

Rising Ks play a fun game of musical chairs to practice letter/sound recognition!

Listening closely for directions on the next fun literacy game!

Our fabulous team of LOFL teachers!

The talented teachers that make learning fun and exciting!!

Ring Tossing for Long A sounds! (-ai, -ay and a_e)

Rising 2nd and 3rd graders playing” PUNCTUATION red light, green light!”

Adding beginning sounds to LONG O words for center time!

Molly assembled all of her “Alpha-bots!”

Morning message board – preschoolers identify words, letters, and punctuation. Great job everyone!

Fun and mess story extension from, “Wipe Your Feet!”

Preschoolers roll their “comprehension” ball after reading a story – “Who, What, Where, When, Why?”

Pausing for a picture during 3 legged races which targeted the different sounds ‘ed’ make as well as the Bossy R teams.

Rising 1st graders make “phoneme” necklaces. Their necklaces grew longer as they added more letters to make words with beginning and ending blends.

Lucy became a “Bossy R” expert this week!

Some of our super rising 2nd graders pose with Mrs. Choate!

Our AMAZING session 3 campers and teachers!

Claire reads her vowel diphthong word and then throws her water balloon into the big pool for a point! Great job!

Rising 2nd graders display their “Long A” animal masks (whales, apes, snails, snakes, and blue jays!) while rehearsing their skit to work on reading with expression.

Rising Ks sequence lowercase letters

Rising Ks practice letter/sound recognition, but pause for a quick picture!

Time to rhyme!! Much more fun with “dot” markers!

“Red Rover, Red Rover, send over someone whose card makes the sound….. ” RUN!

Rising 3rd graders buddy read a story about the 3 sounds of “CH”

Rising 3rd play, “BOOM” to practice the three sounds that ‘ed’ make!

3rd graders are detectives on the case for “facts and opinion!” Great work!

The final, “Parts of Speech” Wall filled in by rising 3rd grade! Super brainstorming!

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