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http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/moresongs.html
Click on the song “I Love Contractions!” Comment and tell me a word with: is, are, will, not. Don’t forget the apostrophe!
Watch The OK Book and comment and tell me 3 things you are OK at!
Watch the story Tickle Monster at: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/online-storytime-books-toys/379003588/.
After you listen to the story, comment and tell me: What is the story all about? Remember, this is finding the main idea!
We will begin our unit on contractions by “operating” on words to insert an apostrophe. Begin practicing with the games on:
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary_games/contractions.html
Have fun and get ready to be Contraction Surgeon!
We have been working on reading and writing with fluency and expression by looking at the punctuation marks at the end of a sentence. Watch our Punctuation Song and comment by typing: a telling sentence, an asking sentence, and an exciting sentence!
The consonant letter R changes the vowel sounds – a, e, i, o, and u! Check out how Bossy R can be!
Then play: http://www.starfall.com/n/sorting/r-controlled/load.htm?f to practice. When you are done: comment and tell me a word that has /ar/, /er/, /ir/, /or/, and /ur/!
This week we will be take what we know about sequence of events and work on identifying which events are the problem and which are the solution. Watch Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day and comment by telling me: what was a problem Alexander had and what was a solution for this character?
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/online-storytime-books-toys/379003588/
We are learning about inflected endings: s, ed, and ing. We will learn that words that end in -ed happened in the past and words that end in -ing are happening in the present. Practice by playing this game as you choose the correct word to fit in each sentence. Remember to ask yourself: Does it make sense?
http://www.quia.com/pop/112244.html?AP_rand=1414318451
We have been working on hard on learning digraphs: two letters that stand together and make one sound. Play this “out of this world” digraph game to build words using the digraphs we have learned!
http://www2.smarttutor.com/player/swf/PH_consonant_diagraphs_L2_V1_t3.swf