Penguins and things

Guess what we are learning about this week....

Although we are only on day 3, we now know all about how mom and dad penguins take care of their eggs (or not in the case of the mother emperor penguin), what the babies feathers looks like, and, of course, the most disgusting and thrilling part... all about regurgitation. Yipee! :)  *Updated* We completed our schema chart at the end of the week... we went back and checked our schema (and put a green check on it if it was correct schema, and an X if it was incorrect schema), then we added everything new that we learned.

...And here is our bulletin board BEFORE, 

and AFTER with lots of penguin facts!

In other news... I have been working on a new little goodie for our sight word literacy center rotation... sight word construction! Love it!

The kids will read the word, make the word with magnets, trace it, use it in a sentence by tracing the sentence, and then either copy the sentence with their own printing, or write their own sentence with the sight word.

I love this because I can differentiate based on their levels. What the kids love is 1. Magnets  2. Dry Erase  3. Magnets and 4. Dry Erase.  I swear the combination of those 2 things = super engagement, excitement, and excellence! (Okay just threw the last one in there for alliteration purposes.)

Teachers, I'd love for you to try out a sample here via google docs. Or, if you are interested in the whole Pre-Primer word pack, you can find it here, or the Primer word pack, here.)

Have a great week!  I know I will be settling in for a nice long report card writing weekend!