We practiced our basic math facts this week with this cute subtraction worksheet from You Might Be a First Grader. The link for the worksheet can be found here.
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Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Bat Writing
Last week we worked on bats. Here are some of the pictures of our writing activity.
Students were given numbered envolopes and asked to use what they know to make the words into a sentence. We talked about how we knew that a sentence started with a capital letter and ended with a punctuation mark. They used that knowledge to find the first and last word of the sentence. Then thay used the words that were left and put them in the correct order.
Once they figured out what the sentence was supposed to be, they glued it down.
Then they wrote the sentence on the line.
To finish our bat writing activity, we made bats.
Our finished product!
Project Updates
As promised, here are pictures of our ghost writing that we finished up this week.
I also wanted to show you some of the things I have been doing with the handwriting notebook that I made. This is the result after the student worked with me. I used a highlighter to help the student trace and fit the words in the proper spacing. When I made the shapes, the student understood the spacing.
A little more practice with this student. We circled our favorites.
It can be used as a bookmark too! How cute!?
Next week, we are talking about bats. This is the project we are going to make when we are done with our writing activity. It will hang with our ghosts in time for conferences!
Ghost Writing
So like I promised, here is an update for our ghosts. The kids did such a good job! We wrote out the steps in order to make the ghost.
Then we followed the steps.
We let the ghosts dry overnight and I took them off the base. And this is what we got.
Today we added the eyes and hung them up to make the room look spooky! Next week, we are making bats and they will be hung with the ghosts. They will look so cool.
You can see the bat activity for next week here. I am going to cut out the sentences and have the students put them in order, glue them to the first page, and then write the sentences in correct order. I will also take more pictures of the ghost writing when my kids finish their final copies.
Writing Ghosts
I guess I forgot to save the paper that goes along with this activity. I will have to get it for you later. Anyway, this is my project. I was trying it out before I had the kids do it. I will take pictures next week when we do it as a class. The kids are going to make a ghost and then write about the steps. We are working on transition words, so this is perfect for us. The kids saw my sample and have been asking all week if they will get to make one. They can't wait. Wish me luck.
If you want to make this, it is very easy. There are different ways to make it, but I tried to make it as easy as possible because my students are going to be making it. I used a two-liter bottle for the body and hot glued a foam ball on top to shape the head. Then I laid cheese cloth over the figure. You can add arms if you want with wire, but I didn't think that was a good idea with my students. Then I took starch and a sponge paint brush and painted the starch onto the cheese cloth. I let that dry overnight and then carefully pulled the cheese cloth off the base. Then I added googly eyes and clipped a paper clip through the top. I will be hanging these from the ceiling, but I wanted to get a picture for you before I did that. If you try it, let me know how it turns out!
Halloween Math Game
Here is what we have been playing during math time in my room. The kids practice their math facts and then open the pumpkin to check their answer.
I like it because I can work with other students while they are working on their facts. They like it because they can check the answers without asking me.
Another thing I have been doing to help spiral certain skills is the number of the day. You can check that out here.
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