Showing posts with label Literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literacy. Show all posts

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Week 3 of Kindergarten

Week 3: We talked about Transportation (mainly the bus) this week.  We are still focusing on asking and answering questions.

We used the book "The Little School Bus" by Carol Roth and one of my favorites "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus."

We asked and answered questions about "The Little School Bus" and it was fun to see all the different things the illustrator did in this story.  Here are the questions I used:

The Little School Bus

Preview: What do you think this story will be about? 

Pg. 3 What is this (point to bus)  READ

Pg. 4-5 What is the first animal to get on the bus? READ  What is the goat wearing?

Pg.6-7 What is the second animal to get on the bus? READ  What is the pig wearing?

Pg. 8-9 What is the third animal to get on the bus? READ What is he wearing on his feet?  What is he missing?

Pg.10-11 What is the 4th animal to get on the bus? READ Who took the fuzzy chick to the bus stop?

Pg. 12-13 Where is the bus taking the animals? READ What are the animals doing in the bus?

Pg. 14-15  What animals gets on next? READ Why is the bear called hairy bear?

Pg. 16-17 After the bus picked up the bear, where did it go? READ  (Read with me)

Pg. 18-19  What is the next animal to get on the bus? READ Why is the worm squirmy?

Pg.20-21 After the bus picked up the worm, where did it go? READ (Read with me)  What other things do
you see in the town?

Pg. 22-23  What is the last animal to get on the bus? READ What did the sheep do?

Pg.24-25 Where was the next stop the bus made? READ What did the animals do?

Pg. 26-27 READ  What did the animals do during the school day?  What did the bus do?

Pg.28-29 READ What did the bus driver do when the school day ended? Why do the animals need to ride the bus again?

Pg. 30-31 What did the animals do when they got on the bus? Are all the animals on the bus? READ

Pg. 32 Where are the animals going now?  Which ones are waving? READ

Click here to get a download of the picture to retell the story:

We read one of my favorite books "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" by Mo Willems

We discussed our opinions and voted if we wanted to let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.  Each student got a pigeon to color and then we put them on a graph to vote.  Students came up one by one and told me why they think the pigeon should or should not drive the bus.  Click here for the pigeons
Then we wrote about different things the pigeon could drive.  Click here for this writing sheet.
I hope you can use some of these resources in your classroom!













































Monday, August 3, 2015

Best Books for the First Week of School


1. Miss Kindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten is a standard.  I love ending the year with Miss Kindergarten and the Last day of Kindergarten.  This books helps students see how your both had to get ready for school.

2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a fun way to get students excited about learning their ABCs.  There are tons of fun activities and I have some great SONGS that go with the book.


3. Chrysanthemum lets you explore student's names and know that we all are special and unique.

4. We do a whole unit on friendship and citizenship.  We use David Goes to School to make examples of what not to do.

5.  First Day Jitters is another book that lets the students know you are having the same feelings they are.  I always make some Jitter Juice (Sprite and sprinkles) to chase those Jitters away.

6. We read different Froggy books all year so I like to read this one to introduce this fun character.

7. We always make a chart of how students will get home and this one talks about how they will get to school.  A great reference when you start to discuss fiction and non fiction.

8. Another great character we like to study.  Wonderful way to talk about cause and effect. 

9. This book helps students who may be having a hard time with the transition of Kindergarten.  

10. Absolutely love Pete the Cat.  We are rocking in our school shoes all week long!

11. Kissing Hand has some great activities and is just so stinking sweet.

12. A great way to have an overview of the whole year.  A wonderful way to discuss their hopes and dreams for the year.

13. Llama llama misses mama reminds students they can love their mama and school too!

14. Our mascot is a shark, so we love seeing all the things Clark has to learn to be a good citizen at school.

15. Manners at School teaches students about rules and expectations.  The whole series is fantastic!



16. Waiting is Not Easy is a wonderful way to teach students they have to wait their turn.  Love this book!



17. Another book to help students learn to wait their turn to talk and not interrupt.