September - November Literacy Events
Most recent listed first.
November
Language Learning
Focus:
Jillian Jiggs/Study of the Brain/Skating/Peace/Woodland Animals
Writing
Activities
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Labeling
of woodland animals mural
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Journal
three things they learned about the brain (parent scripted)
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Pattern
book – I see a _________ _______ing in the ________. (i.e..
I see a deer running in the woods, I see a fish swimming in the
river)
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With
pictures of animal tracks made comparisons of my foot is bigger than,
smaller than.
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Added
a factual piece of information about deer that they learned through our
study to their craft up on a bulletin board. Used sentence strips for this
writing, student printed with parent assistance for spelling.
Stories
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Jillian
Jiggs by
Phoebe Gilman
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Pirate
Pearl by
Phoebe Gilman
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Franklin
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Child
in the Forest
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It’s
My Birthday
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Deer,
Moose and Caribou
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The
Man Who Brought Down Owls
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Owl
Moon
Poems
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Song
Walking in the Woods from
Bookshop series
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Land
of the Silver Birch (added to I Can Read Binder)
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Inuit
song
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Jesus
Let Me Be (song for Christmas Concert)
Oral
Language
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comparison
of the theatre show of Pirate Pearl and Jillian Jiggs to the storybook
versions
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brainstormed
on to large chart all the ideas from discussions about what they know about
the brain
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How
can we be peacemakers
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Discussing
strategies readers and writers use (sounds in words, picture clues, going
from left to right, front to back, etc.)
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Discussion
to go with cooking activity
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Research
about deer – listened to factual information and then shared back
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Talked
about the difference between fiction and non-fiction writing
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Problem
solving stories for math – Matthew has seven presents. He unwrapped 2. How
many does he have left to unwrap.
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Using
a Venn diagram made comparisons and distinctions between Owl
Moon and The Man Who Could Call
Down Owls
Word
Study
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Listen
for p words in the story of Pirate Pearl
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Draw
things that begin with p
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Identify
where their name will go on a name graph by first letter
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Worked
with children one to one to identify their letter knowledge
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Take
home book messages – continuing to work on identifying letters for sounds
that they hear
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Letter
d for deer, items brainstormed were printed onto a enlarged letter of a d.
In journals drew a dog following the format used with animated literacy and
labelled their picture
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Word
play with the Elkonin method for the word family “og”.
October
Language Learning
Focus:
Fall/Fire Safety/Thanksgiving/Halloween
Writing
Activities
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Created
a brainstorming web of areas we have safety rules for (biking, walking, bus,
fire, winter sports)
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made
a class bulletin size bus and individual
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students
printed the bus rules on with the help of a parent for spelling and letters
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Poems
– Thank you for …
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Patterned
book – I see a . . .
Journal
entry reflection for fieldtrip to Prairie Garden Farms
In
response to pattern story book Leaves on Pumpkins children created their own
books called Leaves on . . . (ghosts, witches, haunted houses, etc.) For
illustrations we did torn paper pieces to put on the illustrations they had
drawn
How
to cook a turkey directions written (adult scripted) on the tail feathers of
a collage picture the children created
For
Homework children discussed and had parents write ideas for how the brain is
like a cabbage, a raisin, a pillowcase, a grapefruit, an avocado, string
cheese and a walnut
Stories
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Red
Leaf, Yellow Leaf
by Lois Elhert (followed by leaf printing with paint)
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Clifford’s
Leaf Pile
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Autumn
Leaves
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Individual
pattern books of Leaves on Pumpkins
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The
Lonely Scarecrow
(created their own collage type scarecrows out of paper bags that were
stuffed.
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The
Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
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started
reciting number rhymes to help children remember how to make their numbers
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Halloween
Performance
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The
Mystery of the Flying Pumpkin
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Alice
and Greta –
a story about a good witch and a bad witch
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Two
Little Witches – a number story up to ten
Poems
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song
Autumn Leaves are Falling Down to
the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb
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1
little, 2 little, 3 little witches
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Them
bones song
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A
Haunting We Will Go – song emphasizing rhyming words
Oral
Language
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retelling
of the Little Old Lady Who Was Not
Afraid of Anything using props to represent the items in the story.
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Parent
brought in a model of an adult skeleton and encouraged discussion as he
shared information about the human skeleton
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Discussion
of Halloween Safety
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Discussion
of the parts of our brain using the props identified above in the homework
done with parents
Word
Study
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letter
t, brainstormed words that begin with this letter onto an enlarged form
followed by a printing page where they had to draw a turkey and label it.
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Used
the Elkonin method with the word pumpkin
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Letter
p, brainstormed words onto an enlarged letter p followed by printing of the
letter p
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Word
witch discussion, how many letters in the word, what letter does the word
begin with
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Matching
of picture cards for rhymes that go with the song A Haunting We Will Go
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Take
home messages encouraging students to identify the letters needed to spell
the sounds in words for the messages
September
Language Learning
Focus:
Fall/School/Fire Safety
Writing Activities:
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Self
Portraits labeled with names
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Journal
writing
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Stars
with what they like to do – adult scripted description
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Patterning
of Mary Had a Little Lamb – Are you following me? (name of child) had a
little (name of their favorite stuffed toy. (Photographs used to illustrate
child’s page
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Adult
helped children write words for their ideas for bus rules. These were
written on an enlarged picture of a bus.
Stories:
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Time
for School
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I
like Me
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Chicka
Chicka Boom Boom (idea for bulletin board – Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Look
Who’s New in Our Room – Teacher made coconut tree with coconuts falling
with a picture of each child and the first letter of their name attached.)
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Clifford
the Firehouse Dog
Poems
Word Study
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