Happy Fri-YAY!!
Today we are wrapping up our Apple Week!
I'm linking up with Kacey to SHOW (lots of pictures)
and tell about our full week of learning!
and tell about our full week of learning!
I must confess, we do not follow thematic units (at all) at my school. Over the past couple of years, I've been able to use the fabulous resources from TPT to incorporate themes into my intervention groups. My rationale is that both the students and I LOVE it and we are able to make cross-curricular connections. Every little bit helps!
This week was....
(Boo for blurry pics and glare!)
APPLES!
I see the same 12 students for literacy intervention (1 hour of Guided Reading in the morning, 1 hour of Phonics/ELA in the afternoon). How wonderful is that? I can easily spiral information between both groups or even reteach when necessary. I also take advantage of their not so long growing attention spans to offer a variety of different literacy experiences.
I will definitely writing blogposts in the very near future about how we fit it ALL in. Until then, here's lots of pictures of our learning:
Word Work: Before
Word Work: During
Work on Writing:
I'm not sure where the green star came from :)
Read to Self
Upside-down...we used apples for segmentation!
And sideways...train whistle
(BEST. TRANSITION. CUE. EVER!)
I also have an Alphabet Intervention group that meets during breakfast:
And there was a lot of fun in my Guided Math groups:
More apples :)
Hands-on learning (always)!
And even cute zebras for true number sentences!
I'm happy, but TIRED! Whew!
We are a busy, hard-working group this year - I'm so fortunate :)
Please hop over to Ellison Education Blog today to read about a cute and easy Halloween costume based on a beloved book character:
There's a cow and a fly (plus a cat, dog, spider, pig).
Any guesses? Hop over to Ellison Education Blog to read more!
Have a wonderful week!
Hello again. It's always a pleasure reading what you've been up to with your students and I quite agree that having topics (as we call themes over here!) is a great idea to encourage cross-curricula ideas, over-learning and transition as well as retention of information :) I'm sharing a couple of maths freebies this week which some of your students might like - if you want to check them out? Have a super weekend :) Special Teaching at Pempi’s Palace
ReplyDeleteLove the apple theme - especially for this time of year!
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend,
Teaching Autism
Love all the apples! That's great that you have hour long blocks like that for intervention...I bet they'll make a lot of progress by the end of the year!
ReplyDeleteI think I guessed the costume... I'll have to go check it out at Ellison to see if I'm right!
ReplyDeleteAnd it's fun to see all of your apple activities! I'm blogging about apples tomorrow too!
:o) Pamela
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