Happy Halloween!

Sight Word Practice

In reading we are ready to begin our first set of sight words: color words! Of course you can use flashcards, but here are some other fun ideas to try:
Use coins or buttons to form your words
Print your words on someones back using your finger. Have the person guess the word
Use yarn or string to form your words.
Record yourself saying and spelling your words
Use cooked spaghetti to form your words
Play BINGO with your words
Spread peanut butter or jelly on bread then use raisins to form your words
Use colored crayons or pencils to copy your words in as many different color combinations as possible.
Paint your words using water color or finger paint
Read a story. See how many times you can find your words
Write three or more sentences using each word
See how many times you can write your words in 1 minute
Use colored chalk to write your words on the sidewalk
Write your words in shaving cream
Fold a sheet of paper in fourths. Write your words one time in each square and decorate the squares with art supplies, stickers, etc.
Use cookie dough to shape your words and bake them
Write three or more words that rhyme with each of your word
Play Tic-Tac-Toe using your words
Create a game of "Memory" with your sight words
Create flashcards to review your words

Most importantly, HAVE FUN!!

Wiggle Time!

It's important for us to allow time to get out all of our wiggles! Dance Parties are a quick effective way to let go of extra energy! 6-B seems to have a real affinity for break-dancing. 

Check us out in action!

6-B Prepares And Enjoys A Delicious Apple Treat

Wow great work 6-B! Now it's time to season!

Everyone added five "shakes"- great teamwork.

 Time to enjoy our treat!

What a fun day!

6-B Graphs Their Favorite Color Apple

What Color Apple is your favorite?

6-B students colored in an outline of an apple Red, Yellow, or Green to represent their favorite.

Next we sat together and created a class graph on the floor.  We had to remember that when creating our graph we must work from the bottom up. Each student took a turn to come up and place their apple on our graph.

 Visually, it was quite clear that red was our favorite, but we worked together to count the exact number of votes for each color. We found that eleven students like red apples best, two students preferred yellow apples, and one friend chose the a green apple.

Above: 6-B transfers the information from our class graph to our portfolio page. 

Below: A student's finished portfolio page. 

Learning The Parts Of an Apple: A Kinesthetic Approach

6B enjoyed a hands-on approach to learning the parts of an apple. We were able to explore with our hands- identifying each area before we completed the above portfolio page.

Bravo 6-B!

Apple Tasting Using Our Five Senses: A Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, and Tactile Learning Experience

Before tasting apples, 6B reviewed our five senses.  Having learned about our senses in science, with Ms. Waters, we were quite knowledgeable. 

 We discussed how we could use our five senses to explore apples.

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We used our eyes to identify different types of apples. Our noses helped us smell the apples.
Our hands helped us feel the apples. We noted the different textures of the apples skin and flesh.
Our mouths tasted the apples.
Our ears helped us hear the crunching sound as we bit into and chewed the apples.

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To vote for our favorite apple we placed a small manipulative behind the plate. We then went to the carpet to discuss our experiences before we revealed the results of the apple tasting.

We created a web to describe the way the apples looked, felt, tasted, smelled, and sounded.

Honeycrisp was our favorite apple!

Thank you 6B friends for bringing in apples from home.

Chapter Two- A Kinesthetic Approach to Number Writing

In chapter two we learned to properly write the numbers zero to five.  

Above mathematicians practice writing numbers in the air and then on a partners back. As we form the number we recite the proper wording for correct number formation:

zero - Around we go, to make a zero

one- straight line down from the sun, that's the way we make a one

two- around and back on a railroad track

three- around a tree around a tree, that's the way we make a three

four- down and over, down some more, that's the way we make a four

five- fat old five goes down, around, put a hat on top

Next, we write the numbers on a partners back without reciting the verbiage aloud. Then, the person who had the number written on their back need to guess which number was written.

This was a great activity to get as read for pencil-to-paper practice.