We're Getting Married...

Married?

Married.

Married?

Married, GEESH!

The kiddos get so confused about q & u's wedding...until they realize the spelling rule.  It's so much fun (shh, my teammate may have even had wedding cake at 9:00am, #sojealous).

We started off with the ceremony - rings were exchanged (plastic) & kisses were given (chocolate).  Then we had a qu word scavenger hunt, where the kiddos found 5 words with /kw/ spelled qu, wrote them down, & then decorated queen q/quarterback u.

During stations/centers the students completed a /kw/ vs. /k/ sort, matching words to pictures and sorting sounds.

It was a great day for a wedding:

I love this day & unit...the kids loved the "Q & U Wedding Song,"

Miss Kristan King

Goin' to the Chapel

So Q & U tied the knot this week.  It was fun to see the children all dressed up:

We began with the ceremony {where rings were exchanged, boys got smiley faced ones & girls got blinged out ones} - we listed to "The Q & U Wedding Song," then wrote the room, did a /k/ vs. /kw/ sort, & ended with a Wedding sight word reader (there).

Do you have some go to packets in TpT for making phonics & letters/letter-sounds fun?

Here are a few *I LOVE*:

1. Meet the Bossy R Triplets
2. Learning "ar" with Pirate Mark
3. Clowning Around (with /ou/ & /ow/)
4. The Exquisite Wedding of Q and U

Enjoying the weeks 'til Spring Break,

Miss Kristan King

"AArgh" you Enjoying Phonics Instruction & Spring?

I am! 

Thanks to Abby & her wonderful Pirate Mark unit.  Everyone is complementing those "Ar pirates" in the hallway!  BTW - for a literacy tie in, ever heard of Tough Boris by Mem Fox?  It is a great pirate read aloud that activates schema on the loss of a pet.  My kids loved the story & every pirate needs a parrot!

Love the peg leg & hook hand!!

Check out her pink & purple fingernails - HA!

Well & before spring break some triplets kept us busy too - thanks Jodi!

Soon on the docket are:

1. -or, -oar, & -ore
2. ou/ow diphthongs
3. oy/oi diphthongs

I am so excited, our basal does a so-so job with phonics.  I come from Saxon Phonics, it was so structured so Treasures is VERY different.  Last year I stuck "to the core" and now I am supplementing.  None of the programs are better or worse, just different.  All the "fun phonics" activities in TpT have inspired me to beef up the phonics.  MY KIDS ARE LOVING IT - & I can't wait to pin the "owie on the clown!"

And - don't forget math...I love Jen's chicks!  Had to throw in some Easter/Spring fun for math {and Jen includes thinking maps!}.

Our Hatchin' Spring Glyphs

Is Easter Your Favorite Holiday? graph