Turkey Work-ey! 

My students have been hard at work writing letters as turkeys who have run away for Thanksgiving!

We have also been working on nouns and adjectives.  This worksheet helped me explain how to figure out the difference between the words.  We practiced by locating the noun, "turkey."  Each time they read a word, I asked them to say it in front of the word, "turkey."  So, we discussed how "wing turkey" does not make sense but "plump turkey" does.  Therefore, "wing" is another noun and "plump" is an adjective describing "turkey!"

These center cards were a fun way to review coin recognition and value for my 1st graders.  The two worksheets from the preview pic below go nicely with the matching game!

We used this worksheet to make sentences by learning how you must have a "who or what" and an "action" to make a sentence.  My kiddos had fun writing and drawing pictures to match their sentences!

Here is the unit that all of these activities come from-- if you are interested in turkey themed learning fun this week or next!

 

TURKEY Learning Unit!!

I used the book called A Plump and Perky Turkey for lots of fun fiction learning as well with my students!

A Plump and Perky Turkey Comprehension Unit!

We took a field trip to The Living Arts and Science Center here in Lexington, KY.  We had so much fun with the color and light theme they used and seeing all of their cool critters!

Butterflies, axolotls, and chameleons, oh my!

Next week, our class Thanksgiving Feast and learning about the first Thanksgiving!!

Have a great weekend!

Inference Investigators

Inference Investigators!

I have been so excited to use this unit with my first graders!  It seems that discussing and teaching the "Inference" strategy is not always the easiest concept with young primary students.  The unit uses a detective theme to help students realize that using past knowledge and clues from their reading will help make them use good inferencing skills!

To get started, the kids made their own "Top Secret" file folders to hold their inference work.

At whole group time, I used the "What is it?" cards to discuss using clues from reading to solve the "What is it?" mystery.  All you need is post it notes to cover the picture!  They loved helping me read the clues and giving answers.  Talking through possible answers is such a good way for little minds to learn!

After practicing the "What is it?" cards, I used these "What am I?" cards in reading circles and then put them into a center to practice with friends.           

"Secret Squares" was their favorite lesson from the unit!  Each student chose a picture to "hide" with their secret square and they wrote clues on each flap. We shared them whole group and they loved reading their clues and seeing if their classmates could solve the mystery before the whole picture was revealed!

One of my favorite lessons in the unit is the "Finding Clues and Taking Notes" worksheets.  I did a few of these whole group and then let the kids try in reading circles.  They really love using a highlighter to POP out the clues and write their notes.

Finally, the kids made their own "Inference Investigators/Detectives" and wrote their own "What am I ?" clues for an object.  They each got a post it to cover the answer and we hung these out in the hallway to display our hard work as inference investigators!  


If you like what you see, the unit is at my TPT store!

INFERENCE INVESTIGATORS

Have a GREAT week!!