On the Road and in the Air Week Two

Our shared writing activity 

Pocket Chart Stories using the children's names

 Small Group Activities

Train pattern cards

"Look I drew a car pattern."

Matching the capital letter to the lowercase letter

Writing Workstation Prompt Sheets for children to draw and have teacher dictate their story.

 Creative Art Station

Hot Air Balloons made out of paper plates and q-tip painted

Airplanes made out of paper tubes and bottle caps

Jet

 All of these ideas can be found in one of these packets

On the Road and in the Air (Transportation and Community Helper Unit)

Teachers Pay Teachers

Teachers Notebook

Transportation and Community Helper Writing Center Workstation

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Teachers Notebook

 Building Literacy with Interactive Stories Transportation Pocket Chart Stories

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Teachers Notebook

Writing on Slime

Are you looking for new ways to get your kids excited about writing, well do I have the fix all for you.

You got it Slime!.

Slime Recipe

Ingredients:

·      Warm water

·      Elmer’s or White craft glue

·      Borax (you can find in most grocery stores and the laundry soap isle)

·      Green food coloring

·      2 bowls

Directions:

1.  Mix together 3/4 cup warm water and 1 cup glue  into a bowl.

2.  In the second bowl, mix 4 teaspoons borax and 1 1/3 cups warm water.

3.  Pour the contents of the first bowl into the second bowl and do not stir. Let the mixture sit for about one minute.

I made a double batch to give me enough slime for a table of 8 children.

Give each child a small amount of slime and some color markers.

Children pat it until it is flat to write

 Write stretch and write again

 This project also turned into a great color mixing project.

Writing Center Makeover

Before 

 After

 A Closer Look

 I freshened up the area with paint.  What a difference that made, it made that 1972 wooden shelf look like new.  Yes some of the furniture in my classroom dates back to the 70's.

The bottom shelf in baskets from left to right is envelopes, letter stencils, wooden tracing letters and booklets.

 Close up look at Writing Tool Tub

 I like to provide a variety of writing tools for the children to use.  This tub has removable writing tools that can be brought to the table.

Book Making Tub

 Tool so that children can create their own books.  Here is a sample of a book a child made using the tools provided.

 Top shelf from left to right is foam picture stamps, foam letter stamps, stamp pads and roll of making tape for book making or extending their drawing.

Bottom shelf from left to right is rulers, chalk board and tools, and picture word cards.

Daily Sign In Make Over

 Before

It worked but it was not very inviting for the children

After

 First I changed the name of the area to Name Station.  This area now serves two purposes.  One for the children to sign in daily for practice writing their name and Two it is an area that they can write their name as well of names of their friends with different types of writing instruments and paper. 

I also created three books this year so that the children could move faster through the process of the daily signing in.

Name rings, these rings have the children's first and last names on them for extra practice.  The rings are also dived up into three ring sets that match the sign in books so children are able to find their names as well as their friends.

 Don't forget the alphabet when it comes to writing children always need something to reference.

 The name station also includes a variety of writing instruments, lined paper and plain paper.

Remember this is just a station for them to write names.  I also a full writing center for them the explore making books and drawing pictures.  

What does the inside of your book look like?

Each book has ABC tabs so that the children can go to their first letter in their name and find their name in that section.  Depending on the level of the child their name might have practice writing text on it.  We are using the lettering from Lettering Delights

Transportation and Community Helper Writing Center Workstation

Spice up your writing center with this transportation writing center workstation packet.

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Teachers Notebook

This is a writer’s work station packet filled with transportation and community helper themed papers and prompts that included, 10 story writing prompt sheets, and 34 vocabulary and word writing cards for your students to practice writing with.

Writers Work Station

There is no better way to get your preschool children writing than setting up a writers work station.  Providing writing opportunities with children everyday will give children the experience to move through the writing stages with ease. 

Providing mini lessons on writing topics through a shared writing experience will be the most effective method in guiding children toward writing on a specific topic.

Have a writing word wall were children are able to physically go and get words to write, will empower them to write their own words to their story.

To help with your writing work station you can go to Teachers Pay Teachers Teachers Pay Teachers or Teachers Notebook and get the December Writers Work Station Packet.

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or

Teachers Notebook

 What can be found in the packet.

This is a writer’s work station packet filled with holiday themed papers and prompts that included, book making prompts, story writing prompt sheets, I can draw work sheets and 24 vocabulary and word writing cards and don’t forget a Dear Santa letter writing sheet.  

Daily Child Sign-In

Children are always interested when their parents sign them in for the day.  So why not capture that interest and give them a way to sign themselves in everyday.

By setting up a daily sign-in table it is a wonderful way for the children to find and recognize their names.  It is also a great way to have them practice writing their names.

 We use two sign-in books so that two children can sign in at the same time.  One book has children’s first names in alphabetic order A-L and the second book is M-Z.

Each book has ABC tabs so that the children can go to their first letter in their name and find their name in that section.  Depending on the level of the child their name might have practice writing text on it.  We are using the lettering from Lettering Delights.