You've Gotta See This!

Don't you love the Old Lady Series?  Well, my blogging friend, Marlana, at Lil Country Kindergarten has made some of the cutest activities to go along with the book, The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie.   Here are a few things she has made:
You'll see her book above... then a retelling activity...

Magnet Board Printables

and that my friends is not all....  a shared reading lesson, a graph, a sequencing activity and a syllable sort.  Wow!  She really outdid herself!  I plan on using all of her creations next week.  Run over there to download all of her goodies! Just click on her button below.

Marlana gave me the idea to create a book for one of my guided reading groups for next week.  This group is also working on beginning sounds.  And... I could tie it all together in my writing station. So this is what I came up with.....

If you like you can download the book here.  The beginning sound sort here.  The writing station and vocabulary words here. I am going to encourage the children draw  pictures to go along with their writing. Please email me if you have any questions.  Graphics: Scrappin Doodles!
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Beginning/Ending Sound Bats

Next week my team and I are starting our Nocturnal Animal Unit.  One of my reading groups needs more practice with beginning and ending sounds.   This is something I made for this group.  First, I love to practice what we are learning using a pocket chart. I am going to place the pictures you see above in the pocket chart and have volunteers come up and help find the beginning and then ending sound. They will place the beginning sound to the left of the picture and the ending sound to the right of the picture. I have made letters to go along with this part.

  After practicing and when I feel they are ready... into a literacy station it will go! I plan on making the bats into a book (you know how I love to laminate and bind my stuff :)  and have the children use foam or magnetic letters in the boxes. If you don't have letters, you can always have them write using dry erase markers.   I have made a recording sheet  to go along with the activity.  If you would like a copy of my activity,  please click on the picture above. 

Graphics: Scrappin Doodles!

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