One of my favorite websites

One of my favorite websites for children is starfall.  It teaches students reading and math.  It's fun and interactive.  I have used it in my classroom and at my own home.  The website for the most part is free to use.  If you buy their membership then you have more access to other activities that they have available.  I recommend that you buy the membership.  I have and I am not disappointed.  My 3 year old daughter uses it all of the time.  It is a very easy website to use and you don't have to worry about advertisements that your child may click on.

I also like that this website now has apps that you can download onto your phone.  These apps are free to download.

As an PreK teacher I highly recommend this website.  You won't be disappointed.
Click below and have your children try it.
www.starfall.com

You are PRICELESS!!

God has created us all to be PRICELESS!!!  We should treat each other as priceless.  This world would be very different if we looked at each other with love instead of what I can get out of that person.  I found this awesome song by King and Country called Priceless.  It is a great reminder how we should treat others.  God wants us to love each other before ourselves.

I recommend all of you to listen to this song.

King and Country-Priceless

 

Teaching Our Students!

A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.
                                                                                                                    ~Eliphas Levi

I found this quote today and thought that it was awesome. As a teacher I have strived to see where my students are having difficulties and help them where they are at instead of putting them in a box and teaching them where I think they should be at.

One of my favorite principals that I ever worked for showed me and taught me how to teach students the right way. She taught me to look beyond the curriculum and find a common ground that all of my students are at and start there. At the time, I was teaching the alphabet and it’s sounds to a kindergarten class. I still remember her asking me why are you teaching the alphabet when 90% of your students already know it. Why aren’t you teaching them where they are at instead of where you think they are at. This is when I fell in love with Literacy First. It’s such an amazing curriculum that helps teachers and students learn at the pace the whole class is at. Once my principal gave me the tools, I never looked back and I started teaching students in a whole new way. My kids loved it because they were no longer bored with me trying to teach them things they already knew. I thank God every day for that principal. She taught me how to be a teacher.

oa, ow story, printable story, wall signs, and worksheets

If you are interested in teaching students’ oa, ow while reading a story than this is the activity for you. This activity makes learning oa, ow fun and engaging.  The story tells why the oa, ow make the sounds that they do.  The wall signs come with songs and a short story.  My students have really liked using this activity when we are learning about oa, ow.  I will use this activity the first day to introduce the skill.

     

      

      

 

This activity comes with:

A Story, Wall Display, Printable Story

-The Story is a fun way to read about oa and ow words.   

-There are two Wall Displays.  Each Wall Display has two songs and a short story that goes along with the longer version.

-The Printable Story can be sent home so students can practice reading.

-This product comes in color and black and white

         

Worksheets

This activity comes with 2 worksheets.

1^st worksheet: The goal is for students to get the snowman to the movie tickets.  Students will color in words that have oa and ow in them.

2nd Worksheet: Students will read the oa and ow words.  Then students will write each word under the correct category.

Black and White Word Cards

-I made a card for every oa and ow word used in this activity.  You can either send the cards home or create games using the cards like Memory or Go Fish.  I left some blank so you can fill in your own words.

Lesson Plan

-I created a lesson plans that could be used for this literacy activity.  The lesson plan comes with common core state standards, ideas on how to use the story, wall display, and worksheets. 

Video Ideas and Books that Teach Long

-I wrote down videos that cover oa and ow.  I also wrote down books that you can read that will help emphasize oa and ow.

Here is an example on how to use the story: On chart paper write down oa and ow.  Read the story and sing the songs from the wall displays.  Have students listen for oa and ow words.  Then have them get with a partner and tell them the words that they heard.  After they have told their partner, call on students to tell you what words that they heard and write it on the chart paper.

Common Core State Standards that are covered in this activity

RF.1.1, RF.1.2, RF.1.3, RF.1.3.c, RF.1.4, RF.1.4.a, RF.1.4.b, RF.1.4.c

If you like this activity, I have bundled all of my oa and ow activities together together.  It comes with:

• oa, ow picture and word sort
• oa, ow puzzle match
• oa, ow word scramble
• oa, ow worksheets
• oa, ow picture sort
• oa, ow story
• oa, ow word sort

Other activities that you may like that go along with this activity:

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