Letter C Book

Today I introduced a new and highly effective language program that will be added to our daily curriculum. For the next two weeks we will focus on the letter C. Each child is provided with the book shown below that they will use throughout the two weeks and will be able to take home at the end! This program is published by McGraw Hill Education.

Today our focus was on forming circles and describing objects with the circular form as round. To start I had a display of objects that I found were round. Once we discussed each object, it was the students turn to find objects around the room that were round and describe what they found in complete sentences. Some objects our students chose were a clock, the fan, paper towel roll, a cup, etc.

Then we took a look at the first two pages of our book that was based on a circus theme. We discussed the different sizes of circles on the circus page. We also discussed and watched videos of circuses. Students were amazed at all the animals and people doing tricks!

Afterwards we practiced making circles in a very specific way. This is the stepping stone to how they will write the letter C. 

This resource worked perfectly for this assignment of making circles! You can purchase the book below on Amazon. 

A poem we sang about the different aspects of a circus! 

In the activity below we focused on our listening skills. We discussed what sounds we hear daily and if those sounds were loud or soft. Students came up with a huge list of the different sounds they hear and enjoyed mocking those sounds. After our discussion students completed three activities. In the first activity students had to identify and circle which sound they heard. The second activity students classified using a graph which images were loud and soft. Once they completed the graph I asked multiple questions like, "Were there more loud or soft sounds?", etc. For the last activity we played "Simon Says!" Students had so much fun playing this game. :)

Today we focused on prepositions. I have had so much fun teaching this topic in the past and today was no exception. To begin I asked a student to sit in a chair in the front of the class and handed them a book. I asked them, "Can you put the book above your head? Can you put the book on your lap? Can you put the book under you chair?" Students had so much fun showing off their listening skills in front of their peers. We then discussed what words I used in order for them to know where to put the book... they're prepositional words! 

Afterwards we listened to a very catchy prepositional song, completed another activity using three colored cups and three activity sheets.

I placed these three colored cups in a specific order and asked students, "Which color cup is below the red?" and other similar questions. We then moved on to discussing that these colors, and in this order like displayed in the picture below, resemble a traffic light. It brought up another really neat discussion of what each color means and what to do when each of the colors is shining.  

Below students practiced creating circles and coloring them like a traffic light.

Below we used prepositional words to describe where each colored balloon was in relation to the bear. 

For the activity below students had to listen to very specific instructions in order to complete this worksheet accurately. For example I instructed them to trace each circle, color each circle, cut each circle, place the red circle above the bears head, etc. All of our children did such a great job following instructions. I was very proud of them!