Pizza, Pizza!

To kick off our study of functional ("how to") writing, the students and I took part in pizza making! In order to teach someone how to do something you must be an expert. What better way to make sure we get all the steps right, but to actully make a pizza. We started by spliting the English Muffins (thanks to Mrs. Deason), the students then spread the desired amount of tomato sauce all over there individual pizzas. Those who wanted pepperoni added a few, and we finished them off with a handful of shredded mozzarella. I popped each one in the microwave for about 1 minute, just to let the cheese melt and voila......pizza!

The kids had a blast! later that day we started our first functional piece of writing. The kids came up with some great beginnings! We really focused on grabbing the reader's attention by posing a question. They were very detailed when describing the steps to making pizza. Our "How to Make a Pizza" writing is spotlighted on our hallway bulletin board and also on our "Rapid Writing" board inside the classroom. Feel free to stop by and check them out.

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Delightful Digraphs

This week we have been learning about digraphs. Digraphs are the letter combos -sh, -th, -wh, and -ch that we see at the beginning and the ending of words. Some examples are ship, brush, catch, cheese, whale, tooth, then. Check out these great websites for some interactive digraph practice: (a great rainy day activity or something fun for our three day weekend)

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/games/ch_sh_wh_th_sounds.jsp

http://www.starfall.com/

Happy New Year to All!!!

Hello parents, students, and followers! I'm sorry I haven't been posting in a while, it's been a very busy Holiday season! Make sure to check the blog this weekend and upcoming week for new posts. I have lots of pictures and stories to share from our field trip to UNF, Christmas party, pizza making activity, and other goodies. Thank you for your patience. Happy Blogging :)