Wednesday, 10 September 2014

With my hands I can...

Dear Mom and Dad:

What a snow storm we had today! We hope everyone got home safely and stay warm. 
We worked on a new reading strategy called "Chunky Monkey". This is a strategy I can use to read words that I don't know. We discovered many words and sounds we know in one word. I can look for a chunk I know (-ing, -and, -art, -old) and look for a word part I know (be-, -er), this can help me decode new words. 

In writing, we looked at a picture prompt and came up with some questions to wonder about what was happening in the picture. Ask me to describe the picture to you. We talked about what, when, who, why, where questions to help us get our imagination going. During writing, I am working on writing out words with the sounds I hear on my own. It is important for me to be confident in my writing and that I am trying my best. 

In the afternoon we worked on an art project. We read the book called "The Best Part of Me" and talked specifically about our hands. We came up with different ideas with this sentence starter, "With my hands I can______". We came up with some great ideas!

".....steer my bike." (Koen)
".....catch things." (Aaron)
"....feel things." (Lincoln)
"....pick up things." (Logan)
"...eat things." (Fiona)
"....wave to people." (Josh)
"......shake hands." (Jack)
"......give ice cream." (Abby)
"........give hugs." (Kaitlyn)

We traced our hands and then used our knowledge of patterns to come up with a colorful design for our hand art. I had to remember to keep all the crayons happy. They turned out beautiful!

Question of the day: What can you do at school with your hands? With my hands I can........

Love,
The Rainbow Triad

23 comments:

  1. Dayna said "with my hands I can write and hold a book".

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  2. Aaron says, I can write with my hand and play tag.

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  3. Sienna said "I can draw pictures, help and eat!"

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  4. With my hands, I can write in my Visual Journal and Journal. Emma.P

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  5. Draw patterns and shake hands. Siera

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  6. With my hands I can pet my dog Winston.

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  7. Owen says "I can make a snowman."

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  8. with my hands I can pull out my chair - Fiona

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  9. I can hug, high five, clap and do the hello song

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  10. I can hold a book, eat my lunch and I can write. Abby P

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  11. Noah said with his hands he can climb.

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  12. Lincoln said with his hands he can write and swim

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  13. with my hands i can draw with pencils

    Ava

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  14. I can play piano, press buttons, hold food and put my pajamas on. Nathan C.

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  15. Sam says he can draw and throw pokemon balls with his hands ��

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  16. Daneen says : with my hands I can grab things and do art in school.

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  17. Nathan Tremblett says with my hands I can give high fives to my friends

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  18. Hailey said with my hands I can write stories and draw pictures.

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  19. Taylor says with my hands I can write and draw, but can also grab on to the monkey bars on the playground!

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  20. Jack says, " With my hands I can hold kids hands."

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  21. Alexis says "do art and hold a book".

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  22. Ciara says I can help people at the play ground if they fall.

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