Our trip around the world to learn about other cultures and celebrations had us learn about Diwali and Hanukkah! We read books, researched online, watched video clips, did crafts (rangoli patterns that came home) and learned how to play Dreidel.
In word study we kicked off our unit on how understanding syllables can help us as readers and writers. We discovered that a way to count syllables in a word is to track when your jaw drops/ opens up (as can be seen in the picture of our 2 boys above!). We sorted all of our first names based on the number of syllables in them. We also "Drummed" on our chairs different words to count the number of syllables in them. Lastly we made the discovery through observing words split into their syllables that each syllable contains a vowel in it. Ask your kid to tell you how many syllables are in the words: alligator, panda, Mrs. Brothers, pencil, and book!
In word study we kicked off our unit on how understanding syllables can help us as readers and writers. We discovered that a way to count syllables in a word is to track when your jaw drops/ opens up (as can be seen in the picture of our 2 boys above!). We sorted all of our first names based on the number of syllables in them. We also "Drummed" on our chairs different words to count the number of syllables in them. Lastly we made the discovery through observing words split into their syllables that each syllable contains a vowel in it. Ask your kid to tell you how many syllables are in the words: alligator, panda, Mrs. Brothers, pencil, and book!