Patterns

I have two magnificent math books to share with you!  I LOVE both these books about patterns and the kids LOVE them too. My students couldn't wait to create their own pattern creature. During shared writing time we wrote a bug pattern poem too.

Click Here To See My Class Pattern Bugs

download Pattern Bug 

click here for pattern fish 

Pattern Jumps On The Number Line

I am teaching a new math program {Think Math} this year and this lesson was challenging for students. The students do AB and ABC jumps on the number line. 

Making AB and ABC.

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 The kids also write numbers on the number line {under the dot}. One of my favorite things about Think Math is that they do lots of lessons with the number line. 

Some number patterns we explored

{2,4,6,} {10,20,30} {3,6,8} 

Mystery Pattern Riddles 

I did some of these mystery riddles with students who have a 

strong understanding of patterns. We worked on the AB riddles. Next week I plan to do some ABC riddles. There is a blank template to let your students write riddles too. 

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Pattern Story Problems

Download Line Up problem

Roll Two Dice Turkey & Turkey Poems

Shared Reading This Week

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I love this Native American Chant. 
I have the students make actions for the earth, 
fire, water and air.
For RETURN we make a stirring motion with our hands.
YEA YEA= CLAP CLAP
WO WO= SLAP THIGHS

THANKSGIVING MATH 

Here is a simple math dice game.
{Special Thanks to Lita-Lita for Turkey clipart}

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Word Work

I have blogged about using this spelling strategy LOOK, SAY, NAME, COVER, WRITE AND CHECK from the book Spelling K-8 Planning and Teaching by Diane Snowball and Faye Bolton. 

I recently updated my sheets

To include picture clues for my kindergarten students. 

Sight Words in This Download

Look  ~ visual details 

Say~ notice parts

Cover~paper over top

Name~ finger under each letter

Write~quickly (think about how the word looks)

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I recently came across the book The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson. There are so many great things about this book.   It gives explicit information on teaching guided reading and also has tons of suggestions on word study and guided writing. This is a MUST HAVE BOOK!

Jan has an amazing site here CHECK IT OUT