building sentences and creating letter books

We have continued our work noticing, reading, and building sentences this week. On Tuesday, the children gathered together on the rug and reread the sentence;

I  see  a  yellow  leaf .

I offered a choice, a sentence in order to cut up and build on their canvas or a sentence out of order to cut up and build. A few of the Kindergarteners eagerly chose the challenge, quickly cutting around each word. As one child worked, a peer noticed that their sentence didn't make sense, reading I a see yellow... The words were moved and the sentence carefully reread. An important teaching point of the experience was that all literacy artists reread or check their work, ensuring that it makes sense. The encouragement to reread came from the students, as they offered incredible support for one another throughout the experience!

 

 

 


Writing and illustrating letter books has been a shared interest amongst the Kindergarteners. Inspired by a curiosity in letters and a love for representation, children have been creating colorful pages for their own t and f books. The dot art at the beginning of the year slowly developed into dot letter art. We encouraged children to add on to their large dot letters, drawing pictures of words starting with t, f, b, n or m. Using their interest in letters and love for illustration, little dot letter books became an option during academic choice this week.