"Pp" for Pig

This morning was the second time that I have have played soccer spelling. Each day we practice our spelling words but in different ways. This is the only partner activity that I allow in spelling. It was a bit difficult for the students to play last time, but I showed them again how to do it and they did better playing. Each team needs one soccer board. There is a pile of spellng words face down. Partner A takes the first word off the pile and then reads it to his partner. Partner B writes down that word on the soccer board. Each player starts writing their words at the opposite end of the board (not the middle). Player B spells the word correctly, then picks a word and reads it to Partner A. Partner A writes the word. If one of the partners spells the word incorrect, he/she must stay on the same "yard" line on the board. The player may only advance if he spells the word correctly. Each play takes turns until all words are gone or one player reaches the middle line first. The students seemed to have fun playing it. I was very impressed that each group worked so well together. We have one new student in our group, his partner did very well in guiding him through the rules and playing of the game.


Today we got to water paint our 1st three quiet letters in our LiPS programs. We painted our Lip Poppers, Tongue Tappers, and Tongue Scrapers. The little ones had a great time painting. For the most part their letters were formed correctly. One of them had a little trouble because he kept getting too much water on the brush, then that would make the letter blob. During our seat work time we always have work that relates to the work the student's do during reading. Today we got to make our "p" pig puppet. The boys always enjoy making puppets and they did well in cutting and making the puppet.