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Kindergarten smorgasboard12/1/2023 ![]() I might also ask them if they know any words for the sound. ![]() Then they identify the sound and letter on the front cover. First, I ask them to find the front cover of the book. I pull small groups and we use the alphabet readers to practice the sound and letters in books! How To Use The Alphabet Books We use the alphabet books in ABC BOOTCAMP to practice and review the sound and letters in context! Learning letters and sounds must happen in context (which is why we use circle charts with words!). Decodable readers are a key part of the systematic, explicit phonics instruction that helps our students succeed as readers and writers! Using decodable readers allows students to apply and practice the phonics skills we’ve taught in whole group lessons during our BOOTCAMP phonics time. And if a child feels like a reader, they will be better readers. Decodable readers help boost the confidence of our readers. One of the biggest keys to students’ success as readers is confidence. If you want to learn more about the entire program, visit our new website at ABC BOOTCAMP: Small Groups Alphabet Books Ready to get started? Remember TKS Bootcamp is the year-long curriculum but in this post, we are focusing only on the ABC component. Intrigued yet?! I am positive you are, which means you have questions! We hope this blog post can help answer many of them. We could talk about all 9 components of TKS Bootcamp but for now, we want to focus on just the ABC component which is the first component of our phonics curriculum. The component you are looking for is called ABC Bootcamp! Teachers across the country and around the world are raving about the success of ABC Bootcamp in their classrooms. What if I told you that we have a way for you to cover all 26 in only the first 26 days of school and what if we told you it’s aligned to the science of reading and has been in use for 10 years? Well, we do!!! It’s one of the components of our year-long math & literacy program called TKS Bootcamp. White bats, lights and you’ve created a memory and an experience.How would you like to give your students a solid foundation for reading and writing at the beginning of the year? How would you like to get your students reading faster?! You need a fun, engaging way to introduce and have your students master all 26 sounds and letters to your students quickly and effectively. Of course there are bats in our math and literacy centers!Īnd to conclude our bat unit, we turned our hallway into a bat cave as a surprise for the kids! I just cut out white bats and added some black lights! And BAM! A bat cave! This took me 30 minutes to do. ![]() Finally, add purple and black streamers to the bottom of the bat! They are very easy to make and look amazing hanging from the ceiling! Cut one plate in half to make the wings!Ĭylinder Bats! Make a cylinder out of black construction paper. Paper plate bats! Paint two plates black. MAKE ALL THE ART! And bats are less creepy if it’s cute kid art….just sayin… We made bat snacks using Oreos, Doritos, M&Ms, Twizzlers, and candy corn!Īnd lots of art projects because I believe no classroom is complete without artwork. Read It UP: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat ![]() We also incorporate some math and graphing into our bat research project!Īs part of our bat theme, Stellaluna is a MUST! This is a great book about bats and birds but also about accepting people who are different than us. The students then use their new bat knowledge to write about bats! We use read alouds and graphic organizers to conduct our research! As we read, we complete our tree charts, labeling, Venn Diagrams, and true-false sorts!Īs we are completing our graphic organizers and class charts, the students are also completing their own pages in their research journals! Using the big vocabulary is so necessary! Like we always do with our research projects! We use Post It Notes so we can move our thoughts around as we organize our learning! As we go through our bat research unit we add learning and move any misconceptions! This is a very visual way for students to organize their learning and it’s very engaging! My ‘staches know that our schema is what we already know about something. I wanted to share our Bats Research Project with you and share the fun and learning we had during our 2 weeks of bats! The ‘staches were so engaged and excited learning about bats and learn they did! ![]()
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