Hi Everyone!
Posting early since I will be decorating my car early in the morning for the parade, hope to see some of you out there tomorrow.
Today we are going to focus on idea generation, writing and creative thinking. Today I would like you to…
This term we will be focusing on personal writing. This will include letter writing, journaling, making connections and some story writing. Yes! Comic strip stories too like promised!
- Read my letter and discuss with your families some of the activities and family time you have had over the last few weeks together. Make a brain storm web with your family and write down on the outside of the web a list of things you’ve done or accomplished together. This will help you generate ideas prior to writing, similar to what we discuss as a class prior to beginning to write.
2. Write a letter to back to me.
After discussing with your families and making a brainstorm web with ideas write a letter to Ms. Toor. Here are some ideas to add in your letter…
- Start your letter with Dear Ms. Toor
- Write sentences with a capital letter at the beginning (names have capital letters) punctuation at the end of your sentence, spaces in between words and full ideas.
- Answer some questions I asked in my letter
- Ask Ms. Toor a question or two
- Sign your name
Attached is a picture of my letter to all of you. I will write a comment back (in letter form) after reading a picture of your letter in Fresh grade. Feel free to use the templates below or your own paper.
Remember to use our tools for spelling. Slowly sound out words you are unsure about, write down the letter sounds you hear. Try first before you ask for help or look up the word in a dictionary.
https://www.design-your-homeschool.com/support-files/k-1-dotted-lined-printable.pdf
3. “Think outside the box Thursday”
This is going to be a regular activity because it sparks creative thinking. Take a look at the picture below. Print or copy down what you see on your own paper. Finish the picture, be creative and colourful. It is not a donut. What did you create? Remember everyone’s will look different and that is the exciting part. This is what I created! Post what you created on Fresh Grade.
4. Optional: Suncrest Staff Parade!
Enjoy the long weekend! Spend quality time with family. Next activities will be posted Tuesday April 14.
Ms. Toor