Re: Morning message

Posted by Lisa Z on 9/22/03

More | Report Post

On 9/22/03, Janet wrote:
> This is my first year using Building Blocks with my pre-k
> class. I'm so excited -- it's going just as the book
> says! I'm doing a morning message every day, and the name
> activities. I used our class mascot, Snowball (a polar
> bear) as our first name. That day one child at the
> writing center asked if she could write Snowball's name!
> Now the children are drawing pictures for him and writing
> his name. One boy's mom said it was the first word he's
> ever tried to write other than his name. I'm doing shared
> reading with books I've enlarged and I'm sending home a
> mini version of the same book each week. We'll do our
> first predictable chart this week. The only problem I'm
> having is finding enough time in my 2 1/2 hour morning.

With a 2 1/2 hour time frame, I would alternate between
Shared Reading and Predictable Charts weekly. With Pre-K,
you're not going to be held to the fire as much as older
grades, so relax and give the kids time to really enjoy their
activities and don't worry about trying to squeeze everything
in.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Morning message, 9/22/03, by Janet.
• Re: Morning message, 9/22/03, by Lisa Z.