Re: popcorn words/morning message to kels

Posted by Laurie on 7/19/07

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kels...you can start day one with a message to the kids. I have 5
or 6 kids come up and circle anything thay can read....a letter, a
number or a word. They love this. Laurie
Kinder month by month BB blue book has lots of examples of morning
messages.


On 7/11/04, leslee wrote:
> We butter (highlight) pocorn words when we find them in context.
> On 11/07/03, JEM wrote:
>> On 10/31/03,
>> http://www.teachers.net/mentors/buildingblocks/topic691/5.27
>> wrote:
>>> On 10/31/03, kels wrote:
>>>> Any suggestions on how I can start using popcorn words and
>>>> morning messages? I'm just beginning building blocks and
>>>> am completely confused. (I hadn't even heard of building
>>>> blocks before Sept.) Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>
>> I do my morning message as one of my first activities. I write
>> 2 sentences. We echo and choral read. We count the words and
>> letters in each sentence and compare which sentence has the
>> most/least letters and words. We circle "popcorn" words (I try
>> to use these words frequently in the message) and underline the
>> letter we are focusing on that day. My "popcorn" words are the
>> first 50 words on the Dolch sight word list. We do lots of fun
>> things to spell the popcorn words.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• popcorn words, 10/31/03, by kels.
• Re: popcorn words - look here, 10/31/03, by http://www.teachers.net/mentors/buildingblocks/topic691/5.27.
• Re: popcorn words - look here, 11/07/03, by JEM.
• Re: popcorn words - look here, 7/11/04, by leslee.
• Re: popcorn words/morning message to kels, 7/19/07, by Laurie .