Money and Syllables

I hope that everyone had a nice 4th of July holiday! I was so glad to see the kids excited about coming back to camp on Monday. 

This is a sight word recognition game on ABCYA.com 

 We have been very busy looking at how words are formed into syllables. Both the Tigers and the Thunderbolts are segmenting words into syllables; this makes it much easier to tap and decode unknown words. My post from last year linked here gives a little bit more information about syllable type, and the power of syllable segmentation. However, some words do not always follow the rules, or are a syllable type that has not yet been introduced. These are sight words or "trick' words. There is no perfect way to learn or memorize sight words, but there are some fun games on abcya.com that are helpful.



We have also been building our number and money sense through a variety of lessons, games and crafts. Last week each student created their own penny, nickel, dime and quarter. Mrs. Romero then had the class create this money tree. I was very impressed with their work!

On the back of each coin is a catchy poem to aid in the remembering of each coin's value.

Our Money Tree