I don't know about you, but after Winter Break I felt so refreshed, revived and ready to be back at work! upset! Our lil family spent the whole vacation sick, except for me of course, because as a friend has told me...mommy doesn't get the luxury of being sick. So between the barf, presents, fever, stress (not necessarily in that order) I needed a break from my break! I came back feeling less than enthused to be there but happy to see my lil squirts. Even on my worst days, they bring a smile to my face and I have to thank God for letting me do what I do and letting me have them in my class...even if just for a brief moment.
After checking out my favorite blogs, I found the awesome Cara Carroll posted a fun morning warm up activity. I really thought this would be a great addition to what I already do in an attempt to wake their sleepy heads up. O.M.Geez! They love it. I even venture to say it is their favorite part of the day. I pull a stick and that student will give us the "Dish". It can be about anything they would like to share. So far, it has been about a new jacket, new shoes, where they were going after school...all kinds of fun stuff. A couple even fold their hands in mock prayer to be chosen, so cute! Who says there's no prayer in school, hehe.
We count the number of words the student told us in their dish and I draw blanks. They write their dish, with peer and teacher help, and then we do some skill building. Examples of the skills would be counting up the vowels and consonants, finding odd and even words, words with CVCe patterns, all kinds of stuff!
I laminated mine so I wouldn't go through so much chart paper.
Do you wanna dish???
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