For the last two weeks Cameron has been our Star Name. As we sorted out the letters and arranged them to make his name and discover the Star Name we realized how long Cameron's name is. Some of us were reminded of the Kevin Henkes' story Crysanthemum where the main character also has a very long name!
We learned and reviewed how to form the letters and Cameron and explored what sounds the letters make. Because Cameron's name is a long one, these two weeks also gave us an opportunity to think about syllables, or 'chunks of words' as we sometimes call them. We clapped the number of syllables in all of our names and sorted words from The Very Hungry Caterpillar into number of syllable groups.
At our literacy stations we also practiced matching upper-case and lower-case letters and writing letters using the iPad app 'Draw and Tell'.
We learned and reviewed how to form the letters and Cameron and explored what sounds the letters make. Because Cameron's name is a long one, these two weeks also gave us an opportunity to think about syllables, or 'chunks of words' as we sometimes call them. We clapped the number of syllables in all of our names and sorted words from The Very Hungry Caterpillar into number of syllable groups.
At our literacy stations we also practiced matching upper-case and lower-case letters and writing letters using the iPad app 'Draw and Tell'.