Being builders..

This week, students had the chance to practice being real builders in the classroom!

First, we used early reading skills to learn the steps a builder uses when building a house. Using the "My House" book, we followed a familiar pattern sentence that showed us the steps we needed to build a house and what the different parts of the house were called. 

Next, boys and girls were challenged to build their own houses using all of the parts of the house. Here is a look at their hard work as builders:

Students have been working on building their oral language first through growing their vocabulary by naming the parts of a house, and next by sharing with their teacher and peers by adding, "My house has a _____,"

At home, can practice naming the different parts of a house with your child and draw their attention to the beginning sounds they hear in those words, such as "d" for door. 

As the students built the parts of their house, teachers were busy capturing pictures. Those pictures are being added to a classroom book that we are going to call "My house" to use in the classroom library. Using this story, students will continue to build their understanding of pattern sentences by looking at pictures and the first letter to predict and decode words.