This week at Buckle My Shoe was literacy week! Based on the interest of the students, we decided to focus primarily on Mo Willems books. Early on in the week, we began with a Mo Willems memory/matching game, where the students were excited to find matching pairs of familiar characters. After reading Should I Share My Ice Cream a few times, the children were eager to make their own ice cream store in the gym, which prompted a few related activities. We first took a poll of favorite ice cream flavors. Although the race was close, chocolate eventually won out! We then printed out paper cones and paper scoops of ice cream so that the children could sell ice cream to one another with different flavor options. Lastly, on Wednesday, we made ice cream as our science project, adding all of the ingredients to a ice cream making ball, which friends shook around.
Another Mo Willems book we focused on was We Are In A Book. We began by posing for pictures in front of a cutout to look like the book, so that we could pretend to be in a book. We then decided we wanted to write our own 2B book, which the children titled: The Classroom Name. After coming up with the words, the children illustrated the pages. This book will be compiled and out for the children to look at next week! We also read a number of the pigeon books. Today, we decided to read them and vote on whether or not we would allow the pigeon to do what he wanted. We drew upon our own interests in staying up late or not wanting to take a bath!
A very special thank you to the family members who read this week: Carolyn, Marta, Colleen, Kathryn, Cindy, and Brandon! Your children and grandchildren were so excited to have you join us to read stories. Also, a big thank you to the families who sent us books. We have read a few already, and are excited to read the rest soon.
