On Monday, I introduced five new little friends to the class--the quints: Queenie, Quintin, Quigley, Quinn, and Quincy. While a few of my students rocked the babies (so cute!), I explained that these little ones were here to help us learn to read and write /qu/ words. {And, since our reading series said so, I also had to teach /wh/ this week. Just a little confusing for my kiddos.} Anyway, we practiced reading our giant baby shower invitation that had many /wh/ words, then each student took home a baby shower invitation to share with their families! The quints stayed in our room all week long, and today we threw a /qu/ {and /wh/} baby shower for them! The kids brought in /qu/ and /wh/ gifts like white blankies/booties/hats, quarters, hot wheels cars, white quilts, squeaky books, and quacking ducks! After the gifts were all set up on a table, and most of the quints were wrapped up in new quilts, the kids visited baby-themed reading stations!
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| The Giant Invitation! |
Baby bottled up words: The kids had to unscramble the letter beads to figure out which /wh/ and /qu/ word was inside each bottle! (This was a little tricky, so we had a word bank to help!)
Rattle toss: The kids were given two soft baby rattles, and were to toss them onto a large word mat (just a Dollar Tree table cloth). If the rattle landed on a word, they would read it, then get a point for their team! They really loved this game!
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