During skills this morning (where my students work on phonics, phonemic awareness, and fluency) I busted out the playdough. If I could have taken a picture of my students' faces, it would have won an award. You see, normally, Playdough only comes out at the very end of the day when there is extra time (and only for my well behaved students). So when those little tubs of colored goodness came out of the bucket, my student's had no idea what to expect.
I decided while working on our high frequency words (Dolch words) we need to do more than just read flashcards. My students practice their Dolch words in context at the poetry centers, and write them in the writing center, but that just wasn't enough. So...here comes the Playdough!
The student's used the Playdough to form their Dolch words. They had to create each letter and put them in the correct order. I have NEVER had my students work so hard on Dolch words EVER before. We went through all of List 1, and tomorrow, we will work on List 2.
It is nice to see my students so happy about learning. And all of my students were into it, they got to work with their hands and actually build things! *P.S.* I attempt to bring kindergarten back to the way it was when I was in kindergarten :)
That's it for now! But I suggest you go play with some Playdough and remember the little things in life that make you smile...you never out-grow Playdough :)
