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TK Distance Learning Packet: SPRING - Insects Theme - Week 4

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Another week, another packet! My  Spring Week 4 Distance Learning packet for TK   is done and ready for you! In this file, you will find all of the work for one week of school for TK, with some worksheets that will work for Kindergarten, for both Math and Language Arts subjects. We've included a variety of worksheets and activities, so feel free to use any or all of it with your students! This week focuses on the letter Z , number 19 , sight word " black ", Letter Ladder fluency practice for letters M-Z , Insect Alphabet Writing A-Z*, Number Bug Writing 0-20 *, Number Fluency Chart: 10-20 , Shapes practice: rectangle, hexagon, squar e, Addition worksheets - ladybug and butterfly theme, Hidden Numbers Insects - sets of 10*, Letter, Number, Word, or Sentence? How Many Words per Sentence? worksheets*! Hands on activities include : Ladybug craft, Bee craft, Caterpillar craft, Butterfly Coffee Filter craft, Guided Drawing Insects: butterfly, bee, ladybug, caterpillar, Rhy...
   

Teaching First Graders to Write an Insect Report!

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Have you ever wondered if there is a relatively easy way to teach children to write their first report?  Well, YES- I believe that there is!  Scaffolding the process is the key.  If each step is taught and each paragraph written one day at a time, then the whole process becomes much easier.  Also, it's far less daunting of a task for reluctant workers when it is broken down into manageable chunks. I can't wait to tell you how we did it! During the last few weeks, we have been working on writing reports in my first and second grade combination class.  The first graders did an insect report, and the second graders did a biography report on a famous person.  I'll be telling you about the biography report in an upcoming post.  For today, I'll focus on the insect report .  I designed this Insect Report to be displayed at our upcoming Open House, which is a HUGE deal here in California! Because of the need to display the r...