Author: Beth

San Jose Feb. 1/Cupertino Feb. 5 For our fine motor opening activity, we did a cut, glue, and color puzzle that made a flamingo.  We practiced the letters a, d, and g with our fingers in the air, saying out loud what steps we were doing (“magic c, up like a helicopter, bump” etc.).  We…

San Jose 1/24/18 & Cupertino 1/29/18 Activities for week 2 of Author’s Workshop: Daily journaling Acrostic poems: K/1 did a poem together with the word FISH (students copied the group answers down off the board, although a few came up with their own ideas instead).  2/3 did the FISH poem together as an example, and…

San Jose 1/25/18 & Cupertino 1/29/18 For our second week of class, we did the following activities: Color by letter penguin: letters h, m, n, and u Checking our posture and stretching our hands, arms, and shoulders before writing Writing lowercase letters v, w, and t Activity choices with letters: magnetic letter board, making letters…

NOTE: This write-up is for today’s San Jose class and next week’s Cupertino class. We had a great class today in Printing Power!  It is so fun to have a mix of new and returning students – my returning students are so eager to help the new ones, and they are all so kind to…

(This is a review of what we did in San Jose this week, and what we will do in Cupertino next week.)  Our first classes were great!  It was so fun seeing old friends again and welcoming new ones.  For both K/1 and 2/3, I read a picture book called Author: a True Story by…