R-controlled Pirate Day

Learning about r-controlled vowels is tricky. We learned that when a vowel is followed by an r, the r becomes very loud and bossy (like a pirate) and you can only hear the r when you say the word and not the vowel. Some examples included car, stir, guard, fur, fir, corn, herd etc.  On Pirate Day we completed word- sorts with all of the r-controlled vowel words, we took a spelling test, we read a Pirate Book and Ms. Melanie's husband Kevin helped us go on a treasure hunt.  We split into two teams and search the building for clues. We found the treasures hidden in our classroom.  Good reading, good fun! Thanks Mr. Kevin.  Argggggg, Mateys!

Teamwork Time!

The kids were all paired up with a friend.  Each partnership was given a piece of paper.  They decorated it and then were given the objective which was to figure out how to throw it across the desks to their partner.  Some of the kids made paper airplanes.  Some folded the paper and threw it.  They tried all different methods.  They ended up figuring out that the easiest way to get it to their partner was to make a snowball and toss it.  It was so fun to watch them problem solve and work together to figure it out.  It was a lot of fun.