it is NOT a box

On Friday we continued our work with the book Not A Box by building another sentence from the story;

It  is  not  a  box.

First we used our reading powers to study and figure out the words in the sentence on the morning message, circling our noticings. 

Next we read the sentence.

Then each child cut and built the sentence from their own sentence strip. Rereading their sentence again and again!

Finally they added on to copies of their original box, turning the box into a not-a-box!

Through this experience the children used sound power to get their mouth ready for beginning sounds, found words they know, tapped the words not and box and blended the sounds together, and made a plan for what their box would be!

Some of their creative ideas are below; a spaceship, a treehouse, a race car, and a unicorn!

Continuing our work with the word not with a new word family book!

Our closing circle on Friday included an opportunity to practice our growing language skills through some creative thinking and sharing! We passed a small box around the circle, thinking of other things the box could be. We used hand sanitizer first, of course. 

You can play this game at home, too. Find a box (or anything) at home and pass it back and forth, trying to think of other things it could be. 

This is not a box, it is a . . .

Some of the children's ideas; a telephone, a house for a mouse, a hat, a jewelry box, a tiny bed, a mouth opening and closing, a place for lots of chocolates!