Labeling

This photo is of a brace map that shows a penguin broken down into smaller pieces as a visual reminder for students. How happy was I when a number of students took on the challenge of labeling the penguin parts for me (the labeling is to the right and is hard to see here). By referring to our large group activity completed on the whiteboard the children transferred the words to paper and we stapled it all up immediately!

We have also labeled our own penguin by cutting and pasting the labels that were provided. Being aware of the environment around them students recognized that using the brace map or our large group labeling would assist in the completion of this activity.

But how do they know what word goes where? Students were directed to look very carefully at the beginning of the word and think about what letter they saw, how many letters were in the word, the sound that it makes, sound the word out with their letter sound knowledge, and if it would make sense to place it in a certain box. They all did an awesome job and the best part....they did it all independently!