“You
know, we have SAS on all of our shirts!” –Samay
“Yeah,
and more letters too! I can find more!” –Audrey
What
started as a simple statement motivated the students to explore letters in a
variety of different ways.. a letter hunt around the school, playing with
letters in light and shadows, using different materials to spell out words they
know or are trying to find out, making an alphabet to put up on the wall.
“You
know when I am writing I can look at how to make the letters because Samay
knows how to make some of the letters.”
-Marcus
“Yeah
cause purple is P…we should make a purple P!” –Violet
“And
B is blue, right? Or a baby?” –Ein
“My
brothers have letters on the walls in their classes, you know.” -Olivia
Through
much discussion, some of the students decided to make an alphabet for our wall.
They divided up the tasks—some would help me find letters (and a font) on the
computer to print, others would find materials to put on the letters, and
others would glue things on (sometimes A LOT of glue! J)
“What
can we glue on that starts with A? I can’t glue me on!” –Arunika
“Maybe
let’s just glue something on anyways.” –Scout
Although our alphabet is complete, the exploration into letters and sounds has just begun…
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