Word Cups Solution

My Word Cups center has had some difficulty this year. The children pull them apart, and even though they are color-coded, they can't figure out which cup goes where. SO, I used a brass brad loosely to hold the two cups together, so it could still spin to build a new word.

The original, vague post is here. Directions: Write the initial letters on the lip of the inner cup. Place it inside one other cup. On the lip of the outer cup, write the word family. The children rotate the cup and write the new word they have created. For example, -at. As you spin it, it becomes sat, fat, bat, hat, etc.

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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

In reading group (Mrs. Payne's Round Table), we read _One Two Buckle My Shoe_. Then, I had my kids think of a new rhyme. Here's what one group came up with...

"One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, my dog snores."

"One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, I will ignore. Five, six, I like tricks. Seven, eight, I don't hate."

"One, two, I do. Three, four, did you say more? Five, six, let's do more. Seven, eight, look at the gate. Nine, ten, why did you say men?" (Almost!)

So cute! Plus, one of our spelling words this week is "one".

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