We have had a new way to think about my daily helper for the past few weeks. This is one of my favourite ways to discover who my helper is because the students have to think reasonably and also make use of their environment to figure things out. We discuss how right away we should be looking for and thinking about the capital letter on the tray. Once we know the capital we can eliminate a lot of people right because when looking at our student word wall we know there are only a few friends under the matching letter. When looking under "J" we know that we can count how many letters are in a name and if the letters match those on the tray if we unscramble it.
The above has been fantastic for reviewing letters and their associated sounds. Below you will see that we take it a step further. We identify the vowels (using our song to trigger memory if necessary) and the consonants and create a number sentence that is a very simple introduction to addition. It is also a wonderful activity for discussing numbers and identifying what number we actually need when given multiple choices. A quick multipurpose activity and fun too!
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