Hi readers!
We had a short week this week, just three school days, and that’s the perfect amount of time to work with opposites.
Opposites are an easy concept for kindergarten students but not one that they've necessarily been taught about or thought about before. There are many opposites that are easy to read (on/off, in/out, hot/cold, etc.) and write about so they lend themselves to those activities nicely. Also, if students are going to write ________ is the opposite of ________, they are getting some good high frequency words in there. Each year, I plug in opposites on a short week because three or four days is plenty for students to understand opposites and be able to forever more talk about them.
You’ll see several ideas in the video about how we thought about and practiced reading and writing opposites this past week.
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Hope you’re having a great weekend! Enjoy that time change and longer daylight!
Randee
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Here is the link to The Opposites Song that helps students learn a lot of opposites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGeuA4iJ8vI