Alphabetically Yours: Volume: 1 Issue: K Free Newsletter by Mrs. Alphabet 26 times yearly. Welcome to the eleventh edition of Alphabetically Yours. I am looking forward to introducing you to a multitude of activities, suggestions, and tips for Having Fun with the Alphabet. Please feel free to write with any questions and I will answer back ASAP! Anne@mrsalphabet.com Kk Activities: Alphabet Animal Sound game By Mrs. Alphabet: Letter k Kick like a kangaroo in a dance line Kicking outside in the sunshine. Hear the k sound in my name. Play the k sound animal game. Kalamazoo By Mrs. Alphabet Use this poem to identify and spot K names. elicit new K names, and then brainstorm other places to live that begin with a K from your class. Katie and Kevin came from Kalamazoo Kathy, Karen and Keith lived there too. What others K kids do you think live there In Kalamazoo, Michigan far away from here? Visit Kalamazoo at: http://www.ci.kalamazoo.mi.us/hi_default.htm Interview 6 people and ask them this question: Do you put ketchup on your french fries? Show your results. Describe a koala and then illustrate the Koala. Fill in the blanks: If I were a koala I would need ____________, _______________, and _______________. See some cute koala pictures: http://www.eaglestock.com/koala.htm Make a class joke book with your funniest knock knock jokes. Go here to read some more knock knock jokes: http://216.49.10.245/ha/happy-halloween-webjump/kkjokes.htm Take an imaginary trip on a kayak and describe what you see and then illustrate your story. Visit Kansas locate on your map or globe: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas.html Try to find someone in your school that can demonstrate how to do karate and ask them to demonstrate and teach your class a few moves. Visit this web site to learn more about karate: http://www.usankf.org/ Use Kix cereal as counters or for simple math problems: estimating, counting, adding, subtracting, or bingo counters. Estimate how high you can kick and then measure with a piece of yarn try again a month later with a different color yarn and compare the 2 kicks. Try a kick a month and see if your kick improves. See which leg can kick higher? Estimate how many small Kit Kat bars weigh the same as 1 large Kit Kat Bar? Key Math could incorporate counting, graphing, sorting, and predicting and comparing. I also considered weighing using keys. Brainstorm kind acts that you have performed lately. Make flavored kool-aid and take the kool-aid taste test by blindfolding children and having them guess the flavor and color. If I were a king I would _________________, but I wouldn't________________. Create class K charts and place child's name at the end of his/her sentence: Make a list of 3 k things you would find in your kitchen. Take the Kentucky Fried Chicken test: original or crispy Find objects that are khaki in color. Make a kite for your art project. Smell Kool-Aid and see if you can guess the flavor. Describe the smell. List names that begin with K and talk about what you see or hear. Check names in the class for K sounds. Make a graph of children that have the K sound in their name. Read a poem and have children color code all the k words. Try introducing this k word: knot Ask the children what they notice about the word. Make a yes or no graph: Do you tie your sneakers or shoes in a double knot? Make knots to represent yes and make X to represent no. Whose family has the most K names? Use these words to rhyme: keg ko kick kat key Tongue Twister: Kelly Kirk kept kissing kindergarten kids. Demonstrate to the children how to knit and show them some finished products. K language experience print out or view this web site with the cutest kitten pictures you have ever seen providing great prompts for describing and illiciting details from kids: http://www.tricks.demon.nl/Litter4w12.htm K Books: Kissing Hand Katy No Pocket Knock Knock Jokes Kat Kong Check out: Stop by and read some excellent ideas and suggestions on the chatboard. http://www.mrsalphabet.com/chatboard.html Please help: To help me defer some of my expenses I have put an Amazon.com link in my store: http://www.mrsalphabet.com/store.html and several links on my links page: http://www.mrsalphabet.com/links.html If you could go exploring and visit these pages I would appreciate the inquiries and support. Thank you very much. Alphabetically Yours, Anne AKA Mrs. Alphabet -----Original Message----- From: Rita M. Rouvalis To: Anne Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 8:16 PM Subject: Re: files > >Um, could I get these as separate emails? This will take me >an hour to separate out into files. >