Alphabetically Yours: Volume: 1 Issue: Ss Free Newsletter by Mrs. Alphabet 26 times yearly. Welcome to the nineteenth 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 comments. I will answer back A.S.A.P. Anne@mrsalphabet.com Ss Activities: Alphabet Animal Sound game By Mrs. Alphabet: Letter Ss Sing like a seal for a treat Singing for some fish to eat! Hear the s sound in my name Play the s sound animal game! San Diego By Mrs. Alphabet Use this poem to identify and spot S names, elicit new S names, and then brainstorm other places to live that begin with S from your class. Sonny, Seth, and Samantha live in San Diego with me Sam, Susan, and Sara want to visit and see. What other S kids do you think live there In marvelous San Diego far, far away from here? Interview 6 people and ask them this question: Do you like salad? Record the results. Describe a squirrel and then illustrate the squirrel. Fill in the blanks: Squirrels like to ____________, _____________, and _____________. Go here to see a squirrel http://www.mindspring.com/~zoonet/barnyard/pictures/squirrel.jpg Take an imaginary trip on a spaceship; describe what you see and then illustrate your story. Visit South Carolina; locate on your map or globe, then go to: http://www.state.sc.us/ Take a taste test using Snicker bars and create a rating scale or rubric with your class. You can become a Snickers V.I.P. if you go here: http://www.snickers.com/ and sign up. There are also Snickers post cards that you can send. For science, http://www.sandlotscience.com/ is a sensational site or this super science site http://home.unicom.net/~warnerr/homepage.htm I have a secret; go here and find out: http://www.ichef.com/ichef-recipes/Cookies/1105.html Use Skittles as counters or for simple math problems: estimating, counting, graphing, adding, sorting, patterns, subtracting, or bingo markers. Play a symphony for nap time or as background music during center time. Smarties Math can incorporate counting, graphing, sorting, measuring, predicting, and comparing. Use different size suitcases for a math lesson demonstrating: color, shape, size, sorting, and counting. Graph your favorite S day: Saturday or Sunday. Graph how many children were born in South Carolina. Create a sister graph. Set up a pictorial graph using soup labels from Campbell. The children bring in their favorite soup label and place on the graph. Then send them off to the Campbell Soup Company http://campbellsoup.com/school/index.html for your school to earn prizes. If I were a singer I would _________________, but I wouldn't __________________. If I were a senator I would _____________________, but I wouldn't __________________. My submarine sandwich has ______________, _______________, and ______________. Create class S charts and place child's name at the end of his/her sentence: Make a list of super heroes characters and visit them at: http://www.batman-superman.com/superman/cmp/index.html and then visit here http://www.boardmanweb.com/party/hero.htm for some party ideas. Find objects that are scarlet in color. Create a collage using seeds for a super project. Try sand art and then see what's here: http://www.peoplepage.com/rhese/SandCastles1.asp to inspire your students the next time they go to the beach or play in the sandbox. Create String Names by letting your students trace letters in their name using string. First print their name using marker or glue then use string to shape the letters. Draw a picture of a sunflower. Discuss what you notice from the pictures. Smell soaps and see if the children can guess and match the smell. Then go here to have some fun with soap bubbles: http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/soap_bubbles.html List names that begin with S and talk about what you see or hear. Check names in the class for s sounds. Make a graph of children that have the S sound in their name. Read a poem and have children color code all the s words. Try introducing this s word: signal Ask the children what they notice about the word. Whose family has the most S names? Use these words to rhyme: sat same sob sell so sing seed sun Tongue Twister: Sister Sue sang sad songs sitting sideways. Make a predictable chart: At the subway I saw ____________. Give 3 reasons you think some children snore. Order your students in a line from S to R. Record the date and count how many sit ups you can do. Repeat once a week or monthly and try to do more . S Artist: Alfred Sisley http://www.artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/sisley_ext.html S Books: Seussville, Sylvester and The Magic Pebble, Stone Soup, Stephanie's Ponytail, and Sing a Song S Authors: Shel Silverstein: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/silverstein.htm Dr. Seuss: http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/ Seymour Simon: http://www.pipeline.com/~simonsi/ 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 P.S. A special thank you to Maria for editing Alphabetically Yours. For your Free Newsletter Visit: http://www.mrsalphabet.com