Ka-chOO! Anyone have a tissUE?

It's pretty obvious the word patterns we were studying a few weeks ago, right?  When it was time to teach words with the ewwww sound (or o, oo, ew, ue, etc...) my teacher friend and I planned to read Farm Flu by Teresa Bateman (this book just so happened to have lots of ewwwww words, hince the choice). 

While reading, the kids pretended to say "ka-choo" every time they heard a word with the sound.  They even got to have a tissue in their hand.  I recorded the words on the tissue box chart and in the days following we did some independent work/center activities.  Needless to say, it was fun teaching the sound pattern in this way.  The kids were so smart to pick up on all the spelling patterns.  Did you know there's 8 ways to spell "ewwww?"  Hey, there might even be more!

I created some of the phonics activities below in a little pack called ka-choo!.  I am also working on a separate reading response pack for Farm Flu.

So, the days of school are down into the teen numbers.  Wow!  I can't believe it...this year has gone so quickly.  We will be busy up through the end!