Letter Ww

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Letter Ww Activities

The letter-sound association we are studying this week is "W w" as in "warm waffles." Here are some activities you can do with your child to reinforce the concepts and experiences presented in school.

1. Play a listening game. Have your child "wave" his/her hand (or wink) when he/she hears a word beginning like "warm waffles."

wag, back, were, west, crate, wiggle, wax, house, waste, motor, side, wise, wart, wall, guard, wish, weed, middle, word, rabbit, way, pass, wolf, several, win, warm, bike, wool, war, lamp, water...

2. Play the "Watermelon Game." Read each sentence to your child. He/She must substitute a word beginning with "W w" for the word "watermelon" in each sentence.

a. On Halloween we see watermelons riding on brooms. (witches)
b. May I have a drink of watermelon? (water)
c. Look out the watermelon. (window)
d. The friendly puppy watermeloned his tail. (wagged)
e. There was an old watermelon who lived in a shoe. (woman)

3. Which words in these sentences begin with the "W w" sound?
a. Willie the worm wiggled down his hole in the dirt.
b. The woman wore a wig.
c. We saw a wonderful wishing well.
d. The windmill turned fast on the windy day.
e. Walter and William have fun with their wagon.

4. Have your child draw a big window. Then have him/her make it a "Wonderful Ww Window" by gluing W w's and magazine pictures beginning with the "W w" sound in the window. Have your child label the pictures using "invented spelling." Your child should say the word a few times so he/she can listen to the sound at the beginning, middle and end of the word. Your child should guess how the word is spelled and write his/her letter guesses under each picture.

5. Tell your child, "Draw the picture you think you are the best at drawing on a piece of white paper." Use markers, colored pencils, crayons or whatever you wish. With a pencil, write a sentence using invented spelling to tell about your picture. You will be allowed to give it to Mrs. White, our principal, since her name begins with ____. (W w)

6. Show your child how to make "W w" this way:

W: Make 4 sliding boards from the top to bottom line.
w: Make 4 sliding boards from the middle to the bottom line.

Check out the "Ww" snacks, crafts, songs, math activities and games at this website: http://www.alphabet-soup.net/alpha/alphabite23.html


Songs and Poems

Check out our Sing Along Songs
about the letter Ww and Winter

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The Watermelon Song
Tune: Frere Jacques

Watermelon, watermelon,
Tastes so yummy, tastes so yummy,
Green on the outside,
Red on the inside,
With black seeds, with black seeds.

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Wiggle Worm
Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?

Did you ever see a wiggle worm.
A wiggle worm, a wiggle worm?
Did you ever see a wiggle worm
Move this way and that?
Move this way and that way,
Move this way and that way,
Did you ever see a wiggle worm
Move this way and that?

Have the children wiggle their fingers, arms
or entire bodies as they sing the song.

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Wheels
Tune: The Wheels on the Bus
Sing Along to this song!

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All over town.

Continue adding other vehicles with wheels:
The wheels on the car go round and round...
The wheels on the taxi go round and round...
The wheels on the motorcycle go round and round...

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I See The Wind
Tune: Hush Little Baby

I see the wind
When the leaves dance by.
I see the wind
When the clothes wave "hi."

I see the wind
When the trees bend low.
I see the wind
When the flags all blow.

I see the wind
When the kites fly high.
I see the wind
When the clouds float by.

I see the wind
When it blows my hair.
I see the wind
Most everywhere!

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Welcome, Little W
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Welcome, little W,
We like you we really do.
Waffles that we love to eat,
Watermelons, oh, so sweet.
W, we'll wave today,
When we see you come our way.

Welcome, little W,
We like you we really do.
Worms and wagons here and there,
Walls and windows everywhere.
W, we'll wave today,
When we see you come our way.

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Ooey Gooey

Ooey Gooey was a worm
A mighty worm was he
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he did not see
Ooey Gooey!!

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I'm a Great Big Whale
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a great big whale,
Watch me swim.
Here is my blowhole,
Here are my fins.
See me flip my tail as down I go,
Then up I come and "whoosh" I blow.

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The Wind

The wind has blown the clouds away
And brushed the sky with blue.
It stirred up mischief yesterday
And still is at it, too.
It has done its best to shake
The leaves from our old tree.
And now it's trying hard to make
A windmill out of me.

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Wind - A Fingerplay

The wind blew through my ten tall trees (fingers up)
And made them bow and bend. (sway hands back and forth)
It raced about and picked them up
And made them straight again.(fingers straight up)
Five tall trees reached for the sky (one hand up)
Five bent in an arch (bend at wrist)
And round and round they blew around (alternate up and down)
In the windy month of March.

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I'm a Writer
Tune: Frere Jacques

I'm a writer, I'm a writer,
I write stories, I write songs,
I can make you laugh or cry
I can make you dream, that's why
I'm a writer, I'm a writer.

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