Monday Made It

Time for another Monday Made It with 4th Grade Frolics! I have 4 more days of summer school so I've just tackled one project this week.

I always start the year with a name glyph. They're fun, it's another way to get to know my new students, and it provides a colorful display for Back to School Night. 

My summer school students completed a name glyph on our first day. I usually pass out copies of the directions, but I decided to project the instructions one step at a time. After completing each letter, kiddos came to the carpet and held up their cards as I read off the choices. It gave each student a chance to share something about themselves before moving on to the next letter. It also gave the class a chance to move around and practice coming to our meeting place. We repeated the routine for each letter. At the end of the activity one of the students noticed that her name was colored exactly like another student...and that they had a lot in common! We also discussed how it was good for our "Team" that all of our names weren't colored exactly the same. So in one activity we got to know each other as well as work on transitions and following directions.

This worked so well that I made a Name Glyph Activity PowerPoint with a Back to School theme to use on the first day of school!

Well, that's all I've got for now. I have had so much fun reading all the great ideas over at 4th Grade Frolics, and have been compiling a list of things to do once this week is over!

Have a great week!