Craft and Write (February): All About My Love Monster! Elementary

Are you looking for a way to get your child writing? Does your child also enjoy making crafts? If so, this is the perfect class!

Our class will focus on love monsters!

Class will start with an introduction of names and a question of the day. We will then talk about Valentine's Day and things that we love. 

Then we will move into the craft portion of our class - making a love monster. During this craft, students can use their creativity to make their love monster however they want! We will look at a few sample ideas first. 

Once our crafts are finished, we will work on finishing the following sentence: "My love monster..." Each child will be encouraged to think about the personality of their love monster - what do they like? How do they feel? What do they enjoy doing? We will then use those things to finish the above sentence with a goal of writing to describe the love monster.  I will provide support for stretching out words and sounds as well as letter formation as needed. I will also create my own answer to the question and write it out for learners to see. 

At the end of class, students will take turns being able to share their love monster and sentence with the class. 

I do my best to make sure class ends on time. If any additional time remains, students will participate in some easy, quick drawings. If your student is not finished at the end of class, he/she may choose to finish independently after class and share their finished monster and sentence by posting a picture in the classroom.