Contraction Surgery

Contractions are way more fun when you can pretend to be a surgeon!

My kiddos did so great with this lesson.  Check out what resources I used and how we made contractions fun with med school. :)

First of all I must say how amazing my team is!

I'm not sure if I've said it before but oh my word, these ladies are incredible.  They are all such hard working, dedicated and loving teachers.  They have set such amazing standards for each of their students and they truly expect the very best! Each one of these women has an incredible ability to engage their kiddos and they LOVE what they do!  Thank you ladies for inspiring me everyday!

With that said, we plan everything together and teach the SAME things!  How's that for team teaching?! Everyone participates and finds great lessons so we can make the most of every skill for our students. I could not have made it through this year without each one of them!

This week we taught contractions and the kiddos had a blast! We used this packet from Christie over at First Grade Fever and it inspired us to turn our students into surgeons! 

First Grade Fever

The first day we introduced contractions with an anchor chart and these cute little word cards that each student helped to find it's match.  We talked about an apostrophe and what it looked like.  We talked a lot about the shape and how it replaces some letters.

After the students had a little practice on their own of putting them together we had surgery day!

Here's Dr. O'Donel.. I know that's not how that name is spelled but I ran out of room, so that's what you get. 

At least his name has a contraction in it. :)

I got this idea for an anchor chart from Fun With Firsties... no, I can not draw but she made it pretty simple to copy so thanks for that Sam!

Here's what the operating table looked like...

They were so excited when they came back to class to see their classroom transformed!

Here's our anchor chart after we filled it with contractions!! 

We are licensed Doctors ready for surgery!

I was sure to pin all the ideas I got from Pinterest. For a more detailed look check out my Pinterest Board {here}.

Happy teaching!