Xx is for x-ray

The sound of the letter Xx is tricky. Many words that start with the letter Xx, make the /z/ sound like in xylophone. That is an advanced sound and will be taught later in elementary school when they teach the spelling of the phonetic sound of /z/ like zoo, xylophone, and the "s" in nose. Preschool and kindergarten want to teach the sound /ks/ like in the end of fox or box, which is unique to the letter Xx.

I have a really neat book that has great pictures of x-rays of humans as well as machines and animals. It's called X-treme X-ray. We looked at the pictures and talked about them. Then they listened to a story of a girl who got a cast.

For art, we drew bones in our person. I tried showing how to just draw a long skinny oval or hot dog, but that seemed hard to do for some. The next day they wove yarn in a plate with slits around the side. They made the letter Xx while they crossed the yarn over each other. See if you can find the "X" in the maze.

I'm done with testing in each class. I will e-mail you each the results and suggestions on what skills that can be worked on over the summer, so their knowledge will stay fresh. Don't worry, it'll all come back when they go back to school and it will be easier to learn.

There's two more weeks left. The week coming up - we'll learn about the letter Yy and yo-yos as well as other games. The last week of school we'll review and talk about our dads.

Enjoy the photos:

My eXamples of the letter Xx

centers

Open Court cards to teach letter sounds

A new skill - weaving yearn through slits in a plate.  It was challenging, but achievable.

Helping out.

My daughter is learning how to be apart of the class, so that she's ready for next year.  Your children are really good, patient teachers!

This little boy LOVES to push my daughter in the swing.  He's such a sweety!

One for Ms. Esther!

ALL of my children were home, so they joined in our indoor games like Freeze Tag.  This is my middle son.

"I'm frozen!"

"Tag - you're it!"

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