Who Took the Cookie? Name Recognition Balanced Literacy Unit
Start your year off right by beginning with solving a mystery! Your students will be taken on a reading and writing adventure that will have them learning, problem solving and connecting to the well-loved classic story.
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Locker Nametags
This poem was above our lockers and there were star shaped nametags on each locker.
Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar
Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar is a great way to learn each other’s names. I place name cards in the blank space so each child gets a turn and learns to recognize his/her own name.
Name Recognition Game
This is a name recognition activity. The students’ names are written on paper plates. At the beginning you “sail” one paper plate to the floor while you sing this song to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It:
If your name is on the plate, pick it up.
If your name is on the plate, pick it up.
If your name is on the plate, then you’re really doing great!
If your name is on the plate, pick it up.
Each day I sail a few more plates at a time until they are all on the floor by the end of the week and each child must find his/her own name.
Name Bottles
Each of these bottles contains the letters of our names and some small confetti. The bottles are called Baby Soda Bottles and can be purchased from Steve Spangler Science.
Name Necklace
The students make a name necklace the first week by putting the letters of their first name in order. I wish beads with lower-case letters were available for this.
