The Exquisite Wedding of Q and U!

There was a very special event in our classroom last week:

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I do this wedding every year to help the kids remember that u always follows q in our writing, and together they make the /kw/ sound.  The kids LOVE this fun day!

I send out fancy invitations – rolled into a scroll and tied with a ribbon, and the kids come dressed like queens and quarterbacks!  We have a BLAST!

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Don’t ‘cha just love me Q and U hanging behind the kids?  One of our paras made those for me a couple of years ago! The kids LOVE them!

I also wrote a little story to go along with the wedding of Q and U – the kids LOVED it! (Especially the surprise ending!!)

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After the ceremony, we did all the typical wedding dance songs! The Hokey Pokey, The Macarena, The Electric Slide, Hot, Hot, Hot – we had SOO much fun!

We had wedding cake and punch too!

We made a special quilt for the bride and groom too!

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Amidst all of the fun, I forgot to take pictures of the activities that we did!  So, I made my 8 year old complete some of the activities so you can see some of the fun we had!

I showed the children many words that have the qu sound – many of these words are new to them, so we had an additional vocabulary lesson.  The children each chose a vocabulary word and completed the following page.  Later in the day, they took their same work and made a quilt square (illustrating the word).

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We did a qu and /k/ sort:

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And made a special page for a class book:

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The children also signed their name with a quill pen (from a party store) on a special guest book page.  It was too fun!!  I can’t wait until next year!

Wouldn't this be fun to do in correlation with the "REAL" Royal Wedding on Friday! I still remember watching Princess Diana walking down the aisle! (and I was only three - what a lasting impression!)

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Read the fine print! I’ll send this unit FREE to the first three people that leave a comment! Be sure to leave your e-mail!!

38 comments:

  1. That is too cute! I would love to have this unit!

    danielle.gantt@cherokee.k12.ga.us

    Toadally Awesome in Kindergarten

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  2. This is absolutely adorable! I would love to use it in my class! Cher.Gerard@gmail.com

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  3. This looks fabulous!!!

    ratsass@frontiernet.net

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  4. OOOOOHHHHHH!!!!! This is so cute- I sometimes forget to photo the activities too!


    Jennifer

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  5. Adorable! I know your kid will remember the Q/U rule forever from the way they learned it.

    allysonbollenbach@gmail.com

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  6. Rats :( Can #5 get a unit too? If you are feeling gracious - creynolds365@gmail.com!

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  7. we are about to introduce /q/. this is so inviting!!! vhair61215@gmail.com

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  8. This is so cute! You are VERY creative! madamsara@gmail.com

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  9. For those of you that missed the giveaway, it is available in my TpT store! Send me an e-mail if you need help getting there :)

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  10. Is your TPT store titled Growing Kinders? I'm off to purchase! Thanks!!

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  11. Absolutely love this!!!Must have~~~~~

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  12. So cute! I was much older when the Royal Wedding took place but I do remember it. Interesting.....I will have to do this next year when I go back to K. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  13. I love this! At our school we actually have an assembly and the entire school comes to watch the wedding. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

    Theresa

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  14. I am moving to K next year after 12 years in upper grades and the past 4 in first. Have been browsing sites. This would be a super unit to have. Thanks so very much for sharing. I love your blog.

    teresascraps@gmail.com

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  15. I LoVe this idea! I would love to be able to use this unit with my kiddos. Thanks for sharing!

    carrie.thurman@k12.sd.us

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  16. Great unit! I would love a copy if still available!
    josolinski@derry.k12.nh.us

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  17. I love this! I tell the story of q and u getting married, but nothing this elaborate. I would like a copy of this. Please let me know how.
    Thanks!
    aimoneb@uinta6.k12.wy.us

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  18. Hi
    We had a wedding also only ours was with Mr. Q and Miss U. I have a friend with bears from Build a Bear and they were the bride and groom. Can you email me the pics so I can reverse the letters?

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  19. I will definitely be doing this next year. Thank you.

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  20. I am sorry Im not first but is ther anyway I can get this? My class is doing ut for the first time and I love the way you put it together. My email is adriennekimscott@aol.com if it is at all anyway possible. I promise all of my little first graders will thank you from the bottom of their hearts! Kim

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  21. First off, I heart your blog! I love this! Are you selling this? I would love a copy. My email is jeanfv8@gmail.com Thanks!

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  22. Love this idea!!!! Thank you for a great blog and wonderful ideas for this newbie teacher!!! :)

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  23. This info is invaluable. How can I find out more?
    My page - wine bottle label

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  24. I treasure the content on your website. Thanks! i SUCK i KNOW

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  25. Just found this when I went on the hunt for an easy to implement q and u wedding for my class's alphabet countdown. Thanks for killing my ink cartridge, haha! I had to go hunt the unit down on tpt - is there a link here that I missed?
    -Carol
    Mrs. Cobb's Kinder Sprouts

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  26. This is so cute! Would you still be willing to share? I'll be teaching kindergarten for the first time next year. My email is shempe@winfield34.org

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  27. Would love to have this!!! Love it!!!

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  28. Where can we get this unit? Do you have a toy store? Thanks! Adorbes!!! Tessbrooke@gmail.com

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  29. Where can we get this unit? Do you have a toy store? Thanks! Adorbes!!! Tessbrooke@gmail.com

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  30. I love this! We are having our wedding in a couple of weeks, are you still willing to share the story you wrote? It's amazing!
    thackett@duncanchristian.com

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  31. I would love a copy of these resources! Sounds like so much fun!!!

    jlohneiss@cromwell.k12.ct.us

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  32. pl send me on word.masti@yahoo.com
    just loved it

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  33. This is so cool! First year in Grade 1 and loving these amazing ideas. mcyre7@hotmail.com

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