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1-2-3 Come Be A Word Wizard With Me
As you go through the year, you add lots of words to your word wall. We sometimes take for granted that because we've covered a set of words for a while, that they will have stuck in our students' brains.
This is not necessarily true for some children; that's why it's so important to review these words on a daily basis.
To make this more fun, a few minutes before lunch, or just before we got ready to go home, I'd turn off the lights and choose a Popsicle stick with a child's name on it.
They got to turn on my neon laser sword and read a group of words. Then they'd point to the words and everyone would say them together.
When they were done, they'd choose another student to do the same, 'til time ran out.
My students LOVED doing this. I'd also play "flash a word" with a flashlight. The room was dark and I'd suddenly flash the light on a word. The first one who identified it, got the flashlight.
Being able to recognize words is a Common Core State Standard: (RF.K.3c)
I'd often use our word wall for Daily 5 Word Work activities.
When all of the office supply stores are having huge loss leaders in August, I'd buy a class supply of notebooks. Most of the time these were only 10 or 15 cents each.
My Y5's felt very "grown up" getting a notebook and enjoyed practicing all sorts of writing activities and recording them in their notebooks.
I had my students become word wizards, which helped them enjoy vocabulary-building activities even more.
In the Word Wizard packet, I've included a cover for your students to glue to their notebook.
They can give their covers more pizzazz, if they draw or glue a picture of themselves as the word wizard.
Have children think of 4-5 adjectives that describe themselves. They write those words around their wizard.
Every day assign a numbered activity for them to do, with words from your word wall, or give them a choice of what activity to choose.
I've included a list of 51 activities that can easily be repeated with different words on another day.
This packet is a quick and easy way to cover "word work" for your Daily 5 activities.
There's also a certificate of praise to hand out at the end of the year when students have completed their notebooks.
Click on the link to view/download the Word Wizard packet.
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1-2-3 Come Flip Flop With Me!
Tis the season for flip flops! I thought it would be fun to use them to make some fun CVC word actiities.
I put a CVC word on one flip flop and then "flip-flopped" it, (wrote it backwards) to make a new CVC word.
Surprisingly, a lot of the flips made real words and not just nonsense words, but even the nonsense words are a valuable resource and fun for your kiddo's.
I also ran into quite a few palindromes (words that are spelled the same backwards and forwards), which is an interesting vocabulary word for your students to explore as well.
The 63-page CVC Flip-Flop Word Activities Packet will help you with Common Core State Standard:RF.K.3c
The Packet Includes:
- Over 450 CVC word flip flop cards (Use for your word wall, games, puzzles, Daily 5 Word Work etc.)
- 2 pages of blank flip flops that you can program with whatever
- 11 sorting mats so students can sort CVC words in a variety of ways: real-nonsense, noun-verb, palindromes etc.
- Flip flop "Kaboom!" cards for games + 3-pages of tips & ideas of how to use the CVC flip flop cards
- "Add A Letter" worksheet to make CVC nonsense words into real words. Have a discussion if this new letter changes the vowel sound to long, and what letters words don't usually end with ( c, j, h, f, etc.)
- A CVC word booklet students can make
- A CVC vowel sound game +
- A certificate of praise.
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Punctuation Popsicle Stick Paddles
Teaching punctuation can be pretty dry and boring for little ones, and assessing it can be time consuming.
I've designed Punctuation Paddles that solve both problems!
They also help review: Common Core State Standards: RF.K3c, L.K.2a, L.K.2b, L.1.2b, RF.1.1a
Punctuation paddles are quick and easy to make and a super-fun way for students to learn about end punctuation. They also make a terrific whole-group assessment tool.
All 3 punctuation marks are on one Popsicle stick (it's a tri-fold).
I jazzed mine up with crayons, glitter glue, rhinestones and wiggle eyes.
I've incorporated Dolch and word wall words in the simple sentences. Print and laminate the monthly cards.
Teachers read a card; students twirl their Popsicle stick so that the correct punctuation faces forward, and hold it up in the air.
Teachers can see at a glance, who does not have the correct answer and jot down notes of who needs help.
Teachers then show their students the card, and choose a child to correct the capitalization errors. They are sometimes not just the first word. Students write in the appropriate end punctuation.
The teacher can also print more cards and pass them out to students. so they can work on them for a Daily 5 activity, or play with a partner.
Packet includes: Directions and patterns for 10 punctuation paddles. (September through June), + 50 sentence cards. (5 for each month.)
Click on the link to view/download the Monthly Punctuation Paddles.
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Do you have a punctuation activity you could share? I'd enjoy hearing from you. diane@teachwithme.com, or leave a comment here.
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