Waddle You Do, To Help Students With Letter Recognition?
Are you studying penguins with your students?
This was one of my Y5’s favorite themes. I think they are so adorable and enjoy designing with them.
I just finished Penguin Letter Puzzles
Since putting together a puzzle as well as identifying letters were report card standards, I decided to combine the 2 activities.
Print, laminate and cut out the puzzles. Store them in a file folder or manila envelope.
Students spill them out at a center and work on matching the lowercase letter on the heart to the uppercase letter on the balloon.
You can also pass them out and play “I Have; Who Has?” “I have the uppercase letter A. Who has the matching lowercase letter?
Students enjoy these reinforcement games because they are easy and fun, and you have a chance to whole-group assess to see who is having difficulty and needs extra help.
When children can do these activities successfully, you can give them the two certificates of praise.
I’ve also included a set without the puzzle lines, so you can put them on the wall for a December or January ABC border.
There’s a blank page as well, so you can program the penguins with numbers, names, words, equations etc.
Click on the link to view/download Penguin Puzzle Pals.
Thanks for visiting today. Feel free to PIN anything you think might be useful to others.
“Learn from yesterday; live for today; hope for tomorrow.” –Albert Einstein
Let's Go! Let's Get Out In That SNOW!
Yesterday I updated and posted the ordinal number winter poster packet to rave reviews. (Thanks! So glad you liked it. I guess lots of teachers & parents were in the same boat. ) This sort of “What goes on next?” always helped my Y5’s and expedited things, so we could waddle out for recess before the bell rang to come back in!
I decided to follow that up by updating an emergent reader booklet on the same subject, that will help you review Common Core State Standards: RF.K1a, RF.K1c, RF.K3c, L.K2a, L.K2b
Like the poster, the booklet helps your students identify winter clothing words and the order clothes should be put on. Students correct the sentences by adding ending punctuation and a capital letter to the beginning word.
They trace and then write the ordinal number, as well as the article of clothing that is put on.
Students use pictures as clues to read the sentences, as they cut and glue other pictures to the matching numbered boxes. This packet is great for your Daily 5 word work activities.
There are 58 words in the booklet, 30 of which are Dolch sight words. I've included 58 traceable word cards to practice with, as well as worksheets involving contractions also found in the booklet, plus some word work with compound words.
Since the booklet is all about getting ready to go out to play in snowy winter weather, I thought it would be fun to see how many compound words starting with the word snow, I could come up with.
Can you think up more than my 15? I’d love hearing from you! I still don’t understand why snow pants is not a compound word! Anyone have an answer to that? diane@teachwithme.com or post a comment here.
The packet also includes:
Click on the link to view/download the Let’s Go! Let’s Play In The Snow Easy Reader Booklet Be sure to scroll down for yesterday's article "This Is How We Get Ready" if you missed it, and grab the matching FREEBIES.
Thanks for visiting. My feet have hit the floor running today, as my Christmas decorations need to be taken down and packed away, along with a myriad of other things. Anyone else hate that job?
“Leave as little to chance as possible. Preparation is the key to success.” –Paul Brown