Language Mechanics- Daily Fix-its Mad Libs-Insert the specific ______________ went to the store and _____ milk.

(proper name) (verb) Build-A-Sentence/ strips

Punctuations Pop-ups

• Read Aloud- Fairy tales

• Wiki Stix

• Sentence segmenting

• Punctuation Bingo

• Usage, concentration

• Sentence Structure: Who? /What? /Did what action? /When?

• SMART Board sentence structure

• Readers Theatre( http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm)

• Writing Prompts/Story Starters “When I grow up”

• Journals

Reading Vocabulary• Reading books that focus on multi-meaning words• Using “morning message” to reinforce vocabulary words.• Introduce idioms• Create multi-meaning journals• Play vocabulary games• Post visuals and pictures• S.M.A.R.T board activities• Pin the word on your back- have students find the synonym, multiple meanings,

context clues• Synonym bingo• Sentence with nonsense word• Draw/illustrate sentence to compare meaning• Visual T-graph for multiple meanings

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Listening Comprehension• Reader’s Journals• Simon Says • Listening lists (recall)• Blind folded poetry• Riddles- Have students create their own riddle.(i.e. “I Spy…”)• Read Aloud (various genres)- read a selection and do questioning and cue activity• Sequence using story cards- retell• Sound bingo• Reader’s Conference• Listening workstations (students listen to the story in taped in their own words and

answer questions)• Story maps/ graphic organizers• Answer questions using picture cards• Students illustrate answers• Partners- one partner reads aloud and then asks the partner questions about the story• Cloze- I can create an oral story in a collaborating group.

Materials: photos, magazines, book cover, concrete objects

Word and Sentence Reading

• Workstations- Pocket chart station -pictures- words and sentence frames -picture/word matching

boy girl

running

sand

car

scooping fish

sky

shovel

Picture clues Math picture with sentence Think aloud Scaffolding Cloze sentences Write sentence on sentence strip, cut it apart, have students put the sentence in order Picture cards –matching rhyming words Match sentences to pictures Smart board game- bubble pop Read aloud with predictable Morning message format Decoding strategies

Word Study• Contractions: PowerPoint, you can use to teach:

http://languagearts.pppst.com/contractions.html

• Guess what?Materials: pencil, index cards, word list according to specific word study skillDirections: Teacher will give clues based in the skill currently being studied. Example: I begin with the /p/ sound. I end with /g/. I rhyme with wig. What am I?

• Vortex (categorize)• Drag and drop• Picture word match• Bingo• Picture word match• Word cubes• Contractions

• Compound words- foldables

• I spy• Pete’s PowerPoint

shoe box shoebox

1 2 3

• Puzzle match

• Fish the blend

Reading Comprehension

Story maps Dramatization Sequencing cards Make connections Matching activities

Spelling

• Tic-tac-toe• Spelling relay• Scrambled words• Spelling test using the test format• Spelling test using magnetic letters• Spelling stations• Renzuli• Neuhaus scientific spelling

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