Bossy R (R controlled vowels)
Shiver me timbers! This is a swashbuckling song about ARRRRR! Pirate Jokes: Why was the pirate hiding? He was afraid of the darrrrk. Why are pirates pirates? Because they arrrrre. Where do pirates go...
Category: Language
Advertising Tricks
This is a game we played in class while learning about Media Literacy. Click on the picture above to try making your own ad for “Burp Cola” and check out the other games on...
Highlights Kids
Highlights Kids is a great website with lots of stories to listen to. Under “Games”, you’ll love Super Story Twister! Take a look at the great Science Experiments they have too!
Describing Words
In Descriptive Writing, we have learned to write paragraphs using a topic, three details, and a feeling sentence at the end. Now we are going to add some “WOW Words” to our writing. We...
Sight Word Matching Game
Click on the picture to play a sight word matching game at cookie.com.
Blending Sounds with Word Families
Word families are words that share the same ending. They are a great starting point when your child is able to name the sounds of the letters and is ready to start combining them...
Halloween Stories Online
This week, during “Listen to Reading”, we’ll listen to some Halloween stories including:Arthur’s Halloween, One Hungry Monster, and Ben’s Halloween. If you’re looking for websites with stories online, www.storytimeforme.com is free. You can watch...
Retelling Stories
We are learning to retell stories out loud and in writing. This week, we will learn to use a graphic organizer that uses a triangle, a square, and a circle to organize the parts...
Language Program: The Daily 5
Our class will use the Daily 5 to structure our language program. I have seen wonderful results in both students’ engagement and literacy in using the program. Students learn to work independently in 5...
