Long Vowel Bossy E Board Game: Say and Spell It. This game lets teachers review spelling for words with blong vowels and a bossy E like hike, cake, and rope. The game should be self explanatory just be looking at the board. At any rate, teachers can decide the mechanics of each board square. Game Board* Game Cards In this game kids role the dice and land on pictures of words that have consonant digraphs.
There are also 'word skill' card squares that emphasize word skills such as rhyme, beginning sounds, and ending sounds. Finally, there are instruction squares where students have to follow the instructions written in the squares. *Note: I usually have to print the board at 97% to fit it onto A4 paper. Freebie - Planet Hop oi oy words. Google Search. Teaching Short Vowel Sounds: Perfect Practice Makes Perfect! | Make, Take & Teach. Word Level and Phonics Worksheets and Resources.
The Word Wall: An effective instructional practice for all grade levels and content areas. What is one thing every teacher and every content has in common? Vocabulary. We all have specific vocabulary that must be taught in order for learning to take place. I have been thinking about instructional practices that can be used across all content areas and at all grade levels. It seems like many effective strategies lend themselves to either upper grades or lower grades, but there are a few that are universal.
With the requirement of meeting the needs of all learners, and working in all content areas, what I came up with is the Word Wall, many times called an Interactive Word Wall. To begin, a word wall is a place where words are posted when discussed during instruction. When words are introduced during instruction, those words are written on paper, sentence strips, etc. Below are pictures of word walls, in our district, some show students the connections some words have. For a teacher who teaches all subjects, it might be important to have more than one word wall. Words Their Way: Resources and Ideas - ELL Tool Box. My November Top Ten List: Word Study in Action.