Spelling - Educating Deborah. Yes, spelling or at least vocabulary is important. But spelling tests are deadly dull and have no educational value – all they do is tell you which kids got the letters in the right order in that particular contrived circumstance. They don’t teach anything themselves except panic. I do think there are circumstances where rote learning is valuable, my daughter is currently learning sight words.
But you need to balance the usefulness of the activity against the time it is taking and make a decision on what is the best way for a particular class. And never forgetting that outcomes need to be demonstrated in a variety of ways in a variety of contexts. Assessment is not a mystery story – we are not trying to trick kids but allowing them to show off what they have learnt. How many more can you think of? Phonics Centers. How to use Jokes in the Language Classroom | Jeremy Taylor. Home of word fun, word puzzles and word play! Word Search Generator :: Make your own printable word searches @ A to Z Teacher Stuff.
More Words - Search Dictionary - Word Games Crosswords and Anagrams. Word Work. Ok, so in my last post I mentioned being inspired to give my literacy block a little facelift. A week and a half ago I went to another school in my district to visit a T1 classroom. When these kids came into this classroom they were about 5 months behind where a first grader should be. This wonderful teacher has obviously worked extremely hard because her students seem to be right where they need to be now. She has the amazing blessing of having 3 adults in her room-- teacher, assistant, and tutor.
Clearly, this allows her to do a rotation of 3 intensive small groups daily. Call me crazy, but I felt determined to take this idea back to my classroom and make it work.... even if I do have 4 more kids and 1 less adult. So, here's what I came up... {These are all of the sheets I am using to make my groups and plan activities.} In my group, I also do a variety of reading and word study activities with a focus on reading fluency. So far, so good. --Mrs. The Half Price Blog - The Official Blog of Half Price Books - 40 Books Every Child Should Read. Half Price Blog Shop Online Our Stores Gift Cards Sell to Us In the Community Half Price Blog Talk to Us Top Half Price Blog Half Price Books presents the Half Price Blog featuring book reviews, music and movie reviews, trivia and randomness about things we love. That means a whole lot of fiction, nonfiction, music, movies, games, and collectibles… including rare and out-of-print literary treasures.
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Non-Fiction Writing. General Non-Fiction Ideas / Resources: Activity Clues - A fun writing task which requires children to think of clues related to particular activities. Write to Santa! - Send a letter to Santa at Christmas, and receive a reply too! Describing Yourself - A game, useful for the beginning of term, which helps you and the children get to know each other.
Letter Writing - Writing letters can be extremely enjoyable for children, and this page shows you how. Letter Writing Frame - A great letter writing frame for your children to use (PDF). Contributed by Jon Johnson. Letters - Children are asked to look at the differences between formal and informal letters, and to put jumbled letters into the correct order. Persuasive Writing / Adverts: Persuasive Words and Phrases - A selection of words and phrases which children can use within their own persuasive writing. Discussion: Discursive Writing - A discursive text (in PDF) with a framework. The SQ3R Reading Method. SQ3R is a reading strategy formed from its letters: Survey! Question! Read! Recite! Review! SQ3R will help you build a framework to understand your reading assignment. Before you read, Survey the chapter: the title, headings, and subheadings captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps review questions or teacher-made study guides introductory and concluding paragraphs summary Question while you are surveying: Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings into questions Read questions at the end of the chapters or after each subheading Ask yourself, "What did my instructor say about this chapter or subject when it was assigned?
" When you begin to Read: Look for answers to the questions you first raised Answer questions at the beginning or end of chapters or study guides Reread captions under pictures, graphs, etc. Recite after you've read a section: Review: an ongoing process Day One Day Two Page through the text and/or your notebook to re-acquaint yourself with the important points. 15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look Silly. Multiliteraciesconference - home.