A great craft scissor activity is old fashioned paper dolls - this is a fresh design for kids to play with. 10 page A4 down loadable version is available in the free stuff section on the home page- under games Enjoy! the quiet busy work in the classroom ( recommend safety scissors & no running)
Hey everyone, thought I would write up a quick msg about the menuboard icons posted recently. The first two hours in my classroom are used as a literacy block. With in this time 40 minutes a day is set aside for what we call menubaord. It's a series of ten activities that children will complete in rotating groups during the week. I have five groups and they complete 2 rotations a day. The activities are set up around my guided reading program and the children are grouped according to thier reading ability. The tasks are simple so that the children can work independently whilst I read on the floor with my guided reading group. For example this week in my menuboard the ten activities are 1. guided reading, 2 news groups, 3 text reconstruction-expositions, 4 play doh spelling, 5 Big book activity 6 - spelling game on the computer, 7 sight word snap, 8 school reading TABARI - take a book and read it (independent reading) looking for conjunctions in text, 9 writing and giving instruction task, 10- school readers (this is where I would spend my time in groups to discuss and teach in small groups our focused reading strategies. I use a reader different from thier home reader. A seen text usually so as to build confidednce and ficus on the technical side of reading. I use the icons on a board set up in my room to notify the children in each group of what activity they have on each day. I find it really easy to use and creates independent learning whilst I am concentrating on guided reading with a small group on the floor.
This brings me to the reading posters I have started to post. I hang these as a moveable display in my room. I have one focus strategy a week and when the children come to words they don't know I point them to the reading posters where they can pick a strategy to use to decipher the word themselves.
Hope this helps !!!!
Kezza !
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ê Brainstorm all the reasons why it is important to wear a hat at school. Ask each child for an answer around the circle and record responses. Using their responses model the parts of an exposition. For example: Why is it important to wear a hat at school? The statement of position – We believe it is important that you wear a hat at school. Points of argument - We feel you need to wear hats to protect you from the sun. - Another reason is a hat can give you shade. - Lastly a hat can keep your head warm if it’s cold Reinforce statement - This is why we believe you should wear a hat at school. of position
Re-do the activity with the question “Why should we put rubbish in the bin” Model responses on butchers paper as before. Then jointly construct the exposition using the students’ responses. Let each child come to the butcher’s paper and independently write the different parts of the exposition. Read the exposition together at the end. |
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