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)
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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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hey guys just uploading lesson two of my writing program for this term.. as you might of realised we are looking at expositions. First week went really well, I will post some of thier work up so you can check it out. I was really happy with what they produced. I want to now look at extending thier detail by giving them a format to work from and sentence starters, like... I like, I enjoy, I belive, I recommend, just to build up arguments.
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ê Discuss with students why we give reasons for our opinions. (So that people understand why we believe something e.t.c) Model the question “Should we be allowed to bring pets to school,” On butchers paper and model an answer with a reason for what you think underneath. Model different sentence starters like “I believe, I think, I know, I feel, I agree, another reason, secondly, lastly, I disagree, e.t.c. Jointly construct different answers to the question asking why they believe what they do using the different sentence starters. Brainstorm and record their responses on the butcher’s paper. Children independently write down a response to the question. Share responses at the end. |
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JUGGLING
Children can improve eye-hand coordination and cross the midline by juggling scarves, paper towels, or wadded up paper balls.
Begin by having children toss up and catch one ball or scarf. Can they toss it and catch it one time? Can they toss it, clap and catch it? Can they toss it, turn around, and catch it?
Add a second ball or scarf and see what they can do. Try juggling to music.
Hint! To make inexpensive juggling scarves, cut up netting fabric into 12" squares.
CROSSING THE MIDLINE
Draw a line down the middle of your body. That's called the midline. Every time you cross over that line, you are helping connect the hemispheres in your brain.
Put on some music and have children follow along as you cross left hand to the right side of your body, right hand to the left side of your body, cross over with your feet, etc.
*Give children a piece of toilet paper for a streamer and have them follow along as you make figure eights in the air, circle the streamer around your body, wave it high, swing it low, and so forth.
*Staple tissue paper streamers to a straw and have children follow along as you make cross lateral movements to music.
• Keep It Up- Have the kids toss around a beach ball trying to not let it hit the ground.
• Class Volleyball - Same type of game as above but have the kids pass the ball back and forth from one side of the room to another.
• Plates - Have kids all put a paper plate on their head. Have them move about the room. If their plate falls, they are frozen and someone else has to bend down without having their plate fall off their head and put it on a classmates head. The object is to keep everyone in the game.
• Simon Says- I am sure you know how this one works.
• Heads Up & Up - 7 kids are up in front of the classroom and all others have their heads on their desks with their thumbs up. Each of the 7 tap one person and they put their thumb down. Once all students choose one person, you say "heads up- 7 up" Those 7 stand and try to figure out who picked them.
• Telephone- All students sit in a circle and one person whispers a message in another's ear. It gets passed around until the last person hears it and shares out.
• Relay Races- You could do all sorts of things with this.
• Cross Lateral Moves- Have the kids move by doing cross lateral things such as touching the left shoulder or knee with the right hand, etc.
• Dance- Play music and have the kids dance