Showing posts with label comprehension. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comprehension. Show all posts
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Informational Text Features

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/11dw3F-EXFMndnQYJ4uWq8lWKcl1ePwVF/view?usp=sharing 12 Informational Text Features Posters (title,...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Stacked: Learning with Styrofoam Cups

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Check out my post at We Are Teachers: Ways to teach English Language Arts (featured above), Math, Social Studies, and Science using styrof...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Main Idea / Supporting Details

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Over at The Schroeder Page , students had a main idea and supporting details scavenger hunt!  Some students are given a main idea wr...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Lego Comprehension

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Kids try to build an identical structure by only listening to each others' instructions!  Place something in between 2 lego plates, ...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Hungry Caterpillar Food Rope

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Print and cut out caterpillar life cycle   and  food shapes , punch holes in them (leaf and food), and have kids create a hungry caterpill...
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Friday, January 4, 2013

Keerplunk

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Read Shel Silverstein's poem "Shapes" aloud to students. As they listen, have them follow along at their desk with a set o...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

Casey at the Bat!

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Children's Book featured:  Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888   By: Ernest L. Thayer PBL learning ac...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Capzles: Digital Timeline

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Capzles   -  The most kid-friendly, simple, interactive timeline on the web. Kids can choose from a vari...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Popplet

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Popplet  - Fun, free web 2.0 tool to help students brainstorm and collect their ideas. Students can collaborate or work independently on a...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Let's Read Marathon!

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photo credit: John Morgan - flickr cc Awesome idea to help kids comprehend from Fabulous in Fourth and Ms. Winston's Blog . I adju...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

Reading Private Eye

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Improve your reading comprehension with a scavenger hunt! Kids sign on for a reading mission. Their goal is to find the key details of a pie...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Bounce! Retell

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Story telling ropes and roads / streets are super popular. Put a twist on the activity by adding a little bounce and getting the kids...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Reading Comprehension Game

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Reading Comprehension plays a significant role in the common core curriculum. I made a die for kids to have fun pointing out key details fro...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Story Interaction

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Kids love role play. Encourage them to act out the parts of main characters in books. Not only will they have fun, but this activity will ...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

Monster Exchange Project

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Monster Exchange is an awesome site, that sets different schools up from all around the world. Kids design a monster. Then, they describe ...
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Kid Book Club

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Have a mini book club in your classroom via The First Grade Parade ! At the beginning of each week, Mrs. Carroll reads a book to her ...