Donut Words

Kids practice creating three letter short vowel words with donuts! Write A, E, I, O, U on 5 paper plates. Then, give kids a box of paper donuts with two letters on the sides of the donuts. Kids place the donuts on the plates, so the vowel shows through the hole of the donut. You can find a list of short vowel words here!

Top 5

For a fun writing station activity, have kids become critics of movies, music, books, or food. They choose their top five for one category. Then, they draw representations, write a sentence, come up with adjectives, differentiate vowels from consonants, make fractions, take a poll, and find the difference!

Word Up!

Encourage kids to increase their vocabulary with Word Up! Have kids pull a word out of a bag. Then, have them write a word report! Have students draw a picture to represent their word. Research their word and write the definition. Then, find synonyms and antonyms of their word. Define what part of speech their word is. Finally, count the consonants and vowels in their word. Then, they write a fraction for the consonants and vowels. For example: Ecstatic - 5 consonants in an 8 letter word. The consonant fraction would be 5/8. 

Using their word report, they write a sentence on a separate sheet of paper, incorporating their word. After they've completed Word Up, have students teach their word to the rest of the class. This activity will get kids to use different words in their writing. Plus, kids love playing the role of the teacher!

Name Math

Practice recognizing vowels and consonants, while working on math skills!