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WEEK 1  ~  WEEK 2  ~ WEEK 3  ~ WEEK 4  ~ WEEK 5  ~ WEEK 6

Essential Question: What is a community?

Week 1 - A Big Fish for Max

TG p. 10k

Digraph Dunk: Kidspiration Activity – could be done collaboratively on a Smart Board or individually at individual computers…

Make a Snack: Have students use Word to type three sentences about how they might help fix a snack.  They can use clipart to illustrate their writing.

Technology: provide students with the list of spelling words for the week on a piece of paper.  Then open the Excel Activity and have the students type each word under the correct heading.  They will click an empty cell under the correct heading and type.  This could be done collaboratively or individually.  You could also teach them to sort each list into ABC order with the SORT ASCENDING [A-Z] tool.
Created by Cheryl Tice, GST


TG p. 10p

Use the Windows Sound Recorder (START | ACCESSORIES | ENTERTAINMENT | SOUND RECORDER) to have students practice the SH and TH sound in each of the spelling words for the week.

Or you could video each student acting out a TH or SH word from the spelling list using a digital camera.  Animate the word so it shows on mouse click.
Created by Cheryl Tice, GST

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Week 2 - The Farmer in the Hat

Sentence Order Kidspiration Activity - great activity for the computer lab; students can work individually or in pairs to make sentences
Created by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

School Rules Kidspiration Activity - students can work together or in groups to write rules to go with each picture
Created by Stacy Merrill, Smith

TG p. 36p

"A" Dunk: Short and Long A Sorting Kidspiration Activity - Could be used on a SMART Board or at individual computers in a lab setting; use as a pre-assessment or after the lesson to evaluate students' understanding of long & short A sounds
Adapted by Caterina Summa, Erwin Valley

Vowel Dunk: Short and Long A Sorting Kidspiration Activity
Adapted by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

 

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Week 3 - Who Works Here

TG p. 68c

Long & Short I Sound Kidspiration Activity - Could be used on a SMART Board or at individual computers in a lab setting; use as a pre-assessment or after the lesson to evaluate students' understanding of long & short i sounds
Adapted by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

TG p. 80-81

Neighborhood Map SMART Board Activity - use this activity to teach students about the compass rose and other map skills.  Students can use the pictures of the vehicles at the bottom to practice moving north, south, east, and west.  Ask students questions about where places and things are located on the map...
Created by Cheryl Tice, GST

 

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Week 4 - The Big Circle

Dinosaur Venn Diagram Kidspiration Activity - this would be an excellent whole class activity or small group activity where students use symbols and words to compare and contrast Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores.
Created by Caterina Summa, Erwin Valley

"O" Dunk Kidspiration Activity - use with a SMART Board or individual computers in the lab to reinforce short & long O sounds
Adapted by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

Sentence Order Kidspiration Activity - great activity for the computer lab; students can work individually or in pairs to make sentences
Created by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

Sentence Order Kidspiration Activity - great activity for the computer lab; students can work individually or in pairs to make sentences
Created by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

Long O Sort Kidspiration Activity - use with a SMART Board or individual computers in the lab - students click and drag the long O pictures into the green super grouper
Created by Stacy Merrill, Smith


Week 5 - Life in the Forest

"U" Dunk Kidspiration Activity - use with a SMART Board or individual computers in the lab to reinforce short and long U sounds
Adapted by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

Story Order Kidspiration Activity - use with a SMART Board or individual computers in the lab
Created by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

My Forest Scene Kidspiration Activity - great activity for the computer lab; students can work in pairs or larger groups to make a forest scene and then describe it in a sentence
Created by Stacy Merrill, Smith

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Week 6 - Honey Bees

"E" Dunk Kidspiration Activity - use with a SMART Board or individual computers in the lab to reinforce short and long E sounds
Adapted by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

Story Order Kidspiration Activity - use with a SMART Board or individual computers in the lab
Created by JoAnn Martinec, Carder

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Cheryl Tice, Instructional Support Specialist for Technology, GST BOCES
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