Beginning, Middle & End

We have been working hard on retelling the beginning, middle and end of a story. Last week we read, "Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon, and created a story map to outline the beginning, middle and end of the story. The students did an amazing job retelling the story. :)

Here is the mini-anchor chart and writing activity we used in the classroom for our beginning, middle and end retelling story map...

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Homophones, Homonyms & Homographs

How I spent my Saturday...

I created a 35 page differentiated literacy center/unit on homophones! I know... CRAZY!! ;)

This unit on homophones, homonyms, and homographs can be used in your classroom in so many ways… as a literacy center, morning work, reinforcement worksheets, during your introduction/instruction on homophones, as an assessment of understanding, for home learning, and even during guided reading. I have included several activities that can be used throughout the year, as well as for homework/home learning.

I have also differentiated this unit by using different color collars on the dogs for different learning levels... YAY!! :)

This unit on homophones, homonyms, and homographs includes the following…

- (7) Mini-Anchor Charts for introducing and reinforcing homophone learning

- “Homophones I matched” recording sheet (to be used with the puzzle game)

- “Use it in a sentence” worksheet

- “Which one is it?” activity

- “Color the homophone, homonym & homophone” activity

- “Who am I?” riddle matching activity

- Homophones Puzzle Game with 57 homophone puzzles

I have also added blank puzzle pieces for each learning level for you to add any additional homophones you may want to use/introduce. :)

The Big Bad Wolf

This is a fun activity to compare/contrast the Big Bad Wolf character in the fairy tales, "Little Red Riding Hood" & "The Three Little Pigs". You can also use the Wanted Poster for any fairy tale villain you are reading about with your class.

Included in this activity are...

~ Wanted Poster for your fairy tale villain

~ Example of how to create a wanted poster for the Big Bad Wolf (Three Little Pigs)

~ Example of how to create a wanted poster for the Big Bad Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood)

~ Big Bad Wolf compare/contrast Venn Diagram activity

 

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The Venn Diagram activity is a great way to assess your student's comprehension and understanding of the characters, events, and main ideas of these fairy tales.

Enjoy!

All About Sea Turtles

As we finished up our unit on Informational Text Reading & Writing, we put our fact finding skills to the test with a KWL chart all about sea turtles. The students had so much fun sharing all the things they already knew about sea turtles, as well as what they wanted to know about sea turtles before we read, "Sea Turtles" by Kay de Silva.

After reading about sea turtles, the classroom was buzzing with excitement as my awesome first graders not only realized all the facts that they already knew about sea turtles were in the book, but most of the things they wanted to know about sea turtles were discovered in the book too!!

Our KWL Chart

"Sea Turtles" by Kay de Silva