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This is an activity to practice phoneme, or sound, deletion. I use these with all of my literacy students to build phonemic awareness as well as prepare them to learn a new spelling pattern. They are particularly useful for students with reading disabilities. These exercises can be used with the finger tapping method as well as with colorful blocks to represent sounds for a more sensory based experience. This is not a writing/reading activity and you should not show your student the words in pr

This activity can be used on its own to reinforce the concept of imagery and introduce simile, or it can be used as an extension of my Imagery Mystery activity. Students learn how to use imagery to make richer descriptions and make their writing more interesting. Then they use those descriptions to create similes. This is a great lesson to use before a poetry unit. I've included extension activities that you can use with your entire class or in small groups. Enjoy!

This project covers a wide range of concepts and is customizable for your class and individual students. Students will have fun designing a store, thinking up products, creating artwork, putting their math skills to work, and playing a game at the end. The activities can be used separately or all together. Depending on which pieces you use, students will get practice with area and perimeter, addition and subtraction (of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or percents), and quick calculation. You

In this activity, students learn how to use imagery to make richer descriptions and make their writing more interesting. This is a great lesson to use before a poetry unit. You can simply have the students complete the activity or make it more interactive by making a list of scenes and putting them on separate strips of paper. You could also have each student submit a scene for the activity. Then, have each student pull a strip of paper from a bowl and their challenge is to write about that scen

This is an activity to practice phoneme, or sound, manipulation. I use these with all of my literacy students to build phonemic awareness as well as prepare them to learn a new spelling pattern. They are particularly useful for students with reading disabilities. These exercises can be used with the finger tapping method as well as with colorful blocks to represent sounds for a more sensory based experience. This is not a writing/reading activity and you should not show your student the words i

This is an activity to practice phoneme, or sound, manipulation. I use these with all of my literacy students to build phonemic awareness as well as prepare them to learn a new spelling pattern. They are particularly useful for students with reading disabilities. These exercises can be used with the finger tapping method as well as with colorful blocks to represent sounds for a more sensory based experience. This is not a writing/reading activity and you should not show your student the words i

This is an activity to practice phoneme, or sound, manipulation. I use these with all of my literacy students to build phonemic awareness as well as prepare them to learn a new spelling pattern. They are particularly useful for students with reading disabilities. These exercises can be used with the finger tapping method as well as with colorful blocks to represent sounds for a more sensory based experience. This is not a writing/reading activity and you should not show your student the words i

This guide helps students to do basic spelling, punctuation, and capitalization corrections on their own work, or the work of peers. This is a great tool for writers who are just beginning to edit and revise. I would have each student keep this in a page protector and pull it out each time they are going to edit. The second page gives examples of how to use common proofreading symbols and also encourages students to color code. This helps to provide a clear visual of not only where each kind of

This game helps to teach young readers the difference between /ch/ and /sh/ as well as reinforce the rule that ‘t’ comes before ‘ch’ after a short vowel sound. This game can be played one on one with a tutor/teacher/parent or with other children.