Comprehensive

Reaching for Root Words

Reaching for Root Words

Option 1: Print the tree once and laminate or place in a sheet protector. Use an expo marker to erase and reuse the tree each time you complete a root word. Option 2: Print out the tree multiple times. Choose at least 5 root words. For each root word, create as many...

Text Features BINGO

Text Features BINGO

Everyone needs a Bingo card. Print out the bingo cards that you will be using. Use page 2 for the colored version and page 3 for the black and white version. If you are only using the cards once, you can use markers to place an X. If you would like to reuse the cards,...

Online Research Project

Online Research Project

Research ways to act ethical in online environments and respect privacy and copyrights. Learning Benchmarks: Comprehensive: The child understands the importance of acting ethically in online environments and respecting privacy and copyrights. *Note: WonderHere...

Tweet a Summary

Tweet a Summary

1. After reading the selected text, write a summary that is 280 characters or less (a letter, symbol, and even a space counts as a letter!). 2. If you’re having a hard time staying under the character limit, remember that summaries include only the most important...

Synonyms and Antonyms Spoons

Synonyms and Antonyms Spoons

Objective: To become the 1st player with two sets of matching pairs. 1. Players sit in a circle with 3 spoons in the middle. 2. Shuffle the deck and deal 4 cards to each player. 3. Players simultaneously pass a card they do not want to the player on their left. 4....

Sequencing Fables Clip Cards

Sequencing Fables Clip Cards

1. Each clip card contains a scrambled fable from taleswithmorals.com. 2. Read the scrambled fable and decide the correct order. 3. Place clothespin #1 on the strip containing the first part of the story, clothespin #2 on the strip containing the second part of the...

Root Words Mat

Root Words Mat

1. Use the cards to build words, placing them on the mat. 2.Decipher the meaning by matching the Meaning strip underneath. 3. Use the Answer Key to check your work. Tip: An easy way to save on printing is to write the prefixes, roots/bases, and suffixes on sticky...

Synonyms in Writing

Synonyms in Writing

Sometimes we can improve our writing by using more precise and colorful words. Synonyms help us do that! 1. Choose an old writing task you completed from your Student Workbook (could be this unit or a past unit). 2. Reread your writing and circle 5 words you want to...

Simile Acrostic Poem

Simile Acrostic Poem

1. Write each letter of your first name vertically on the teal lines, like this:  JO N 2. Write a simile next to each letter describing yourself. The simile must contain one word beginning with that letter. Remember, similes contain comparison words like “as” or...