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Vowel Team Stargazing

Vowel Team Stargazing

1. Each player takes one game board. 2. The first player rolls the die and reads a word from the column of the vowel team rolled. 3. Then they place a marker on it. 4. If a column is filled and a player rolls that vowel team, they lose a turn. 5. If a player rolls a...

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,...

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....

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...

Making Inferences with Photographs

Making Inferences with Photographs

1. Observe the photo closely. 2. Write any observation that comes to mind in the margins (white space around the photo). Remember, observations are just what you see. 3. Choose what you think are the most important observations to write down in the “My Observations”...

Vowel Team Coin Collection

Vowel Team Coin Collection

Objective: To fill up your game board first. 1. Each player takes one game board. 2. The first player rolls the die and reads a word from the column of the vowel team rolled. Then they place a marker on it. 3. If a column is filled and a player rolls that vowel team,...

Vowel +R Team Board Game

Vowel +R Team Board Game

Objective: To be the first player to reach the end. 1. Each player chooses a game piece and places it on start. 2. Each person takes a turn rolling a die and moving the amount of spaces that they roll.. 3. If they land on a vowel + r team, they take one card from the...

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...