Post-Primary

I Have, Who Has Idioms

I Have, Who Has Idioms

Players: 2 or more 1. Shuffle the cards and split them evenly with each player. 2. The first player begins by reading the Who Has portion of their card. This is the idiom. For example, they would read: Who Has “on top of the world”? 3. The player who has the meaning...

Heading Generator

Heading Generator

1. Read these paragraph excerpts from the book Cracking the Code: Women Who Have Changed the Way We Look at Computers by Alisha Sadikot. 2. Summarize the paragraph by coming up with a heading to describe what the paragraph is going to be about. Remember, a heading is...

Hands of Empathy

Hands of Empathy

1. Choose a book (or books) about diversity and differences. 2. Cut out the hands and the boxes (on the dotted lines). 3. While reading, write down something new you learned or understood about someone different than you because of the text. Write your notes in each...

Make a Book Printable

Make a Book Printable

Objective: To discuss story sequencing and to plan and write a story with a beginning, middle, and end. 1. Print as many inside pages as needed. Print the double sided. 2. Print the cover on card stock if desired.Learning Benchmarks: Post-Primary: The child...

Context Clues Detective Board Game

Context Clues Detective Board Game

1. Set the game cards in a pile face down on the game board. 2.Each player begins their turn by taking a card and answering the question. 3. If the player is correct, they roll the dice and move the according to the number. 4.The space you land may tell you to...

Consonant Blend Sorting Mats

Consonant Blend Sorting Mats

1. Decide which mats the child will work with. 2. Mix up the cards that go with the mat(s) you chose. 3. Sort the picture cards and place them in the appropriate column on the mat based on the beginning consonant blendLearning Benchmarks: Primary: The child...

Fiction and Nonfiction Sort

Fiction and Nonfiction Sort

1. Cut out the fiction and non-fiction book icons. 2. Examine the book covers carefully and use what you know about fiction and non-fiction texts to make an educated guess about whether each book is fiction or non-fiction. 3. Glue the fiction books on the Fiction...

Fact or Opinion Coin Flip

Fact or Opinion Coin Flip

The objective is to be the first player to fill their Fact or Opinion Chart. 1. Flip a coin to decide who goes first. 2. Player 1: Flip the coin. If it lands on heads, write a fact in the “Fact” column of your chart. If it lands on tails, write an opinion in the...

Environmental Print BINGO

Environmental Print BINGO

Objective: To be the first person to place three chips going down, across, or diagonal. 1. Give each person a bingo card and chips. 2. Place the calling cards in front of you, in a pile face down. Choose the top card and read it. 3. The child places the chip on the...