Comprehension

Personification Art

Personification Art

1. Read the sentence on the page containing personification. 2. Draw a representation of the inanimate object performing the action. It will probably be funny! 3. If you get stuck, here are some ideas: “Lightning danced across the sky.” - Draw a lightening bolt...

Opinion Puzzles

Opinion Puzzles

1. Shuffle the puzzle pieces. 2. Try to complete the puzzle with the matching opinion pieces. 3. Come up with your own opinion to debate and write the reasons on the black puzzle pieces. Have someone else solve your puzzle.Learning Benchmarks: Post-Primary: The child...

Metaphor Memory

Metaphor Memory

1. Shuffle and set all the Memory Cards face down in even rows and columns. 2. Player One flips a card over and reads it. 3. Then he or she tries to find the card’s match (the metaphor or meaning that goes with it). 4. If they find a match, they get to keep the pair...

Looking for Labels in Daily Life

Looking for Labels in Daily Life

Labels are an essential part of daily life. They give information, warnings ingredients, instructions, etc. For this activity, you will use text markings to mark household labels. 1. Print the 8 text marking boxes. 2. The boxes have the sentence stem for you. Add a...

Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

1. Choose two books to read (or reread) for this activity. Choose books that are different, but you can tell have some similarities. 2. Write the titles in the red circles. 3. Write the differences between the two books in the blue circles. Write the similarities in...

Nursery Rhyme Posters

Nursery Rhyme Posters

Use these Nursery Rhyme Posters to recite to your child...practicing rhythm, thyme, and fluency as you read! You can even have your child echo read (copy you) after each line.Learning Benchmarks: Primary: The child uses play to become familiar with the language and...

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...

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...

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...