Speaking & Writing

Fluency Fitness

Fluency Fitness

Use the fluency fitness strips to practice your inflection and fluency. Without looking, grab one slip of paper. For each time you pull a strip, read a different piece of any text (no more than 2 paragraphs) at least 3 times through.Learning Benchmarks: Primary: The...

Pick Up Sticks Performances

Pick Up Sticks Performances

1. Each person participating will choose one popsicle stick from each story element. For example, I chose Bear, tiny home, and has an injury. 2. Once everyone has chosen their 3 popsicle sticks, give 5-7 minutes for the performances to be planned and staged. You will...

Text Features Bookmark Search

Text Features Bookmark Search

1. Use this bookmark to remind you about the three text features you can use to deepen your understanding while you read. 2. When you come across a text feature that helped you better understand the text, write it down with the dry erase marker or on a mini sticky...

Caption This!

Caption This!

Flex your caption-writing abilities with this fun activity! Captions are text that describe a photo; journalists use captions to help give more information and tell what is happening in various photographs in an article.  What you need: Pencil How to prep: Simply...

Citing Sources Overview

Citing Sources Overview

Learning how to cite sources properly when writing doesn't have to be difficult or scary! This activity is a great way to practice this important skill. What you need: Pencil Print Source Online Source How to prep: Print pages Gather print and online sources...

Roller Coaster Story Retelling

Roller Coaster Story Retelling

One of the easiest ways to check for a child's comprehension of a story is to allow them to simply retell it in their own words. This activity make it EXTRA fun! What you need: Fiction book Pencil How to prep: Print the pages Laminate to use it in the future with a...

Feelings Picture Cards

Feelings Picture Cards

Identifying and describing feelings is an important part of early literacy. It sets the stage for reading comprehension skills and allows children to understand the feelings, and therefore actions, of characters in fiction books. What you need: Scissors Laminating...

OH! Interjections and Conjunctions

OH! Interjections and Conjunctions

This game is a great way to practice orally creating complex sentences using interjections and conjunctions with a partner. What you need: Scissors Laminator (optional) How to prep: Cut apart the task cards on the dotted lines. Laminate for durability (optional)...

Paper Airplane Prepositions

Paper Airplane Prepositions

This activity is so fun, your child won't even realize they're learning prepositions! What you need: Blank paper Directions: Create a paper airplane of your choice. Find a large space either outside or inside with different objects around. Wherever the plane lands,...