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Handcraft Felt Story Templates

Handcraft Felt Story Templates

Objective: To use a handcraft as a prop for storytelling. 1. Trace the template onto the felt. 2. Cut the felt pieces (2 per shape) - a front and back. 3. Use sewing pins to keep the pieces together. 4. Using the embroidery thread and needle, show child how to make a...

Letter Finds Cards

Letter Finds Cards

Objective: To find the letters around the edge that match the letter in the center. Look for both uppercase and lowercase letters. 1. Say the letter name in the center of the card. 2. Say the letter’s sound. 3. Find all the uppercase and lowercase letters around the...

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...

Story Telling Puppets

Story Telling Puppets

Objective: To tell a story using the puppets as props. 1. Choose the puppets you will use. One person may try this alone or this may be done as a pair or group. 2. Create a story using the puppets as characters/ props. Each person can add to the story as they take...

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...

Sight Word Go Fish

Sight Word Go Fish

Objective: To gain the most cards by collecting sight word pairs. 1. Shuffle the cards then deal 5 cards to each player. The rest go face down on the table in a pile and become the “draw pile.” 2. The first player reads one of the sight word cards in his hand and then...

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...

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