Showing posts with label words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label words. Show all posts
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Poly Spot Sight Words Spelling Game
Do you know those ideas that evolve from a passing thought? This is one of them!
My principal got us us poly spots to do some exercise and movement in the classroom, and I used them occasionally, but not too often. One day at a staff meeting, my principal asked how we could use poly spots to teach across the curriculum.
Off the top of my head, I could think of a few ideas for math but ELA?! It took a bit of thinking but heres what I came up with!
I print our current sight words on index cards in all different colors, and I print enough so that each child has five cards. It ends up for a lot of cards! I only print one set for each month so Im not printing them too often!
When I do the lesson, I give each student a poly spot and five cards (the cards are stored with 5 cards together of the same color together for time/organization purposes). I make sure that each student has five cards in a different color than their partner.
I have the students hide their five cards under their poly spot and put some music on the smartboard in Smart Notebook. I link each speaker with a different upbeat, kid-friendly song and let the kids pick which song they want to play. The kids love the bright speakers!
Anyway, back to the game. Each child has their five cards under their poly spots and when the music starts, the kids dance around! When the music stops, they have to stop dancing and pull a word out from under their poly spot. I play two different variations of this game:
1. Reading - Show your partner the word you picked and have them read it.
2. Spelling - Read your card to your partner and have them spell it for you.
Once the partners read/spell the words, they trade cards with their partner and put them at the bottom of their pile. (This is where it is helpful to have the two different colors... I used to give each pair the same color but they some students kept picking the same two words! The different colors help students find a new word quicker and helps keep some variation with the words!)
At the end of the game, I collect the cards in groups of five to store for next time. The kids absolutely love playing this game and ask to play it all the time!
My favorite part of this game (aside from the music, dancing, and excitement!) is its versatility. A 3rd grade teacher at my school had the kids write their own word problems on index cards and answer their partners word problems. You can literally use this for any sort of review... my kids even asked me if we could do this for number order before our math test!
Come check out some other great sight words ideas at the linky party hosted by April over at Wolfelicious:
Also, be sure to visit the sight word/spelling ideas visit the linky party going on at The Lesson Plan Diva!
Let me know how you could adapt this idea to use with your kids! Or let me know any other fun ways you use poly spots in your classroom!
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My principal got us us poly spots to do some exercise and movement in the classroom, and I used them occasionally, but not too often. One day at a staff meeting, my principal asked how we could use poly spots to teach across the curriculum.
This picture links you to Amazon if you want to buy some poly spots or read more about them... theyre $15 for 6 of them (yikes)!
Off the top of my head, I could think of a few ideas for math but ELA?! It took a bit of thinking but heres what I came up with!
I print our current sight words on index cards in all different colors, and I print enough so that each child has five cards. It ends up for a lot of cards! I only print one set for each month so Im not printing them too often!
When I do the lesson, I give each student a poly spot and five cards (the cards are stored with 5 cards together of the same color together for time/organization purposes). I make sure that each student has five cards in a different color than their partner.
Click this picture to download the template for the Poly Spot Words Game! I cant include the music because of copyright obviously, but I provided step by step directions on how you can link the speakers to your own songs!
Anyway, back to the game. Each child has their five cards under their poly spots and when the music starts, the kids dance around! When the music stops, they have to stop dancing and pull a word out from under their poly spot. I play two different variations of this game:
1. Reading - Show your partner the word you picked and have them read it.
2. Spelling - Read your card to your partner and have them spell it for you.
Once the partners read/spell the words, they trade cards with their partner and put them at the bottom of their pile. (This is where it is helpful to have the two different colors... I used to give each pair the same color but they some students kept picking the same two words! The different colors help students find a new word quicker and helps keep some variation with the words!)
At the end of the game, I collect the cards in groups of five to store for next time. The kids absolutely love playing this game and ask to play it all the time!
My favorite part of this game (aside from the music, dancing, and excitement!) is its versatility. A 3rd grade teacher at my school had the kids write their own word problems on index cards and answer their partners word problems. You can literally use this for any sort of review... my kids even asked me if we could do this for number order before our math test!
Come check out some other great sight words ideas at the linky party hosted by April over at Wolfelicious:
Also, be sure to visit the sight word/spelling ideas visit the linky party going on at The Lesson Plan Diva!
Let me know how you could adapt this idea to use with your kids! Or let me know any other fun ways you use poly spots in your classroom!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Celebrate the New Year With This Sight Words Game!
Merry Christmas everyone! Ill keep this one short and sweet so that anyone who celebrate can go enjoy the day with your family!
Today is the 5th and final day of my 5 days of giveaways. Thanks to everyone for playing along the past five days! I loved reading all of your guesses for my favorite Christmas book, movie, song, and your guesses for where Im spending today to celebrate!
I thought that for the final giveaway Id share a flash freebie with you! I just love how these centers came out!
Click any of the pictures to head to TPT to grab this freebie for a limited time only!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!!!
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Today is the 5th and final day of my 5 days of giveaways. Thanks to everyone for playing along the past five days! I loved reading all of your guesses for my favorite Christmas book, movie, song, and your guesses for where Im spending today to celebrate!
I thought that for the final giveaway Id share a flash freebie with you! I just love how these centers came out!
Click any of the pictures to head to TPT to grab this freebie for a limited time only!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!!!
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