Crayon Sight Words

               

Crayons!!

    Last year I saw these cute Dutch Boy paint chip swatches at a hardware store and I could note resist taking a whole range of colors.  At the time I was not sure what I would do with them, but I just had to have them.  My husband cringes when I walk into the paint department. I always walk out with a handful of paint chips.

  Thank you Dutch Boy Paints for these adorable crayons! They are very cute!
 

               My students have been making learning game activities for their 1st grade buddies.  These would be perfect for their sight word recognition. 

    A sheet of label stickers came out and were applied to the crayons. 

       I gave three of my girls this list of Dolch Pre-Primer sight vocabulary words and the rest was history.   My 5th grade girls just  love to do projects for our first grade friends. 

          These wonderful young ladies made a matching game from the list of sight words. I will give them an opportunity this week to work with some 1st graders using the game that they made. A learning experience for both 5th and 1st grade students.

     Do you have your students work with younger students in your building?
I would love to hear about it.

    Please leave a comment.  I would love to read your ideas.

Enjoy the day! 

I saw this crocus popping out of the ground in Alabama.

 Spring should be right around the corner.

  I linked up with Forever in Fifth Grade. Please use this link to see the wonderful ideas teachers have found. 
www.foreverinfifthgrade.blogspot.com
 

Beti    

Extra Plastic Eggs and Reading

READING  EGGS

        Before Easter my fifth graders make Easter baskets for a local food pantry. 120 Easter baskets filled with candy, toys, books, school supplies, toothpaste and brushes , and lots of plastic eggs will be donated.  The supply of plastic eggs was overwhelming.  So, needless to say, eggs were left over.  

       What do you do with left over plastic eggs?  I say, make a learning activity for the younger students in our school.  I saw this posted on Pinterest several times and thought this would be perfect.

          We played a game called " Are  you smarter than a 1st grader?"
        I made a list of basic word endings such as at, am, it, eg, ing, ank, etc. The list had at more that 30 word parts. All the 1st grade teachers know what they are.

     Each of my 5th graders chose a word part and made as many words to make a word family.  The students had to print their words because the 1st graders would need to be able to read the words.

    The next step was to print the word ending on a little piece of a sticker and place it on the right side of the egg.  The beginning letters were printed on other little stickers and placed on the left side of the egg.

     The final step was to paint a coat of modge podge over the stickers so they would adhere to the plastic eggs. Some eggs needed more than one coat of modge podge to make sure the stickers were on very well. 

     

       We took a left over Easter basket and filled it with all the eggs.

     

         My students had to realize that their letters had to be printed neatly enough for our 1st grade friends to read.  

         A few extra minutes of time can be spent on a project for someone else.  Now my students can grab an egg and use their spelling skills to help a younger child. 

         When the student in our school reach 7th and 8th grade they have the opportunity to become a tutor in our NJHS ( National Junior Honor Society) tutoring program.  These eggs will be used while tutoring. Kids love to play games and these eggs will do the trick.

     I linked up with Doodle Bugs Teaching today.

      

www.doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com

Please leave a comment if you have a spare minute in your busy day. 

   

   I hope you have a wonderful day.

Beti 

Sight Word Memory Game

         St. Patrick's Day
  Matching Game 
 
       My teacher cupboards have various and sundry items that have been collected over the years.  (Side Note:  I always stop at the clearance section when I go shopping. You never know what you might find.)

        Several years ago I found St. Patrick's Day paper coasters that were so very cheap. They were from the dollar section and marked down from there. All you teachers know what I am talking about. I couldn't resist.  As what usually happens, I put the items away until I get an inspiration. You could use any theme of cardboard coasters.

     The other day the light bulb turned on.  My 5th graders with "beautiful 1st grade printing" could use these coasters into a Sight Word Memory Game for the 1st graders.  I asked my friends who teach 1st which words they would like us to work on. You can see the list of words. So my students got to work. 

 As you can see, this became a floor project.

This is a small part of the first game.

        I delivered the first set of words to the 1st grade.  After school I was surprised and pleased to see that the memory game was being played in an after school tutoring session between an 8th grader and 1st grader.   

Students helping out other students. 
That's what it's all about!

Thank you girls for for helpful attitude and beautiful work! Your team work was awesome!


Please leave a comment. 

Beti