Sunday, October 21, 2018

Halloween Compound Words, Activities and Introduction Video

Compounds word are words that consist of two words that have meaning and can stand alone. Some compound words (thirty-one) have a hyphen separating the words  and are considered hyphenated compound words. 











Video
 

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

4 In A Row Open Ended Game Inspired by 4 in a Row

My students love playing 4 In a Row so I decided to replace the black and red chips with words.
This post consists of  several templates to use in your classroom.  The first is a fill in template. You chose the category and the  two words you want students to practice.  The remaining templates are templates I filled in and used in the classroom.  They are ready to print and use. In the example below  the category was initial consonant digraphs specifically /th/.  The two words chosen were the and this
In this example the category was - verbs and the two words words chosen were: likes and can 
The Object of the Game  
The first player to get 4 words in a row (across, down or diagonally wins)
                                                                        This is a fill in template
For the fill in template you can assign words, have kids pick flash cards or spin for words that you determined 


Ready to use templates