Cootie Catchers - Math Hacks - Make and Practice

Cootie Catchers - Fun Creating, Fun Learning - Smiles All Around

Completed Cootie Catcher Focused on Addition and Subtraction Problems

  Let's Make A Cootie Catcher

     Step 1 - Begin with a                             Step 2 - Fold Diagonally                       Step 3 - Open  and  

     square piece of paper                              and then a second time                            fold each corner   

                                                                                                                                          

  

  Step 4  - Flip Over and Fold                         Step 5 - All Folds                        Step 6 - Number all  

  each corner to the center                               are completed                                  the triangles

       

                                             
 Under every 2 numbers write a comment, question or fortune

Fold the comments, question or fortunes  under.  With all numbers facing up, flip over, fold 

and write four color names 

         

Open up and fill in the information

Have Fun - Be Creative and design different cootie catchers!

Print Knowledge - Concepts About Print

Letter Naming and Concepts About Print

Share both Charts Below.  As you point to each letter, have the child say each letter.  If he/she  doesn't know the letter, say it  - after a few seconds.

Uppercase Letter Chart 

Lowercase Letter Chart

This next activity takes a few minutes and provides information about a child's current understanding of print. Ask the child to point to the following things:

1) point to the number, 2) point to the letter that is standing alone, 3) point to the word that is standing alone, 4) point to the sentences,  5) Point to where you would begin reading the sentences.  Next, point to the first set of words (fan, fantastic) and ask the child to point to the one that says fantastic. Repeat this procedure for the word cupcake.

Concepts About Print

Some Activities for Letter Naming

Great Summer Activity - Fishing for Letters

Words and Sentences

Adverbs Describe (Modify) Adjectives

All of the five senses: tasted, looked, felt, sounded and smelled are linking verbs.  Unlike other verbs, linking verbs do not express action.  Instead, they tell something about the noun.  They give adjectives zip.

Adverbs Describe (Modify) Adjectives

Adverbs Describe (Modify) Adjectives

Adverbs can help in explaining how much.

mildly spicy, very spicy or too spicy

slightly sweet, very sweet or extremely sweet

completely full, partially full or hardly full

barely cold, extra cold or perfectly cold

slightly chewy, somewhat chewy or very chewy

under ripe, just ripe or over ripe

Practice page

Adverbs Describe Verbs

Adverbs Describe Verbs
Modeled Example

Practice Page

Adverb Resource Chart

Adverb Resource Chart

Modeled Example

Practice Page

Modeled Example

Practice Page

Sorting beginning consonant blends, digraphs and  vowel- consonant- vowel endings to teach sounds and to make words.  Letter tiles were used in the example.

Making Words List Reference

Additional Activities
Making words with long vowels
choosing from seven consonants, 1 digraph and and two consonant blends

Making Words List Reference

Making words with short vowels
choosing from seven consonants, 1 digraph and and two consonant blends

Making Words List Reference

Making words with long and short vowels
using digraphs: ch, sh and th

Making Words Lists Reference

Additional Lessons/Videos

Using an old favorite, I'm a Little Teapot, to teach parts of speech

Teaching Parts of Speech: nouns/pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions and contractions

Students colored coded the parts of speech

Reference to assist students with the parts of speech

Video

Telling Time Teaching Resources and Activity Templates

Half Past the Hour (Template Below)

Clock words and Time illustration of 1:30

O'Clock  - On the Hour

Clock Words and Time Illustration 8:00

Past the Hour Resource Poster

To the Next Hour Resource Poster

Practice Clock Page

Answers for Practice Page

Template

Additional Resource Poster