A few years ago before the school year started, I stood in my classroom with two huge piles of notebooks. I knew there had to be a way to practice our reading standards and skills while creating a reference tool for my third graders. I had always used a writer's notebook, and I really liked the way I could teach mini lessons and my students could reference the information if they needed to. I looked around online and learned about the concept … [Read more...]
Subject and Predicate “Dice” Activity: Day 2
The second day of our Subject and Predicate "Dice" activities involved creating their own dice. Each partner-ship had to create a subject die and a predicate die. They worked together to create 6 subjects and 6 predicates to put on their dice. Once they completed their dice, they cut out and assembled them. Then they could roll their dice and record their own sentences. It was so motivating for them to see what they might … [Read more...]
Subject and Predicate “Dice” Activities
In an attempt to make subjects and predicates more engaging, I decided to create a game out of them. My students LOVED it! The first day we did this activity, we had already had some background lessons on subjects and predicates. The kids cut out dice templates that I had created. Each group of two students created one subject and one predicate die. Once they were created, the students rolled both of the dice to create … [Read more...]
