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...]
Interactive Reading Journal/Notebook
This year I decided to create Interactive Reading Journals with my class. I had seen similar ideas before but none of them seemed to be exactly what I was looking for, so I decided to start creating pages on my own. So far, we are in our third week of school and my students LOVE them. They like the idea of cutting and gluing (of course...who wouldn't) and their written responses are getting better and better each day. I like that I … [Read more...]
