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  • Reading - Dolch Sight Word Booklet

    This sight word book helps students learn to find and read basic sight words. Words are practised daily at school and at home. Recognition test is done weekly. Includes Dolch 220 Basic Sight Word List and Dolch 95 Commonly Used Nouns List. View Full Lesson →

  • Reading - Go Fish For Blends and Digraphs

    Played like Go Fish, this learning game is used to review and practise blends. When the first student asks if another student has the “brrrrrr” blend, (or “ssssssk” blend) and the second student says yes, the first student, must use the word they have, like “brown” in a sentence to get the card. (If the first student says “My dog is brown” that would allow him to get the “br” card from the second student.) View Full Lesson →

  • Writing - Handprint Adjective Booklet

    A hand-shaped booklet is made entitled “What is in my hand?” Students describe items glued or taped on each page, “I have a spider in my hand. How does it feel? It feels…” Adjectives are written on fingertips, “soft, tickley, creepy, light, furry”. View Full Lesson →

  • Writing - Sea to Sky Adjectives Booklet

    Different layers in this book show adjectives from the sky, clouds, grass, ground to the water, creating a colourful picture of the world. View Full Lesson →

  • Math - Telling Time With Clocks/ Bingo “Time”

    Students quickly learn to tell time first by only using the hour hand. They master o’clock times, then half past times; then quarter to and quarter after are added. The minute hand is added later. Reinforcement is through practise with clocks and bingo cards. Lots of lesson ideas here. View Full Lesson →

  • Math - Learning Even and Odd Numbers

    Prerequisite: Students have learned about skipcounting.  eg. You can start at ANY number, skip three, circle that number, skip three, circle that number, skip three, etc. Students know about digits and that the number 10 has … View Full Lesson →

  • Math - Put the Order in Ordinal Numbers

    Prerequisite: Practise reading numbers from the Hundreds Chart, especially the first 31 numbers. Objective: Learning to put ordinal numbers in order Learning:   Ordinal numbers: numbers that tell their position in a series.  They end in ”  st,   … View Full Lesson →

  • Reading - Acting Out Verbs

    Objective: Students identify “action” verbs in their reading. Students think of “active” creative movements for each one. Students get “active” and act out the verbs they find, helping them to remember that a verb is … View Full Lesson →

  • Art - C. M. Russell Art: Western Sunsets

    A beautiful sunset picture is created with paints, as a background for a simple black silhouette of mountains, trees, cactus, with perhaps a barn and cowboys. Easy art with gorgeous results for young students. View Full Lesson →

  • Art - Paul Gauguin (Go-gan) Art: Opposite Colour Masterpieces

    Landscapes are drawn with a horizon line, overlapping mountains, trees near and far, a stream or lake, and a sun, but they are coloured differently. Gauguin painted yellow skies, with orange grass and red mountains, and students follow this method of using opposing colours. What a fun twist on the normal! View Full Lesson →