Reading with activities Making reading fun for the young By Samantha Tilford My goal with the reading activities and having them draw pictures is to help keep them focused and active. I was an infamous fidgeter as a child and for some reason I always focused more when there was a task that involved movement, even if it was with my hands- as in coloring.
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1. Reading with activities
Making reading fun for the young
By Samantha Tilford
My goal with the reading activities and having them draw pictures
is to help keep them focused and active. I was an infamous fidgeter
as a child and for some reason I always focused more when there was
a task that involved movement, even if it was with my hands- as in
coloring.
2. In class activityInstructions:
You are given one piece of blank paper. Fold the paper hamburger
style, then hotdog style then back to hamburger style. You should
now have eight squares on your paper. Each square is going to be a
picture related to a slide.
3. Poetry and Rhyming
Fun poems
4. I Have to Write a Poemby Kenn Nesbit
I have to write a poem
but I really don't know how.
So maybe I'll just make a rhyme
with something weird, like "cow."
Okay, I'll write about a cow,
but that's so commonplace.
I think I'll have to make her be...
a cow from outer space!
My cow will need a helmet
and a space suit and a ship.
Of course, she'll keep a blaster
in the holster on her hip.
She'll hurtle through the galaxy
on meteoric flights
to battle monkey aliens
in huge karate fights.
She'll duel with laser sabers
while avoiding lava spray
to vanquish evil emperors
and always save the day.
I hope the teacher likes my tale,
"Amazing Astro Cow."
Yes, that's the poem I will write
as soon as I learn how.
-Read along silently-
Poem taken from Kenn Nesbitt at:
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-249.html
5. Green As a Bean
By Karla Kuskin
Illustrated by Melissa Iwai
If you could be green
would you be a lawn
or a lean green bean
and the stalk its on?
On your piece of paper in the upper Left corner square will you
please draw something green.
*Website and projects taken from Harper Collins web page.
http://files.harpercollins.com/PDF/ActivitiesGuides/006075334X.pdf
6. I spy something brown.
I spy something white.
I spy something green,
I spy something nice.
I spy something Square
I see a shoe to wear!
In the next square to the right will you draw something you
spy.
Write underneath your picture what is.
Instruction:
I spyCan you rhyme?
7.
For this activity I want the entire class to read the passage
out loud- as loud as you can. On the count of three: 1 2 3!
8. Now draw something to do with baseball on the next square to
the right at the top
If school were more like Baseball - Kenn Nesbitt
If school were more like baseball
we'd only have to play.
We'd hang out in the sunshine
and run around all day.
We wouldn't have to study.
We'd practice and we'd train.
And, best of all, they'd cancel
whenever there was rain.
Read Aloud!Picture taken from:
http://www.milwaukeebrewersticket.net/main/newsArchivepoetry taken
from Kenn Nesbitt,
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-312.html
9. Types of poems
Poems and Rhyming
10. Poem formats
Quick Definitions
We will focus on four types of poems at the moment:
Quatrainpoemsare usually four lined poems where lines 2 and 4
rhyme.
Acrostic poem- where you make a word.
Ballad poetry where it tells a story, usually four lines in a
stanza where it rhymes lines abab or abcb usually at three beats a
line (to figure out how many beats a poem has clap your hands
together.)
Haiku poems- originated in Japan, it focuses on syllables or beats.
It is usually three lines.
Definitions found at:
http://www.poemofquotes.com/articles/poetry_forms.php ,
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/glossaryItem.do?id=8066
11. Lets write a poem together
What type of poem am I describing?
Write your poem on your next square to your right!
www.rhymezone.com.
This link will help you rhyme if you need help.
It has to be Four lines and it has to Rhyme in the format abab. I
will walk you through it.
Lets start:
Think of a topic- any topic, it can be chosen at random if you
wish.
Now write your first line. Make sure you last word in the sentence
can be rhymed. (brainstorm if you have to, I also have a website
down below to help you rhyme). DONT USE THE WORD ORANGE!
Find a collection of words that rhyme together. And have them ready
for when you write the next sentence. Continue on this way making
sure the first two lines and the last two lines rhyme in the A and
B format.
You did it!!!! You wrote a Poem!
12. Lets write a Poem #2Haiku
What is a syllable?
A syllable is
A word or group of words that you can say in one part. Some words
may have many syllables. For example: running. Say the word out
loud and clap to it. How many claps does it take?
This time the poem doesnt have to rhyme but you have to match
the amount of syllables you use. Write this down on the next slide
you have.