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Hi Teacher,
Need ideas for this week? Here you go!
- An idea that gives students practice with possessive nouns
- A daily activity to review math facts
- A tasty, hands-on geography activity
Have a great week!
Tina from The Mailbox
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Apostrophes at Work
Possessive nouns
For this “tweet” springtime review, give each child a copy of the nest patterns to color and cut out. Instruct him to glue the cutouts on opposite halves of a sheet of paper near the top. Next, help students brainstorm a list of things these birds have in common, such as a worm, a nest, feathers, a view, a home, eyes, and wings. Ask each child to choose a word from the list and, beneath each cutout, write a sentence that includes the word and uses bird or birds as a possessive noun. Check each child’s work before he chooses a second word from the list and writes another pair of sentences.
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Daily Math Fact Raffle
Math facts
Use a daily raffle to entice your students to study their math facts. After students complete their daily math fact drill, and troublesome facts are fresh on their minds, give each student three paper slips. Each student writes her name and a different troublesome fact on each slip; then she takes the slips home for homework. The following school day, each student puts her paper slips in our math fact hat. A few times a day, take a slip from the hat and ask the named student to answer the provided fact. If she is correct, she earns a sticker or another small reward. If her answer is incorrect, the slip goes back in the hat and another slip is drawn. Learning math facts will be a lot more fun!
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Sweet Tooth Island
Landforms
Here's a hands-on geography activity students will want to sink their teeth into! Gather edible materials to represent landforms and bodies of water, such as large cookies (islands), chocolate icing (soil), chocolate kisses (mountains), chocolate chips (hills), miniature candy bars (plateaus), green coconut (plains), and blue icing (water features). Display a key that explains what each material represents and have each student refer to it as she constructs an island that uses at least three of the materials. When her island is complete, have her place it on a sheet of blue construction paper or a blue napkin. Then direct her to create a map that details the island's features. If desired, take a photo of each island before inviting students to have a taste.
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