Hello! I'm Rose Kasper of Rosie's Resources, and I'm delighted to be the Who's Who guest blogger today. Incorporating meaningful movement into a language arts lesson can be challenging, but these activities get kids up and out of their seats while keeping them fully engaged in the objectives.
Write the parts of sentences on colored paper with a marker.
Students work in groups to demonstrate the structure of a sentence such as
simple sentence, compound subject, compound predicate, compound sentence, and
complex sentence. Then, groups show their formations to the class.
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Tape task cards in twelve different locations around the
room in clusters. The thirteenth station is an Answer Key station. Early
finishers walk around the room, stopping at each station to work the problem on
one set of task cards. They record their answers on the answer recording
document on a clipboard. Then they check their answers at the Answer Key
station. It’s important that students go back to the cards where they have the
wrong answer to figure out the correct answer.
I like to use task cards with different colors and graphics. That way,
kids can easily find the cards they are assigned as they walk from card to
card.
Reading test prep doesn’t have to be boring. I have students
read a passage with a partner, then do a “Gallery Walk” around the room to
answer the questions. Students must justify to each other why they chose a
particular answer. Then, we check our answers and discuss questions as a class
or in small group.
My students always look forward to our spiral Daily Language
Review. When a student answers a question correctly using a complete sentence
with justification for the answer, he or she is allowed to sit on their desk if
they so choose. Your class will be super engaged! I also allow students who don’t
know an answer to call on a “coach,” who goes to the student and whispers the
answer and justification in his ear. Everyone feels successful!
Do your students like revising and editing their work? They
will love it when they can travel to revising and editing stations around the
room. I use file folders that have been
stapled together. I stand them up to create a work station. I tape reminders in
each station as to revising or editing techniques that we’ve learned. The
reminders I use are Sentences, Vivid Verbs, Similes, Metaphors, Dialogue,
Transitions, Spelling, Thoughts, and Feelings.
Students take their drafts as they stop at each station. They review
their drafts to see what revisions or edits they need, then travel to the next
station. I’ve made these signs available for free download at Rosie’s Resources
on TpT. Just click the image below.
All the resources I use in these activities are available at Rosie’s Resources. Just click the images below to read more about them and download.
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