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9)
Instructional
Activities:
Choose
a word that you would like them to review.
Write the word on a piece of scratch paper
and stick it in your pocket. Give each student a
half sheet of handwriting paper. Ask them to number
their paper from 1 to 5.
Instruct
them that you are going to give them clues to the
word you have in your pocket. They must listen
carefully to all the clues. After each clue they are
to write down a word they think matches that clue.
If the next clue matches the word they wrote down
earlier, they may write the same word again.
When
picking out clues, look carefully at the word you
chose. You
may point out the number of letters it contains, the
vowel or a particular letter combination.
By the fifth clue they should all have the
word, if they are listening carefully to the clues.
Possible
Clues:
1.
It is a word from the word wall. (always
start with this clue)
2.
It has four letters. (narrows down the
search)
3.
It begins with the letter t.
4.
It has the letter h in it. (focusing on the
th pattern)
[word
wall words - them, then, they, this]
5.
It finishes the sentence: I like to play with
_______ toy.
Everyone
should have written this for number five. Take the word out of your pocket and ask who
was able to read your mind. Ask who had this written
for number four, number three, number two, and
number one.
Give
everyone a round of applause for being able to read
the teacher’s mind.
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