CVC Word Craftivities
Your students will LOVE Wisicigi (wa-sa-sig-ee) Time + it really helps get CVC and word wall words into their heads!
This is a great activity to plug in for a writing center or for your Daily 5 too.
Wisicigi comes from wi(write it) si(stamp it) ci(cut it out) and gi(glue it).
Make a copy of my WOW (Wonderful Outstanding Word) poster and hang it up so that you can post what the WOW’s are for the day.
Depending on the level of your students, choose from 1-3 words for them to work on.
The one pictured has a spring theme to it.
Make copies of the WOW wisicigi sheet.
Run off the alphabet sheets on a variety of colored copy paper.
Students cut out the letters and glue them on their papers to spell the words like a ransom note.
Keep recycling the sheets ‘til all of the letters are used up. I keep mine in a file folder.
I made the cute alphabet sheet with a free font from Kevin and Amanda’s free scrapbook fonts site. Check them out for other cool fonts.
Students write their words in colored pencils, markers or crayons.
Children stamp the words with alphabet stamps and different colored stamp pads.
I got my alphabet sticks from Discount School Supply.
I really like that they are a “stick”, as it’s easy for the children to hold.
Unfortunately, they no longer sell the lowercase letters, only the uppercase ones. They are $26.99.
Click on the link if you'd like to take a look.
I’ve seen mini upper and lowercase alphabet sets at Michael’s Crafts for only $1 and nice letter sets in the scrapbooking department, in a variety of price ranges, at Hobby Lobby and JoAnn Fabrics.
When students have completed their WOW sheet they use the words in a sentence and write it on the bottom.
I use a different color marker to write the WOW words, than the other ones in my sentence so they “pop”.
Challenge students to see who can write the shortest sentence using the least amount of words.
These sheets make a great home-school connection so parents know what words to work on with their child.
When you make WOW’s a part of your daily routine, students are empowered, as they know what to do and get down to business.
They are having fun and will be learning CVC and word wall words in no time.
Teachers are freed up to help ESL and struggling students one-on-one. Such a nice win-win!
Click on the link to view/download Wow Charts to help with CVC and word wall word comprehension.
Scroll down if you're looking for more Shamrock-themed ideas, and be sure to pop back tomorrow when they'll be about coins and counting!
Do you have a successful CVC tip you'd like to share? I'd enjoy hearing from you! diane@teachwithme.com OR...feel free to leave a comment here, especially if you use one of my ideas. Thanks in advance!
Get Shakin' With Shamrock Games And Spice Up Reading Routines!
Blend To Get To The End involves the Sh for shamrock blend, as well as 23 others!
Students pretend to be leprechauns whose goal it is to get to their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, by skipping along a shamrock trail.
In order to do that they need to identify shamrock cards with either a blend on them or one with a blend and an example of a word with that blend in it.
This game includes a game board, 42 word - blend shamrocks, 24 shamrocks with just a blend on them, a blank sheet of shamrocks to make your own templates, + 2 certificates of praise.
Review another standard; by having students trace their trails in an ABAB pattern. Click on the link to view/download Blend To Get To The End Shamrock Game
Shhh it’s a Shamrock is a slider that specifically works on the sh blend at the beginning and end of 56 words. Choose which strips you want to work on.
Students enjoy this hands-on manipulative, as they trace the words with markers or crayons. Again, this can be done in an ABAB pattern.
Includes 56 traceable word cards, a cover to turn them into an Itty Bitty booklet, tips of what else to do with the cards, a student log and a certificate of praise.
Click on the link to view/download Shhh It’s A Shamrock Packet
Finally, your students will enjoy putting shamrocks together to make CVC words beginning with the letter L for leprechaun in CVC Shamrock Word Fun
This packet includes a skill sheet for students to make a letter L CVC word list on, + an answer key.
21-traceable word cards with a cover so students can make an Itty Bitty booklet; vowel and consonant shamrocks and a blank set of shamrocks so you can make your own templates + a certificate of praise.
Click on the link to view/download the CVC Shamrock Word Game
Scroll down for an awesome reading-writing activity with a spring theme. I know you're going to really like this one!
Do you need a quick game to review numbers, letters, or shapes? What’s In The Hat is easy and fun and perfect for your shamrock theme or St. Patrick’s Day activities.
Print off my What’s In The Hat cards, laminate and cut out. Toss them into a leprechaun hat.
If you'd rather use shamrocks, I've made a template for you to run off on green construction paper. Write numbers and letters on them and draw on the various shapes as well.
I purchased my hat 50% off at a party store. If you don’t have one, use a Dr. Seuss hat, or run off my hat template on green construction paper and glue on a lunch bag.
Gather your students in a circle on the floor and have them sing my Oh Do You Know song to the tune of The Muffin Man.
While the children are singing, have them pass the hat and pick a card.
When everyone has a card, go around the circle and have each child show and share “what’s in the hat!”
As long as the tune Muffin Man is in their heads, you can also review colors and have children transition to the next activity by singing:
Oh who is wearing green today, green today, green today? Oh who is wearing green today, please quietly go away.
Repeat the verse with all of the colors of the rainbow, ‘til all of your students have transitioned to the next activity.
Click on the link to veiw/download What's In the Hat? Shamrock-St. Patrick's Day Game
Be sure and pop back tomorrow for another fun teaching tip. Scroll down if you missed the other Shamrock ideas.
Do you have one you'd like to share? I'd enjoy hearing from you! diane@teachwithme.com OR...leave a comment here, especially if you use an idea.
Thanks in advance for caring and sharing!
Spring Spirals
I love decorating for the various seasons and holidays. It energizes me.
Children’s creations make the best decorations and displaying them is extremely important in building self-esteem and helping students take pride in their accomplishments.
Other teachers and students enjoyed going through my hallway “art museum” filled with “mess-terpieces”.
Their comments to my students were also very encouraging. I find that schools look more interesting, fun and inviting to visitors, when they are festooned with student "craftivities".
An announcement by our principal + warnings by teachers to “Keep your hands off the dangling decorations!” did a pretty good job of helping to keep things from getting slapped down.
Spring Spiral Shamrocks are one of those awesome tempting danglers. A spiral offers great fine motor cutting skill practice.
If you are dealing with Y5’s and younger cut the spiral out so that they have a circle to hang on to when they cut. Remind them to stay on the “road” and continue to cut on the line as they go along.
Demonstrate this and show how you turn your circle as you cut showing how the “road” will then spiral and dangle down.
Because I made lines across so that children know when to stop coloring, a few little ones might be tempted to cut across, so explain these lines as “stop” features for coloring and that they are NOT to be cut.
Because I teach about rainbows and rainbow color order in March, I like to combine those concepts with shamrocks to get more “bang for my time.”
You can make your ceiling display colorful by giving your students an assortment of rainbow-colored spirals to choose from, or you can have them color their spirals with crayons or markers.
Just and FYI that this is a lot of coloring for a little one as in order for the colors to be dramatic, you need to color both sides.
It is easier to color the spiral before it is cut out, but then in order to color the back, it needs to be cut out in order to see where to color. This is definitely a task for older students.
You can add more colors of the rainbow with the center shamrock as I included a smaller shamrock template for the middle.
Simplify things and make it white or another shade of green or a variety of rainbow colors.
I wanted to show all of the rainbow colors so to create the cool effect pictured, I peeled broken crayons, sharpened them over my shamrock, put a piece of wax paper over the shavings and then pressed an iron on low heat on top of them, you’ll get an instant melted rainbow and lots of oooh’s and ahhh’s from your students.
I teach my students a short rainbow song to help them remember the color order of the rainbow.
Every year when we are working on a rainbow activity they burst into song. This “craftivity” includes the song.
You can also add 3-D pizzazz to the back of your shamrock by cutting out 2 additional shamrocks, folding them in half gluing them together and then gluing the 3-D shamrock to the back of your flat one.
This additional step is also recommended for older students. Punch a hole in the top of the shamrock, add a yarn loop and dangle from the ceiling.
If you want to put up a caption: ________________________’s class is spiraling into spring! You can also skip the spiral and just do the melted crayon shamrock. It makes a lovely March bulletin board. Caption: __________________'s class is melting into spring! OR... Wishing you a colorful spring!
Click on the link to view/download Spring Spiral Shamrocks
Be sure and pop back tomorrow for What's In The Hat? A quick and easy shamrock review game.
If you stop in any store you’ll see shamrocks galore. It’s a well-known and loved symbol for March.
A shamrock theme is easy and fun to implement during the week of St. Patrick’s Day. Since it has three leaves, it’s a perfect die cut to have students use to count by 3’s or pattern with.
I’ve made 168 traceable mini flashcards for the upper and lowercase letters. Run them off on two different colors to make playing a Memory Match game easier.
I’ve also included cards for skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's + counting by 1's to 30.
Each set has their own cover so students can make Itty Bitty booklets.
Children enjoy these just-my-size booklets and like collecting and sharing them with their families, which reinforces lessons learned at school.
I’ve also included directions with tips of how to use the cards to play a variety of games to make learning with shamrocks interesting and fun!
Click on the link to view/download Shamrock Letter and Number Flashcards.
Looking for a shamrock booklet?
A few of my favorites that help teach a variety of standards are:
My Shamrock Shape Book, and The Colors Of My Shamrocks.
The Colors Of My Shamrocks includes a graphing extension and song.
Click on the links to view/download the shamrock booklets.
For more shamrock items click on the link to go to my Shamrock section
I’ll be designing new shamrock word, number and coin games all week so be sure and check back and pop in tomorrow for a shamrock rainbow spinner "craftivity."
