Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
Here’s a super simple and silly spelling activitiy to help your child tackle those tricky words. It demonstrates how easily stickers and calendar pictures motivate children to write. Students love to choose and use stickers just like they love to …
In this post, I’m going to show you how to teach children how to spell number words one to ten. My boys learned how to read number words by writing them first. *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, …
Watermelon.wordsThis words game is a classic. It’s SO easy to play and my campers love it. All you need is a piece of paper and something to write with. Common Core State Standards Note: This game can address the following …
Writing A-Z-word lists is a great activity to stretch brains and build vocabulary! Here are the steps! Write the letters A-Z vertically in 4-5 columns on a classroom white board. This can also be done on a chalkboard or Smart …
I’m always impressed with how much fun we have without definitive win/loss results in the games we play at our writing camps. The kids just love to participate and take turns! Embellish a Face This game, Smiley Face is a …
Students spin a category, then write nouns for 60 seconds. This is a great game for reviewing vocabulary of any kind. Even now, I’m imagining planning lessons for you all that involve Math, Science or History vocabulary. *This post contains …
Here’s a quick and easy way to focus on spelling. Scramble a word. Students write it out! Common Core State Standards NOTE: This game can address the following Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.D, L.3.2.E, L.3.2.F, RF.K.1.B, RF.K.3, RF.1.2, RF.1.3, RF.2.3, RF.3.3, …
This game focuses on the number of letters in words and is all about speed! It’s also a great game to practice spelling sight words. *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here.* Common Core State …
Choose a student to describe a word. The others guess. That’s it! This is an extremely simple game that has engaged my groups of kids every time we play it! Common Core State Standards NOTE: This lesson can address the …
I’ve found letter tiles to be a great add on to my writing activities. *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here.* Super Cheap! They can be super cheap! Over the course of a summer I …
