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Nov 11, 2020 · Use these seven go-to activities to deepen your experience with any read-aloud and add zest to your homeschool.
- Writing Streak Challenge
- Audience Challenge
- Practice and Revise Challenge
- New Strategy Challenge
- Read Aloud Challenge
- Self Review Challenge
- Feedback Giver Challenge
- Feedback Seeker Challenge
- Practice Streak Challenge
- Quiz Master Challenge
Instructions for students:Write on NoRedInk for at least 15 minutes per day, five days in a row. Be sure to submit all your writing once it’s done and feature at least one piece in your NoRedInk Writing Portfolio.
Instructions for students:Share a Quick Write or Guided Draft with a friend who’s not in your class, a family member, or anyone else whose opinion you value. Write down the person’s reaction to your writing—it doesn’t have to be formal feedback, just what they thought—and turn it in.
Instructions for students: Choose a NoRedInk topic to complete on your own (you can browse topics on your Learn page). Then, revise a piece of your own writing looking specifically for errors related to the topic you just completed. Jot down at least one example of an error you corrected and turn it in.
Instructions for students:Try out a new technique or skill in your writing. If you’re struggling to figure out what to try, consider giving a strategy from a tip in a Guided Draft a whirl. Jot down an example of how you applied the strategy in your own writing.
Instructions for students:Record yourself reading one of your favorite Quick Writes that you’ve written out loud. Once you’re satisfied with your reading, turn in the recording.
Instructions for students:Identify three specific improvements you could make to one of your Quick Writes or Guided Drafts. Write them down and turn them in along with your revisions.
Instructions for students:Find a willing partner and read through one of their writing drafts. Offer at least two specific ideas for how they could improve their piece. Remember to make your feedback detailed enough that they’ll be able to apply it!
Instructions for students:Ask for feedback on a Quick Write or Guided Draft from at least one peer. Document the person’s feedback and turn it in along with your revised writing.
Instructions for students: Complete at least one NoRedInk topic every day for five days in a row (you can browse topics on your Learn page). Each day, submit a screenshot of the “Mastery achieved” screen at the end of the topic that shows the day and time on your device.
Instructions for students: Write three of your own questions for a NoRedInk Practice topic of your choice (you can browse topics on your Learn page). Don’t forget to include an answer key for your questions!
We review reading as a transactional process, revisit the benefits of reading aloud to students, provide a rationale for promoting engagement with texts, discuss three literacy strategies implemented in one first-grade classroom, and share examples of work contributed by the students.
- Vocabulary Picture Hunt. What kid doesn’t love some form of ‘hide and seek’? This type of activity helps build your child’s vocabulary, listening skills, and attention span.
- Popsicle Stick Character Storytelling. Children can retell the story of Little Red Hen by using character popsicle sticks. These can be used to create a puppet play or live drama, either on their own or with an older sibling or parent.
- Storyboard Sequencing. Create a storyboard! Children can practice summarizing and retelling the story of The Little Ren Hen by putting the main events of the story in the right sequence.
- Let Me Read to You!’ Booklet. This activity combines printed pictures relating to the story, such as the vocabulary cards seen here, with your child or student’s own drawings or cut-outs to create a little booklet of The Little Red Hen.
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Reading Is Fundamental. The Most Magnificent Thing printable extension activities for educators provides STEAM themed, project based lessons for whole, small or independent learning groups. Through these activities, students will become innovators and work with a variety of magnificent materials.
