Best-ever Activities For Grades 2-3

by Clarke, Jacqueline

• ISBN13: 9780439355285
• ISBN10: 0439355281
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

Great for grades 2-3! Each book in this terrific new series is packed with teacher-tested ideas and activities that teach important reading, writing, grammar, spelling, or listening skills and correlate with the Language Arts Standards. Includes tips for working with second language learners; assessment ideas; and writing, art, music, and movement connections for kids of all learning styles. You’ll also find reproducible graphs, charts, graphic organizers, games, mini-books, easy-to-make manipulatives, and much more! For use with Grades 2-3.

Table of Contents

About This Book	5	(1)
Word Wall	6	(1)
Wear a Word	6	(1)
``I'm Stuck!'' Strategies	7	(1)
Worn-Out Words	8	(1)
Word Trees	8	(1)
My Favorite Words	9	(1)
Literature Link: Donovan's Word Jar	9	(1)
Synonym Sing-Along	10	(1)
Student-Selected Vocabulary	10	(1)
Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt	10	(1)
Mix-and-Match Dictionary	11	(1)
Silly Stories	11	(1)
Word Study Notebooks	12	(1)
Create a Word Problem	12	(1)
Rebus Riddles	13	(1)
Literature Link: Once There Was a Bull: Frog	13	(1)
What's the Password?	14	(1)
Homophone Hold-Up	14	(1)
Literature Link: Eight Ate: A Feast of Homonym Riddles	14	(1)
Homonyms Are No Joke!	15	(1)
Definition Detectives	15	(1)
Borrowed Words	16	(1)
Context Clues in Action	17	(1)
Vocabulary Bingo	17	(1)
Literature Link: Guppies in Tuxedos	17	(1)
Gotcha!	18	(1)
Find the Favorites	18