Literacy Tips and Tricks
Dear Lee Academy Community,
Welcome to our home learning literacy page. We will be updating this page with new ideas, activities, resources, and links every Friday throughout our school closure. If you have any questions or want to know more about any of our literacy postings, please don't hesitate to contact Sarah Little via email at slittle@bostonpublicschools.org or via text at 617-290-0033.
We look forward to learning with you!
The Lee Academy Pilot School Team
FEATURED LITERACY RESOURCES
Featured Read Aloud
This week's read aloud is B is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings. Written by Dr. Melissa Munro Boyd, published by and read with permission by Dr. Boyd, read by Ms. Jen. Click on the link above to learn ways to calm down and feel better when you are sad or angry or frustrated.
Extension activities
Talk as a family about which strategy or strategies you might try when you are feeling fussy or frustrated. Snap a picture of you trying it out and send to Ms. Little and we will share with the school!
Write a realistic fiction story about a kid who gets fussy or frustrated. Have your main character try one of the strategies in the book!
Featured Online Resource
PBS kids has many videos, games and activities featuring Molly of Denali, a young girl who lives in Alaska. Kids can learn about a different culture in a fun way. The videos show Molly and her friends and family using different kinds of books and texts in real life. The games help build vocabulary, support young readers to use maps and directions and more!
Videos featuring Molly:
Featured Activity
Play Boggle!
All you need is scrap paper and some pens or pencils to write with!
On a piece of blank paper, make a 4x4 grid like the one above or below with 16 total squares.
Fill in the grid randomly with letters. Make sure to use 16 different letters and make sure you have some vowels sprinkled in.
Give all players a piece of scrap paper and something to write with. Set a timer for 3, 5, or 7 minutes depending on the challenge you want (3 minutes is the hardest!) Once the timer starts, players have to make as many words they can using letters that are touching each other. Letters can connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. For example, in the grid in the picture above, you can make: oat, tag, pet, the...
After time is up, players can share and compare words they created. One person can make a master list of all of the words that were found. Once you have all the words written down, take a look at the list and see what you notice - are the words mostly 3 letters long? 4 letters? Do any words have 2 syllables? Are there any words that have the same first letter? The same last letter?
Boggle is a great way to make and study words!
Featured Tip
Create a weekly calendar!
With school moving online and with so many meetings to keep track of, it is helpful to have a weekly schedule or calendar hanging in a place that is easy for all to see.
It does not have to be fancy. It can just be a blank piece of paper with the days of the week written on it and all of the activities and events happening listed under each day. See below for an example! It can also be used to help students learn how to tell time and learn their days of the week!
