Mrs. Poccia
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Mrs. Poccia
Skills Support-Literacy
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Welcome back!
I hope you had a fun summer and I can't wait to hear all about it.
I am so excited about this year. We are going to learn so many wonderful things in a variety of ways.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
Red words are words that cannot be sounded out phonetically and do not follow any particular phonemic rule. They are red because the students need to stop (like a stop sign) and think about them. There are so many different multi-sensory activities you can do to practice your red words!
Red Word Menu
How do you want to practice today?
1. Make red words out of clay (noodles, wax sticks, etc.)
2. Make a comic strip using red words (comic life app, comic maker app, or by hand)
3. Make a cheer that spells a red word.
4. Dribble a ball as you spell a red word
5. Jump rope as you spell red words.
6. Do red word art or stamps spell out the red words.
7. Rainbow write your red words. Use a different color for each letter.
8. Use red word apps (drawing apps:KidsDoodle, Magic Fingers, Kids Rainbow, Graffiti Draw, Sand Draw,Fingerpaint,)
9. Create a board game for you red word practice (play it)
10. Put red words around your house. Each time you pass a word, close your eyes and spell it.
11. Play red word Jenga (write the words on Jenga pieces. You have to spell the word with eyes closed before you can remove it).
12. Use Dot-A-Dot-Art to spell red word.
13. Kick box a red word.
14. Play “Zap “ with popsicle sticks. Write each Red Word on a stick and add some sticks with ZAP! Pick sticks and read the words. If you read it correctly, keep it. If you get a ZAP! you have to put all your sticks back.
15. Write a story using all of your red words.
16. Use chopsticks and plastic letters to spell out red words (great for fine motor skills).