English Language Arts

Resources related to letter and sound recognition, spelling, vocabulary, reading decoding and reading comprehension

WGBH/PBS RESOURCES

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ACTIVITY IDEAS

• Read daily - including reading with or to students

• Read to a younger sibling

• Find and read the directions to a board game you play often - do you play according to the rules or has the way you play changed over time? Think, tell or write about it.

• Go for a walk and read the street signs - challenge: try to remember the streets in alphabetical order

• Make letters with Play-Doh or finger paint

• Make your own sight words memory game (fold a piece of paper into 16 equal squares, cut out the squares and write each word on 2 squares - mix, flip and play) challenge: use 2 pieces of paper for double the words; expert level challenge: instead of writing the same word on both cards, write the word on one and the definition on the other. Note: you can use the same word cards to play sight word or vocabulary go fish!

• Keep a daily journal of your experiences during the school closure

• Write letters/emails to family members or friends

• Watch a favorite movie or television show together then imagining or acting out what might happen next

• Look out a window and write about what you see - use your best descriptive language

• Writing prompts

  • What is the best/worst thing about the school closure?

  • What do you miss most about school?

  • What is the best game system? Defend your answer with examples or evidence.

  • What is the best junk food? Defend your answer with examples or evidence.

  • Create your own pizza or ice cream sundae - what would be on it and how would it taste?

  • Choose a television show you have never watched before - only look at the title - not the guide information! Write about what you think the show is, or should be about based on the title.

  • Write a thank you note to someone

  • Find a picture from before you were born - write about what you think was happening

  • Watch part of a television show on mute - use the characters actions and facial expressions to write your own dialogue.