Homophones

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This blog post is all about homophones! Here I will provide an anchor chart and a couple of activities that can be done in the classroom! Homophones are one of the trickiest reading skills for students to comprehend. With that, it is very important that the lesson you provide for the students is very in-depth and clear.

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 DaVonna Edgerson

Here's a copy of a homophone anchor chart. It explains what a homophone is, and also provide examples.

This is an activity that the students can do. The students would be required to pick a pair of homophones. They would then write their homophone in the two boxes, and do an  illustration. This is a fun activity that would get the students engaged in the lesson.

This worksheet could be use for an assessment, testing the students' knowledge of the correct meaning of the word. Whatever the picture in the middle is shown, the students' would have to color the corresponding word.

This is just a list of more homophones.

Helpful link: https://www.spellingcity.com/homophones-and-homonyms.html

Teacher Threads

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This blog is primarily for lesson plans, bulletin board ideas, and activities that could be useful in the classroom. However, I thought it would be a great idea, and very helpful, to include a few pictures that showcases an example of appropriate teacher attire. As an educator, it is vital that you dress appropriately to where nothing would be distracting to the learning environment of the students. For the ladies, when wearing dresses and skirts, it is important to keep the length of them in mind. Male or female, dressing comfortable for the classroom is a must. Teaching is not a "sit at the desk" job. It requires a lot of movement, getting down to the students' eye level, and sometimes it could get even messy. Below are a few examples of appropriate outfits for the classroom.

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  DaVonna Edgerson

Female:

Male:

Here's a link that could be helpful: http://classyinaclassroom.blogspot.com/

SWBST Foldable

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This is a post regarding a fun activity that could be helpful towards a lesson plan about summarizing. This foldable could be done in the classroom as a whole, or individually. I recommend the teacher to initially read a story to the class, and then do the foldable. This activity will allow students to understand, and identify the different areas in the book that are needed to summarize appropriately. Below is a picture of the foldable that I created. I did my foldable based off the story Cinderella. Under each flap is an explanation of what that section represents. Behind the foldable, the student would combine all of the written text that is in each flap. This is what creates a successful summary.



Here's a link that could be helpful: http://booky4first.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html

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    DaVonna Edgerson

Summary

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This post is regarding a lesson that I did over summarizing. I created this lesson to teach students how to successfully create a summary over a story! The picture below shows the visual/ poster board that I made for the lesson. If you look on the poster board, you should see a hand. I thought this was a cute idea to use when teaching them the five elements that you'd need to create a summary. The acronym for the five elements are Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST).
S- Who is the main character in the story?
W- What did the character want?
B- What was the problem?
S- How did the character try to solve the problem?
T- What was the resolution to the story?

Using this acronym, the students can be very successful when writing a summary to their story.

Here's a link that could be helpful: http://www.teachingsuperpower.com/2012/07/summarizing.html

Please excuse the mess. It was raining that day.

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DaVonna Edgerson