Introduction
Welcome kindergarteners!! Today you will be the creator and illustrator of your very own sight word storybook. Before you complete your sight word storybook you will explore different activities along the way that will help you with practicing your sight words. At the end of this lesson you will be able to identify different sight words, practice how to spell different sight words, and use sight words from a given list to put together sentences that you will include in your very own sight word storybook. Remember you are the creator and the illustrator which means you write the words, draw and color the pictures that go with your sentences for your sight word storybook. Have fun, use your imagination, and most of all use differnt sight words on the list to make your story!! Happy learning!
Task
You will explore three interactive activities on different websites that will help you identify, spell and read different sight words. After completing those online activities you will create your very own sight word storybook using a list of sight words that will be given to you by your teacher. You will make up a short sentence for each page of your book, using different sight words and draw a picture that tells about your sentence.
Process
First you will go to the computers in the computer lab and click the online website: abcya.com The first activity will take you two days to completeYou will click on the Spelling Practice game You will play the spelling game one time for two days. There are 52 words that you must practice spelling. The next two days,you will play the Sight Word Bingo game for 3 rounds to help you identify sight words when you hear and see them.After that, you will go to the website: http://www.turtlediary.com/kids-stories.html
You will choose 1 of the 4 stories to read that has some of the sight words in them that we have studied throughout the year
Finally on Friday, you will create your own mini sight word storybook using a list of sight words given by the teacher that you will put together with other sight words on the list to create short sentences to use in your storybook.
Your story book will have 7 pages: your title page, your 5 story pages, and the back cover. Each story page will have 1 sentence made up of different sight words on each page .The sentences must make sense and words should be spelled correctly.
You will then draw and color a picture that goes with each sentence. Once you are done, you will decorate the front cover of your book and put your book together.
Evaluation
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Spelling
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All sight words used in the student’s book are spelled correctly |
1-4 sight words used in the student’s book are misspelled |
5 or more sight words used in the student’s book are misspelled |
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Sentences |
Every sentence uses sight words together that make sense Every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark |
1-2 sentences uses sight words together that do not make sense
1-2 sentences do not begin with a capital letter or end with a punctuation mark |
3 or more sentences uses sight words together that do not make sense at all 3 or more sentences do not begin with a capital letter or end with a punctuation mark. |
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Writing |
Writing is neat, written on the line, words are correctly spaced and legible
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Writing is somewhat neat, some words are written on the line, some words are spaced correctly, some words are legible |
Writing is completely sloppy, words are written off the line, words are running together, writing is illegible |
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Reading |
Student is able to read their sight word book to the teacher with 0-2 mistakes |
Student is able to read their sight word book to the teacher with 3-5 mistakes |
Student is able to read their sight word book to the teacher with 5 or more mistakes |
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Conclusion
Wow you kindergarteners are some awesome story tellers. Wasn't that activity fun? This was your first crack at being a writer! Give yourself a pat on the back!! You have made your very own sight word storybook and even read it to the teacher! What a shining star you are!! Creating your book has taught you that you recognize your sight words when you see and hear them, you know how to spell them, and you know how to use them together to make different sentences. I hope you keep your creation so that you are able to share with others and are able to start or add to your collection of books at home!!
Here's some other fun things you can do with sight words:
Point out sight words to your friends and family when you are out and about such as at the grocery store, on signs, and everywhere else you go!
Make up a song using some of your sight words!
Have a sight word spelling bee with your friends!
Credits
Resources
http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_spelling.htm
http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_alphabet_bingo.htm
http://www.turtlediary.com/kids-stories.html
Clipart:
http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/co-author-20clipart
http://cliparts.co/pencil-clip-art
http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/teacher-books-clipart
Teacher Page
This lesson is intended to teach kindergarteners on the subject of reading over the course of one week.
The following website addresses the kindergarten standards of reading:
http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/standards/enla/grade_k_ias_2014.pdf
Focusing on the standard:
K.RF.4.4 Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., a, my).
The students will:
After that, students will go to the website: http://www.turtlediary.com/kids-stories.html
Students will choose 1 of the 4 stories to read that has some of the sight words in them that you have studied throughout the year
Finally on Friday, students will create their own mini sight word storybook using a list of sight words given by the teacher that they will put together with other sight words on the list to create short sentences to use in their storybook.
The story book will have 7 pages, the title page, the story pages, and the back cover. Each story page will have 1 sentence made up of different sight words on each page .The sentences must make sense and words should be spelled correctly.
You will then draw and color a picture that goes with each sentence. Once you are done, you will decorate the front cover of your book and put your book together.
The teacher will:
Make sure all students are on the computers in the computer lab
Make sure all students are on the correct given websites
Make sure that students are staying on task while on the computers
Hand out a list of sight words to each student with 15-20 sight words that have been already covered and studied over the school year
Have the following materials prepared for the final project:
- pencils
- crayons/markers/colored pencils (which ever the teacher chooses)
- white drawing paper pre-cut into 7 squares with one to two lines drawn for writing sentences to create storybook
- list of sight words
- hole puncher
- yarn to fasten the book
Will walk around to encourage students to write and monitor students progress while working on their individual project
Evaluate the students' project,their sight word recognition, and reading skills according to the posted rubric
Flow of the lesson:
Teacher will introduce project to students
Teacher will take students to the computer lab making sure computers are setup with the first site activity: Spelling Practice on abcya.com
Students will spend an hour each day for two days practicing the Spelling Practice
Teacher and students will come back in the computer lab the following two days for students to play 3 rounds of Sight Word Bingo on abcya.com
After students have played 3 rounds they will then move on to the next site on turtlediary.com to read 1 of the 4 books on the website
Friday the teacher will reintroduce, explain, and model a finished product of the sight word storybook for students to complete.
Teacher will pass out materials to students
Students will work on storybook for 90 minutes
Teacher will call students up to assemble their books
Teacher will have students come up to read their storybook to the teacher.
Teacher will grade student work based on a rubric
Teacher will review what students were to learn from the project