Separate is A RAT of a word to spell

To remember to spell separate correctly, instead of "seperate".

When two vowels go walking the first does the talking

For words like "oat" or "eat".

The silent 'e' makes the vowel say its name

For words like cap/cape and hat/hate.

The word "believe" has "lie" in it

Your principal is your PAL
The difference between Principle and PrinciPAL

"Every name is called a NOUN,
  As field and fountain, street and town;
In place of noun the PRONOUN stands,
  As he and she can clap their hands;
The ADJECTIVE describes a thing,
  As magic wand and bridal ring;
The VERB means action, something done -
  To read and write, to jump and run;
How things are done, the ADVERBS tell,
  As quickly, slowly, badly, well;
The PREPOSITION shows relation,
  As in the street, or at the station;
CONJUNCTIONS join, in many ways,
  Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase;
The INTERJECTION cries out, 'Hark!
  I need an exclamation mark!'
Through Poetry, we learn how each
  of these make up the PARTS OF SPEECH."

Resources

Vowel Cheer

Give me an "A"
Give me an "E"
Give me an "I"
Give me an "O"
Give me a "U"
What do you have?

VOWELS!!!!

ABC Chant

A - B - CDE (Teacher)
A - B - CDE (Students)
Grade One is where I want to be. (Teacher)
Grade One is where I want to be. (Students)

F - G - HIJ
Learning to read and write each day.

K - L - MNO
Many boys and girls we know.

P - Q - RST
Sharing books with you and me.

U - V - WXY
Now it's time to say good-bye.

Z - Z - ZZZ
Grade One is where I want to be.
(or, with the zed sound -)
Z - Z - ZZZ And the letters are in my head.

Punctuation Marks

The period is a busy man.
A small round traffic cop.
He blocks the helter-skelter words
And brings them to a stop.

The question mark's a tiny girl,
She's small but very wise;
She asks too many questions
For a person of her size.

Of all the punctuation folk,
I like the comma best.
For when I'm getting out of breath
He lets me take a rest.

Quotation marks are curious.
When friendly talk begins
You'll always find these little marks
Are busy listening in.

The exclamation mark's an elf,
Who is easily excited.
When children laugh or cry or scream
It's then he's most delighted.

To remember the letters g, j, p, and q.  “g, j, p, and q their tails are really great.  Two curl back and one curls front, and one just hangs there straight.”

Joey Liesinger

Guided Reading

MWF, 9:00a.m.

Dr. Vicki Sterling

Chant Assignment

November 18, 2005

Here is a great lesson I found.  I kept it altogether for future reference.  The web site is:

http://www.songsforteaching.com/happalmer/chickadeechipmunk.htm

Chickadee And Chipmunk

Hap Palmer

Listen to this song.

This song is available on Hap Palmer's
      One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics and Numbers
      

Subject:

Dividing words into syllables

Counting from 1 to 8

Number sound correspondence

Vocabulary:

chunk (a syllable), chickadee (one of a group of small birds with a black head and throat, gray wings,

and white feathers on its underside), kookaburra (an Australian bird that makes a loud cackling sound l

ike the sound of someone laughing), koala (an Australian animal that looks like a small bear but is actually

a marsupial and lives in eucalyptus trees.) abracadabra, alligator, refrigerator

Activity:

This song starts with a short verse which sets a scene or tells a story. This is followed by a question

which is repeated 3 times. Next, a word is slowly divided into "chunks" or syllables.

1. Sing the question which repeats 3 times.

2. Hold up fingers as each "chunk" or syllable is slowly spoken.

3. Count the number of fingers you are holding up and call out the number

  of chunks before the children on the recording give the answer.

Variations:

Clap as you sing the questions, and jump as you chant each chunk.

(For older children)

1. While singing the question, estimate the number of chunks.

2. Before the word is said slowly, hold up fingers to show your answer.

3. As we slowly count the chunks, you are free to change your answers whenever you wish.

Follow Up:

Who can think of a 2 syllable word? . . . a 3 syllable word? . . a 4 syllable word? . . . You can also make up

a word like rockatockamongo.

We can sing this song using your ideas. We need 2 words for each verse and we can included the names

of the children who suggest the words. For example:

Said Marion and Wesley,

"Tweedle-dee howdy doo

It's a beautiful day for singing a song

Here's some words for you

Here are the number of syllable we need, to fit in each verse:

Verse 1 - a 2 syllable word and a 3 syllable word

Verse 2 - a 4 syllable word and a 5 syllable word

Verse 3 - a 4 syllable word and a 5 syllable word

Verse 6 - a 6, 7, or 8 syllable word

(For younger children, just use the first 1 or 2 verses)

Here are some examples:

2 syllable words: chopsticks, penguin, eyeball

3 syllable words: pagoda, pajamas, bicycle

4 syllable words: watermelon, huckleberry, helicopter,

5 syllable words: cafeteria, tyrannosaurus, observatory

6 syllable word: onomatopoeia (on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh)

7 syllable word: alakazamakazoo

8 syllable word: supercalifragelistic

Let's use your ideas and sing this song with the instrumental version (Also available on "One Little Sound").

This song is available on Hap Palmer's
      One Little Sound: Fun with Phonics and Numbers
      

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