Early Finisher Organization Change it out weekly or monthly It allows students to have an extension of previous learning Keeps everyone busy and engaged until others finish their task ID: 283881
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Ideas for Independent Practice and Early FinishersSlide2
Early Finisher Organization
Change it out weekly or monthly….
It allows students to have an extension of previous learningKeeps everyone busy and engaged
until others finish their taskSlide3
Process and Product
Photographs, Newspaper/Magazine clippings for
identifying cause and effect, making inferences,
making a prediction
, or creating an appropriate captionSlide4
Create a caption___________
What can we
infer
about this person?
(inferences)
Prediction:
What do you predict she will do next?
How could we use this picture for teaching
cause and effect
?Slide5
Jars
Writing prompts for journal
Task cards: to doExtension of learningCause and EffectFact v. OpinionSlide6
Class Gratitude Journal/ Pen Pal ProjectSlide7
Word Sorts: Sort by vowel, syllable, genre
bimonthly
Sort by prefix, root, suffix
b
icycle
biannually
Prefix bi
Suffix
ful
c
olorful
b
eautiful
h
elpful
p
ainfulSlide8
Ways to Classify and Sort
Words
Words that start the same (beginning blend, consonant cluster or onset)
Words that end the same (rime)
Words that rhyme
Words that contain the same number of syllables (1, 2, or 3)
Words that are the same part of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.)
Words with prefixes, suffixes
Long words, short words
Words I know, words I think I know and words I don't know at all
Words with long or short vowels
Words with schwa sound
Synonyms,
antonyms, compound words
Compound words
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Extension Projects
A drawing (Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone, example)A tangible product like a cereal box guitar (example)
A triarama (example)Special foldable like hexagon shaped foldable of bee facts (example)Blank graphic organizers
Library books and supplemental texts are great for reading pages you note with post its, just reading captions
Compare and contrast two people or things like spiders v. flies or Helen Keller v. Alexander Graham BellSlide10
Fluency!
Fluency binder per grade level with Journeys blackline
masterswww.readnaturally.com has two free fluency passages per grade levelOther fluency passage sources for your levelSlide11
What does fluency look like for you?
Phoneme/grapheme level
Word levelPhrasesSentencesFluency passagesCheck out:
http://
www.fcrr.org
www.theschoolbell.com
www.carlscorner.us.comSlide12
Graphic organizers, Story Log, Charts, Lists
Big posters with vis a vis pens OR individual charts and lists
Can be used as an early finisher activity or as a student product for independent practice during your lessonSlide13
Margaret’s Show and Tell
Novel study: Sarah Plain and Tall (project)
Examples of Student Work products (with Journey’s stories)Want more?!Call/email me Margaret Yoder ESL Peer Coach
mamchico@gmail.com
901-921-1967