[Notes: These are all materials that I used to supplement the lesson The Living Room (p.26-27) from Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific choice of vocabulary in the storybook is influenced by that lesson. However, I think these materials could be used for any general lesson on describing homes, and so I'm including them here.]
Monday, December 01, 2025
Matching Cards for CVC words with -it
I use these cards in several stages.
I start out with some of the alphabet cards from this previous activity. I take the "I" card, and ask students what sound it makes. Then I take the "T" sound, and ask what sound it makes, and then put the two cards together, and try to get students to tell me the sound.
I then take out several consonants, and get the students to tell me the sound, and then put these consonants together with the -IT to make different words, helping students to sound them out.
I start out with some of the alphabet cards from this previous activity. I take the "I" card, and ask students what sound it makes. Then I take the "T" sound, and ask what sound it makes, and then put the two cards together, and try to get students to tell me the sound.
I then take out several consonants, and get the students to tell me the sound, and then put these consonants together with the -IT to make different words, helping students to sound them out.
At this point I put out the picture cards, and as we do different CVC -at words, I get students to identify the pictures.
Once all the words and pictures have been identified, then we play a memory card game to match the words and pictures.
Lastly, I put away the word cards, and just show students the pictures. The students have to write down the word on their mini-white boards.
Once all the words and pictures have been identified, then we play a memory card game to match the words and pictures.
Lastly, I put away the word cards, and just show students the pictures. The students have to write down the word on their mini-white boards.
Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore: Book Review
This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost. For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:
In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2013/12/young-stalin-by-simon-sebag-montefiore.html
Related Playlists:
Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI
Scripted Book Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x53WSp_2mGcDRHBR7ubQkDa&si=T_0QPBDOZqhqN-oa
History Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x52uI39vSXVrJvUFjdN9QkL&si=IkwsRH5HTXptL1kk
Check out this book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/48drtb1 (This is an Amazon Associate's Link. If you buy anything through that link, I get a commission.)