I See This Question All The Time. Here is the Answer:
While I'm teaching a small group of students, the other children are working on their "Table Work*" at their tables. (*Meaningful work they can do Independently.)
Here are some examples:
MONDAY:
Alpha Chants- Students trace ONLY the letter we are focusing on that day (or week) with a fine-tip marking pen. Then, they glue it to the 6" pocket created by folding a 12"X18" piece of construction paper into a 12"X12" square and stapling the 6" flap at the sides.
TUESDAY:
Pocket-Lockets- We create a pocket watch or a locket with a hidden high frequency word inside.
This set comes with Dolch Words and blanks to create your own Pocket-Lockets!
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| The 1st time we did this, ALL of the girls wanted to make the locket & ALL of the boys wanted to make the pocket watch, but after that 1st time, they chose a differently every time! |
WEDNESDAY:
One of the activities from this "All About Numbers" Math Set- (It also comes in 2 smaller sets of #s 1-5 and #s 6-10.)
THURSDAY:
ALPHABET PICTURE CARDS & PHONICS PAGES- This set comes with 3 pictures for each sound, but I also put additional pictures from old workbooks or magazines on their tables. Students draw & label 3 pictures. Younger students can cut and paste the graphics included in the set.
We put the entire page into the pocket we made on Monday.
Rime Time: (Yes, "rime" instead of "rhyme" because we are working on Onset Rimes.) Student create a spinning word wheel with onset rimes by changing the first letter of each word to create a new word.
These were my "go to" Table Activities,
but you can substitute
any independent activity you like.
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