Posted on April 24, 2008 by talibiddeenjr
I made up a few board games for my six year old who is working on the short vowels a, i, and o.
Short vowel a CVC words
Short vowel i CVC words
Short vowel o CVC words
Insha Allah, as we go along, I’ll be making more games/activities to post.
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by talibiddeenjr
(This is a cross post from TJ’s Student Gallery)
Looking for writing prompts?
Here are some places to get lots of them:
http://thewritesource.com/topics.htm#one (by Grade (First - Twelfth))
And here are links to loads more, but these are not by grade:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/ (these have the prompts on worksheets as well as listed)
http://www.gigglepotz.com/writingone.htm (nice for younger kids, goes by the [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2008 by talibiddeenjr
There are more or less four modes (categories):
Descriptive, Narrative, Expository, and Persuasive
Descriptive mode:
Definition:
Descriptive writing describes an object, place, or person in a way that creates a vivid impression in the reader’s mind, enabling the reader to visualize what is being described, and to feel that he/she is very much part of the writer’s experience. Descriptive [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2008 by talibiddeenjr
These are the components I focus on:
· Daily Review
· Recognition/Writing
· Sound
· Capital/lowercase
· Sequencing
Here is a sample routine that can [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2008 by talibiddeenjr
This tip was passed on in one of my homeschooling groups and although I have seen this before in Word, I never paid too much attention, but its neat.
I pulled these directions out of Word 2007 because the person who posted did not go into enough details for me so I had [...]
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