Short Vowel Phonics Board Games

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.

Writing Prompt Resources

(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 [...]

Tips for Teaching Writing 1

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 [...]

Teaching the Alphabet

These are the components I focus on:
 
· Daily Review
· Recognition/Writing
· Sound
· Capital/lowercase
· Sequencing
 
Here is a sample routine that can [...]

Checking the reading level of a text in Microsoft Word

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 [...]