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1st Grade: Spelling Words, Cat Ball

Key Elementary, Year One

Register/Szabo –  Austin Sargent


Learning Objective/Exit Outcomes:  

  • Students will work collaboratively to spell this week’s spelling words.
  • Students will speak when it is their turn, and listen when it is not. 
  • Students will use improv while working in one big team.

Standards:

ELAGSE1L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. 

  1. Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words. 

ELAGSE1SL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. 

  1. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). 
  2. Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.

TAK.RE.1 Engage actively and appropriately as an audience member. 

  1. Participate as audience

Integration Area/Subject:  

ELA & Theatre

Materials/Playing Space:

Any carpeted space. Students can either sit in a circle or sit in their “spots”

Description:

Students were gathered in a circle. The rules of Cat Ball were explained, and then students would be told they would be working as a team to spell ALL their spelling words for the week. The teacher stands in the center of the circle, announces the word, and then tosses the ball to a student who adds a letter.

Notes: 

For an advanced class, the teacher can try to trick students by passing the ball to a student even after the word has been completely spelled. Especially if the words you are working with has silent or sneaky endings, this can be a great challenge.

Filed Under: English and Language Arts, Lesson Plans, Theatre Tagged With: 1st Grade

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