- sentence chart
- sentence strips cut into word cards (boat, float, river, row, sink, wash)
- float
- flow
- sink
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g. taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Literacy Knowledge/Print Concepts and Conventions: Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Word Play: Guess My Word
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ELA Focus Skills: Phonological Awareness (Beginning Sounds), Sorting and Classifying
Tell children you are thinking of words about water that they have seen in this unit. Display the word cards in the sentence chart and review what each word says. Then say, I will give you a hint. See if you can guess which word I am thinking of.
- I’m thinking of a word that means to stay on top of the water. The opposite of this word is sink. What’s my word? (float) Have a child say the word as he/she points to the card in the chart. Say the word again with the child if necessary. You may need to identify the first letter in the word if the child is having difficulty pointing to the word.
- Now I’m thinking of something that is made of water. It flows in a path from high in the mountains and eventually flows into the ocean. What’s my word? (river)
- Now I’m thinking of something that floats on top of water. It can carry things across the water. It will sink if there is too much weight in it. This word rhymes with float. What’s my word? (boat)
Adaptation: You may wish to show very young children just two cards when you give a clue. Read both cards, stressing the beginning sounds, and have them point to the word.