Editing CAPS

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Editing CAPS

• Capitalization
• Agreement
• Punctuation
• Spelling
• Checklists for easy reference while they edit

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Fibs and Facts

• Index card write 3 facts/1 fib about previous
  concept taught
• Move around room
• If fooled, sign back of card
• Count signatures at the end

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Copy/Pair/Share/Respond

• Choose interesting part/write down
• Share silently
• Partner responds

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C.P.S.R. Ideas

• I liked this section b/c
• It made me think about
• I didnt understand why
• I think/feel/wish
• I wonder why
• If I were (character)

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Writing Vocabulary Words

• Draw (visual/spatial intelligence)
• Act out (bodily/kinesthetic)
• Think of song title (musical intelligence)
• Deep processing occurs
• Direct teaching look up in the dictionary

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Teaching Question Categories

• Learn different types of questions through color
  coding
• Green go to answer
• Yellow slow down and look
• Red stop/look for clues
• Black off the track/dont have to read text to
  get these (EX qualities of a good friendship?)

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Headband Words

• Vocabulary words on sentence strips
• Give to student face down
• Kids walk around and give clues to words on
  headband

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Post It with Partners

• Small post-it notes
• ! interesting
• ? confused
• (period) I know this
• Finish reading, discuss post-it marks with partner

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Final Answer 20!

• Select passage 3 to 5 paragraphs long
• Show first on overhead
• Summarize in 20 words
• Final summary of all paragraphs 20 words

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Scavenger Hunt

• Find someone who
• Reads nightly
• Keeps journal
• Sews
• Sings
• Mechanically inclined
• Can recite a poem
• Loves to entertain

• Juggles
• Hikes
• Camps
• Ski
• Artistic
• Dances
• Plays a sport

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News In Pictures(Newspapers)

• Cut news photo
• Paste on center of paper
• Have at least one person in photo
• List some feelings person(s) must have been
  feeling at the time of the photo
• Write one sentence about the photo which tells
  about the news event pictured

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Whats in a name?(Newspapers)

• Use the masthead (or flag) of the newspaper
• Cut out masthead and write words that could begin
  with each letter of your newspapers flag
  Virginian Pilot V (very, vast, van), I (ice,
  igloo), R (race, run, ran), etc

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Heads Up!(Newspapers)

• Headlines label each news story by telling the
  main idea in just a few words
• Cut out 10 headline words and put in ABC order

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News Beat(Newspapers)

• News stories tell us the main idea in the first
  paragraph (lead) of the story
• Cut out an interesting story and glue on back of
  writing paper
• Answer these questions Who is it about? What is
  the event/happening? Where did it happen? When
  did it take place? Why did the event in the
  story happen?

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Advertising(Newspaper)

• Cut out words from ads that you would LIKE to buy
  and glue in chart under LUXERIES
• Cut out words from ads that you MUST HAVE in
  order to live day to day and glue under
  NECESSITIES

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Navigating the news(Newspapers)

• Important to learn how to read the index (like a
  table of contents)
• Clip index and glue on paper
• Use the index to find the section letter and page
  number where you will probably find the following
  info
• used bike, cartoon, football team, food item, tv
  show

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Closing in on a news story(Newspapers)

• Choose a story you want to read and write a few
  sentences about it
• Share it with a friend and have them find the
  headline to go with it
• They glue it above your sentences

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Look closely!(Newspapers)

• Find a photo in the sports section and glue it on
  paper
• Label each item you can name by making a diagram
  or chart (EX wrist, elbow, racket)
• List the words that are nouns/count total

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Thats entertainment!(Newspapers)

• Find local movie directory in the paper
• Choose a movie you and family would see
• Fill in info on Admissions ticket
• Name of movie (Lion King), Name of Theater (Main
  Gate), Show Times (7pm), Admissions Price, etc

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TV time!(Newspapers)

• Find tv guide
• Circle name of three programs you would like to
  watch
• Fill in the following information for each Name
  of program, Channel number, Channel call letters,
  time of program, length of program

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Do you have the time?(Newspapers)

• Find 5 examples of words that refer to the time
  that an event took place
• Days of the week, hours of the day, dates
• Words like yesterday, last week, recently, etc
• Cut out each word and glue on paper
• Write a sentence about each word you found

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Prefix profiles!(Newspapers)

• Many words in newspapers have root words
• Find four words which contain the following
  prefixes and glue in each prefix box
• Pre (four words)
• Re (four words)
• Un (four words)

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Upper case capers!(Newspapers)

• Important to capitalize and punctuate sentences
  and words correctly
• Use front page of paper
• Find/cut ten words that are capitalized
• Glue words on paper
• Print the lower case letter below each
  capitalized letter

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Short and long vowels!(Newspapers)

• Usually, when two vowels go walking, the first
  one does the talking!
• Find 5 headline words that contain two vowels
  next to each other and write on paper
• Place a check next to word(s) that dont follow
  the rule

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Famous names and faces!(Newspapers)

• Cut out names of 10 people that you would
  consider famous
• Put in ABC order by last name
• Circle names of people whose picture was also in
  the news

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Give me space!(Newspapers)

• Comic strip writers have limited space so
  contractions are used
• Cut out two comic strips that have contractions
  and circle contractions in each
• Below each strip write out the two words used to
  form each contraction

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Action in sports!(Newspapers)

• Sports pages give readers a vivid idea of the
  excitement in a game or competition
• Circle seven action verbs
• Glue a picture from the sports page at top of
  blank paper
• Use seven action verbs you found to write a story
  about picture

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Entertainers and adjectives!(Newspapers)

• Performers receive reviews containing many
  adjectives
• Clip picture of an entertainer/event
• Find 5 adjectives that the newspaper used and
  write down
• Write 5 more YOU would use to describe the
  entertainer/event

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Headline questions!(Newspapers)

• You often think of questions when you read a
  headline
• Clip an interesting headline and glue on BACK of
  paper
• Write down 3 questions that you believe will be
  answered by reading the story
• Read article and write answers you found

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Hunting for nouns!(Newspapers)

• Look and find
• 5 words that name people
• 5 words that name places
• 5 words that name things
• Glue on paper in correct columns

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Sound off!(Newspapers)

• Find two words with Long vowel sounds
• A
• E
• I
• O
• U

• Find two words with Short vowel sounds
• A
• E
• I
• O
• U

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New words!(Newspapers)

• Look at all sections of the newspaper
• Find 5 words that are unfamiliar to you
• Write down
• Define
• Write section and page number where you found the
  word

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Main ideas!(Newspapers)

• Write down 5 comic strip names
• Read
• Tell in one sentence the main idea

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Good and bad feelings!(Newspapers)

• Words can make us feel good and bad
• Find words that make you feel good (positive
  words)
• Find words that make you feel bad (negative
  words)
• Glue on a chart

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Rappin about the rain!(Newspapers)

• Cut/glue weather paragraph for the day
• Read aloud the words in the weather forcast for
  the day. Count the syllables by rapping your
  pencil on your desk and write that number above
  the word

• 1 syllable circle red
• 2 syllables blue
• 3 syllables green
• 4 or more yellow
• Count total number of each and write at bottom of
  the page

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Pet for sale!(Newspapers)

• Find classified ad for a pet/glue on paper
• Write letter to parent asking to adopt this
  pet include why you need it, how you will take
  care of it, and why its the best pet for you
• Draw a picture of pet

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Toy sale!(Newspapers)

• Find classified section for toys/game equip.
• Cut and paste them
• Think about 2 toys you dont use anymore
• Make your own ad and include most important facts

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Pictures say a thousand words!(Newspapers)

• Find a photo
• Cut and glue
• Write a story about your picture
• Pretend you were there and describe what you
  see, hear, smell, and feel
• Explain what happened just before and right after
  the picture was taken

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Comic strip talk!(Newspapers)

• Choose a favorite comic strip/cut/glue
• Gently erase words in the balloon
• Using the space in the balloons, write a
  conversation between the characters
• What they say should tell a story about your
  classroom or school

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A paper about me!(Newspapers)

• Develop a newspaper about yourself
• Give your newspaper a name
• Write one story about yourself and a drawing of
  yourself
• Set up format like a real newspaper

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Mixed up headlines!(Newspapers)

• Read headlines of a paper
• Clip about 15 words from different headlines
• Use words to try to make a new headline
• Try to make 2

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Your advice please!(Newspapers)

• Find and read advice columns
• Think of problem that might occur in school
• Write a letter to Dear Abby . . asking for
  advice
• Give letter to a friend and have them write a
  response

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Describing a character!(Newspapers)

• Select comic strip character/cut/paste
• Describe what the character looks like
• Describe how the character acts
• Using the information you wrote, write a
  description of your comic strip character

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Whats your job? (Social Studies)(Newspapers)

• Look at photos and comic strips
• Cut examples of people doing different jobs/glue
• Write the name of each job next to the picture

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Holiday time! (Social Studies)(Newspapers)

• Look for words, symbols, pictures, or other
  illustrations that would give you an idea that a
  holiday is about to happen
• Cut and glue the pictures and words on paper

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City and state! (Social Studies)(Newspapers)

• Write down 10 cities that are mentioned on the
  weather page
• Write down next to the city the name of the state
  in which the city is located
• Use a classroom map to help

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Facts and Opinions! (S. Studies)(Newspapers)

• Find an interesting picture/cut/glue
• Look at the picture carefully and write two
  statements of fact
• Look at the picture carefully and write two
  statements of opinion

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Transportation! (Social Studies)(Newspapers)

• Look for pictures of the many types of
  transportation
• Use pictures or words
• Glue into categories of transportation by air,
  land, and sea

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Good sports! (Social studies)(Newspapers)

• Select a sports story
• Cut/glue
• Answer these questions
• 1. Name of the sport
• 2. Is it played in your community? If yes, where?
• 3. How is the sport important to your community?
• 4. What are the ages of the people who play this
  sport?

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Real life! (Social studies)(Newspapers)

• Find 5 examples of comic strip characters who are
  facing problems that we might face in real life
• Identify the problem and the comic strip
• Solve it with a friend?

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News all over! (Social studies)(Newspapers)

• World news about other countries
• National news about the United States
• State news about your own state
• Local news about your community
• Put a red x on local news stories
• Put a blue x on your state news
• Put a green x on national stories
• Put an orange x on world news stories
• Tally number you found in each category

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Electricity! (Science)(Newspapers)

• Clip 5 examples of items that need electricity
• Write 3 sentences about what would happen without
  electricity
• Find grocery ads and food sections to find
  pictures and names of food that can go in the 4
  food groups breads, grains, cereals veges and
  fruits dairy meat, fish, poultry

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Good snacks! (Science)(Newspapers)

• Cut examples of things that are healthy snacks
• Cut examples of things that are unhealthy snacks
• Use words or pictures
• Discuss

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Solve the problem! (Science)(Newspapers)

• Find a story about health or science problem
• Cut/paste
• Answer these questions
• 1. Describe the problem
• 2. What are some possible solutions?
• 3. What do YOU think is the best solution?

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Your senses! (Science)(Newspapers)

• Find pictures/words to go with each of the
  senses
• See
• Smell
• Hear
• Taste
• Touch (ex shaking hands)

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Weather everywhere! (Science)(Newspapers)

• Find the weather page
• Choose five cities and write down the high and
  low for the day
• Find the difference
• Choose five cities and write down the high
  temperatures and graph them

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Time to shop! (Mathematics)(Newspapers)

• Find examples of watches and clocks used in
  advertising
• Write the actual time shown on the clock or watch
  next to each example
• No digital faces

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Numbers about me! (Math)(Newspapers)

• Locate the numbers that will correctly complete
  the following information
• 1. My birth date is
• 2. My address is
• 3. My telephone number is

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Falling prices! (Math)(Newspapers)

• Look at advertisement section
• Select 10 prices listed in ads
• Cut/glue in order from most expensive to least
  expensive

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Geometrical shapes! (Math)(Newspapers)

• Find at least one example of a circle,
  rectangle, square, hexagon, octagon, etc
• Cut/glue and write the name of the shape next to
  the picture

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Math words! (Math)(Newspapers)

• Find at least one word that fits within the
  meaning of the words below
• 1. Big 4. Short
• 2. Small 5. Heavy
• 3. Tall 6. Light
• Cut/paste word(s) next to these words

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Graphing comics! (Math)(Newspapers)

• Use one page of comics
• Tally number of items you find women, food
  items, animals, tables, men, windows, wall
  pictures

• Fill in spaces on a graph to show how many of
  each item was found

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Sports hero!(Newspapers)

• Clip photo of your favorite sports hero
• Write five interview questions
• Write what you think their answers might be

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Funny families!(Newspapers)

• Cut our comic strip characters that remind you of
  members of your family
• Glue on paper and describe how each character
  reminds you of a family member

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Picture story!(Newspapers)

• Cut out three photos
• Glue on three sheets of paper in any order
• Tell a story using photos (at least 2 sentences
  for each picture)
• Beginning, middle, and end
• Write a headline

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Classified to display ad!(Newspapers)

• Make a classified ad into a display ad
• For example Large, green box turtle, 10.99,
  loves kids, house-trained

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Illustrate a story!(Newspapers)

• Stories can be more interesting and easier to
  understand with a picture
• Clip a story and illustrate/give your own title
• EX SHARKS SPOTTED IN N.C.!

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ABC monster!(Newspapers)

• Use front page
• Circle one of each letter
• If necessary, skip a letter
• Begin with A, and connect all the letters to
  make a monster
• Color or paint

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Rave reviews!(Newspapers)

• Reviews help us make up our minds about how we
  spend money
• Read some reviews
• Make up your own review about one of these a
  movie, tv show, toy, or video game
• Share with the class. Do they agree or disagree?

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New characters!(Newspapers)

• Clip photos or drawings of people/animals
• Look at news photos, comic strips, etc
• Create a new character by using different body
  parts from what you have collected
• You can write a story about your new character
  (name it)!

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Saving money!(Newspapers)

• Clip 10 coupons/paste on paper
• Write name of product and original cost
• Write amount of coupon (cents off)
• Write amount saved by using the coupon
• Find total cost of the grocery products using the
  coupons and without using the coupons

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Headline sentences!(Newspapers)

• Clip three headlines
• Glue on paper
• Rewrite each sentence as a
• 1. Declarative (period)
• 2. Interrogative (question mark)
• 3. Exclamatory (exclamation mark)