READING and WRITING OPTIONS
Writing Options: Word Work
Build/Spell Names
Objective:
Students use magnet letters to build [spell] \ classmate names.
Materials:
Magnetic SurfaceLink N Spell Magnetic Letters from Teaching Resource
Student Photos (I print them on business cards, then laminate and add a business card magnet)
Pointers for Chanting "M. Mike. /m/ /m/ Mike." or Reading Names
Word and Name Rings or Reference Sheet (as seen above)
When to Introduce:
I introduce this the first few weeks of school.
How to Introduce:
Gather students around the magnet board.
Display all student photos on the magnet board.
Call students up one at a time and ask them to build their name using the linking magnet letters.
Model how to find letters in the magnet boxes.
Model how to put letters back into the magnet boxes.
When finished, take pictures of each name.
Create a student "menu" for students to use when they visit the Magnet Corner (center).
Differentiating:
Have students write the names they've spelled.
Storage Ideas:
The magnets are stored in the boxes they came in.
The student photos are stored in a plastic sliding pencil case that I bought from Walgreen's.
The two magnet boxes, the student name menu, and the student photos are store in a "laundry" basket.
