Days ago I was contacted by Education.com, and I was asked to publish one of their activities that could work
well
for EFL, ELA or ESL teachers. I am so happy for this honor.
for EFL, ELA or ESL teachers. I am so happy for this honor.
Here is a short description of their
web page.
Education.com aims to empower parents, teachers, and homeschoolers to
help their children build essential skills and excel. With over 12 million
members, Education.com provides educators of all kinds with high-quality
learning resources, including worksheets, lesson plans, digital games, an
online guided learning platform, and more.
Link to their resources:
Here is the Activity: Practice
Reading with a Rainbow Puzzle!
Puzzles are fun, and guess what? They're also a great way to help
your child learn to read! Your kindergartener is probably already learning
about sight
words--short words that appear again and again in our language that children should
recognize instantly. With this activity, you can easily turn sight words into
beautiful rainbow puzzles for your emergent reader to reassemble. It's fun for
your child, and you'll rest assured that she's getting some important practice
in reading!
I couldn´t help but
to get inspired by this activity and off I went to buy some things to do it. Then,
I started thinking that there is no official list of sight words for EFL
students. I created one for this activity:
I, am, Let´s, Yes, No, a, an , What, is, this, It,
not, here, color, and, can, we, be, you, are, can, in, on, under, the, where,
who, she, he, my, there, they, like, so, much, How, many, your.
I bought lined/ruled
cards so the students can write the word or you, glue it onto cardboard and have
students outline the word with crayons or markers. Then cut it out and place it in a bag with the word
written on it as a reference for the students. I used markers that are for
writing onto plastic.
And bought some 3D
stickers for the students to create the word, then do the outline with crayons
or markers. Continue with the puzzle.
And with big craft
sticks you can make a bigger puzzle. Students will write the word, outline in a
rainbow manner on cardboard or white paper and then cut it. Glue onto the lined craft sticks and then wait to
dry. Cut carefully with an exacto knife each craft stick.
Loved these foil
letters that are for the bulletin board. You
can give the students all the foil
letters and a list of words
to make on a cardboard. Then, have them glue the
word,
outline the word and create the puzzle.
There are so many
options for just one activity at www.education.com.
Visit them !
