Language
During 2020 practice your vocabulary skills contained in this great calendar of language activities by Super Duper.
Click here to Go on Virtual Field Trips! Explore something new together, and discuss each field trip with your child: ask what your child saw, where they went, and what they learned.
Read! Create opportunities to engage in literacy to improve language skills. Support reading comprehension, language skills and vocabulary skills. Practice/learn new vocabulary, Ask/answer comprehension questions- what, who, where, why, Ask/answer inference questions (information that is not specifically stated in the text), practice retelling the story, Sequence story events, identify/state the main idea.
Readworks and Newsela are two great resources to support reading comprehension skills, language and vocabulary development.
Storyline Online includes actors reading books alongside illustrated videos of the story. Ask your student comprehension questions (what, who, where, when, why), Ask inference questions (information that is not specifically stated in the text), Ask your child retell the story or Sequence the story, Discuss the main idea, and learn new vocabulary words.
Graphic organizers support and develop students’ critical thinking and writing skills, and organize their analysis of the text. Explore graphic organizers here and use those you find helpful!
Build your vocabulary here; many different categories included on this fun platform.
FREE LANGUAGE STUFF is a website where you can find hundreds of language worksheets and activities in more than 20 areas.
Fun info-graphics here will help you use interesting words (synonyms) for common 'boring' words.
Print out these verb picture cards to use with your child to help her learn action words. Also includes ideas for using the cards to work on answering questions, grammar, and vocabulary. Pictures include real photos of adults and children engaging in those actions. Perfect for speech-language pathologists to use in speech therapy or for use in home practice.
Learn verbs here.
Practice saying short sentences, here. Ask your parent or a sibling to play this fun matching game with you!
Another fun matching game, here. This game will help to improve your word knowledge and concentration skills!
Here is a fun YouTube video to watch, all about Idioms.
Short videos are another way to help support story telling skills. Watch a Kid, Teen friendly short video (3-5 minutes) such as "Joy One", click here to view on YouTube and then practice retelling the story using the visual cue for story elements, click here.
Here is a cute children's story, Time to Come in Bear, about Social Distancing.
Click here to Go on Virtual Field Trips! Explore something new together, and discuss each field trip with your child: ask what your child saw, where they went, and what they learned.
Read! Create opportunities to engage in literacy to improve language skills. Support reading comprehension, language skills and vocabulary skills. Practice/learn new vocabulary, Ask/answer comprehension questions- what, who, where, why, Ask/answer inference questions (information that is not specifically stated in the text), practice retelling the story, Sequence story events, identify/state the main idea.
Readworks and Newsela are two great resources to support reading comprehension skills, language and vocabulary development.
Storyline Online includes actors reading books alongside illustrated videos of the story. Ask your student comprehension questions (what, who, where, when, why), Ask inference questions (information that is not specifically stated in the text), Ask your child retell the story or Sequence the story, Discuss the main idea, and learn new vocabulary words.
Graphic organizers support and develop students’ critical thinking and writing skills, and organize their analysis of the text. Explore graphic organizers here and use those you find helpful!
Build your vocabulary here; many different categories included on this fun platform.
FREE LANGUAGE STUFF is a website where you can find hundreds of language worksheets and activities in more than 20 areas.
Fun info-graphics here will help you use interesting words (synonyms) for common 'boring' words.
Print out these verb picture cards to use with your child to help her learn action words. Also includes ideas for using the cards to work on answering questions, grammar, and vocabulary. Pictures include real photos of adults and children engaging in those actions. Perfect for speech-language pathologists to use in speech therapy or for use in home practice.
Learn verbs here.
Practice saying short sentences, here. Ask your parent or a sibling to play this fun matching game with you!
Another fun matching game, here. This game will help to improve your word knowledge and concentration skills!
Here is a fun YouTube video to watch, all about Idioms.
Short videos are another way to help support story telling skills. Watch a Kid, Teen friendly short video (3-5 minutes) such as "Joy One", click here to view on YouTube and then practice retelling the story using the visual cue for story elements, click here.
Here is a cute children's story, Time to Come in Bear, about Social Distancing.