Activity

Painting Sentences

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Paint with the colors of reading! Learners in special education classes or mainstream classes practice decoding basic and advanced code with a series of sentences on paint blobs. Once they read the sentence, learners cover one spot on their paint palates, until the entire page is covered.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Send home with learners to practice with parents
  • Have kids work in partners, small groups, or as a whole class to master the decoding
Classroom Considerations
  • Pair kids with similar reading levels to reduce frustration in the game
Pros
  • A fun way to assess reading ability
  • Provides varying levels of difficulty to differentiate between your learners
Cons
  • None
Common Core