Today I taught a very successful lesson about "Magic E". We began by looking at short vowel words. Students brainstormed as many words as they could think of and I wrote them on the board. I then pulled a couple from their big list and held up my Magic E wand. I told students the story of his special powers. When he adds himself to the end of a short vowel word the original vowel switches from short to long. The students thought I was an actual magician (so of course I went with it). I then passed out wands to each student and had them return to their seats. I had made cards of short vowel words. The students each started with a card and would eventually rotate through the entire set. Each student had a recording sheet to keep track of the words that Magic E worked on and the words that he did not work on.
I was a little nervous that this lesson would get too complicated with all of the rotating of cards; however, it truly went great and the students did very well with the entire concept!
No comments:
Post a Comment