Most of the class knew the names of at least two of the marks, but were still having trouble with the names of the other punctuation marks.
Miss Pat was getting ready to teach the class about homophones, those words that sound alike, but have different meanings and different spellings.She asked the class, “Can anyone tell me what homophones are?” The whole class stared at her with blank looks on their faces. Even Orrie was stumped!
Miss Pat continued, “Can anyone tell me what homonyms are?” Orrie’s hand went up like a shot. When called on, he answered, “Homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings.” Miss Pat smiled and said, “Very good, Orrie.
“Huh,” said Hector, ” Can you give us a few examples of homophones?” The class nodded their agreement.
“Okay,” said Miss Pat here are two examples of homophones. I will even use them in a sentence.
Witch and Which
I am going to be a witch on Halloween.
Which one of you wants to write on the blackboard?
Break and Brake
Don’t break that glass, or you will have to pay for it.
Is the brake on your bike working properly?”
Miss Pat waited for her examples to sink in and then she announced, “Now we are going to play some computer matching games that use homophones. Be sure to pay close attention as tomorrow I will give you a quiz on some of the homophones you match today.”
Then Miss Pat had the class go to their computers and play the Words that sound alike games.
The new game is a puzzle. It is a map of Europe. To play you need to match the shapes of the puzzle pieces to the shape of the country.
To play along with the “Can Do” Kids, just go to the “Can Do” Club House, choose more games and choose “Europe Jigsaw Puzzle.”
On days like this, mostly all of the boys and girls have a hard time settling in and paying attention.
So here is the word game, a word jumble to be exact, that Miss Pat gave the class to do.
It was the day before a 3-day weekend. The “Can Dos” were having a hard time focusing on school work. Most were thinking about what they were going to do with three days off!
Miss Pat had already reviewed what President’s Day was all about. They spent time talking about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and all that they did for America.
“Class,” said Miss Pat, time for a math quiz.” Several of the “Can Dos” let out groans and moans.
“That’s enough,” said Miss Pat. “Go to your computers and let’s get started. Today’s math quiz is about the 2x table and adding one.”Why don’t you play along. Just go to the “Can Do” Club House, choose games and choose times table +1.
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