From all the words you could make, pick 1215 words using these criteria. Making words is a multilevel book that explores words and letter patterns while increasing vocabularies. Pat has taught first grade, fourth grade, and remedial reading and has over 30 years of teaching experience. Choose from the 160 lessons in this book to start the children in making words, or follow the guidelines for creating your own treasury of lessons for the school year. Facilitate meaningful, multilevel lessons for students in grade 1 us. One of natalies favorite word work activities is making words. Presents a concise method for involving students in the process of identifying homophones, prefixes, and suffixes and how these change the meanings of. It presents a method for involving students in the process of identifying phonological units and patterns within words, and helps the student to become aware of similarities in words that can. Pat cunningham is a professor of education at wake forest university in winstonsalem, north carolina.
Making words, grades 9780866538060 by patricia cunningham, dorothy p. It is a great way to build phonics and spelling skills, and kids tend to love it because every lesson includes figuring out a mystery word. Engage children with fastpaced, handson making big words activities. We do not own, nor claim ownership of any images used in this video. Making words, grade 1 meet your next favorite book. Features 70 fun and interactive lessons for building rhyming and decoding skills. Teaching a making words lesson following is an example of a making words lesson done in one firstgrade class room in march. Facilitate meaningful, multilevel lessons for students in grade 1 using making words.
We do not own, nor claim ownership of any images used. Aug 28, 2001 making words by patricia m cunningham, 9780866538060, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Words that you can sort for the pattern you want to emphasize. Dec 01, 20 all book covers and art are ed to their respective publishing companies andor authors. Great complement to making words and systematic sequential phonics our child has a disability related to reading and auditory processing. Making words by patricia m cunningham, 9780866538060. I know with some making word activities, they give you a set of letters. Making words is a handson approach using letter manipulatives so students can see how words are formed and spelled. An active and innovative approach to making words that teachers and their students have grown to love is finally here based on its highly successful parent text, phonics they use, this new gradelevel series making words offers teachers a fresh multilevel activity and lesson series written for the kindergarten through fifth grade classroom.
Ask students for definitions or examples of the new words as you make. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read making words, grade 2. Pdf making words grade 1 download full pdf book download. Multilevel, handson spelling and phonics activities a good apple language arts activity book for grades 36 1st edition by patricia m. Words for reading and writing, this grade level series offers a fresh pairing of lessons and activities for kindergarten through fifth grade. Words for reading and writing, this new grade level series offers a fresh pairing of lessons and activities for kindergarten through fifth grade. She has over 30 years of experience, taught in various elementary grades and remedial reading, and was a curriculum coordinator and director of reading. Download making words kindergarten and first grade and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Features 50 fun and interactive lessons for building decoding and spelling skills.
Apr 11, 2012 making words is a handson approach using letter manipulatives so students can see how words are formed and spelled. After making 1520 words, the teacher and children sort the words based on patterns and rhymes. When words are connected to a story or current classroom lesson, students are able to have greater success with phonics lessons. For this particular lesson, each child had four consonant letters d, p, r, s and two vowel letters i, e. Effective tools for strengthening spelling and phonics skills. Cunningham is a professor of education at wake forest university.
Over 200 downloadable making words lessons for your. Make a list of other words that can be made from these letters. Dec 01, 2007 making words first grade is the best resource you can have on hand for motivating your students to learn words features 100 fun and interactive lessons for building phonemic awareness, phonics, and spelling skills. This 64page resource includes 50 making words lessons and a reproducible sheet of instructions. Facilitate meaningful, multilevel lessons for students in grade 2 using making words. Making words, grades 1 3 paperback august 28, 2001 by patricia m. The presenter shared it and i thought at the timehey. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. The making words strategy is a popular wordrecognition strategy that was developed by jim and pat cunningham. The pages follow the same sequence as presented in the making words book. Apr 15, 2017 this video uses the book making words by pat cunningham and dorothy hall you follow the book and use ipads and the free app pic collag. Feb 2, 2012 over 200 downloadable making words lessons for your working with words.
And it really is a complete making words activity because after you make the words, you sort them, and then transfer them to help you spell a word in a sentence. It also includes effective tools for strengthening spelling and phonics skills. Each making words activity leads children through a systematic and sequential phonics curriculum. Pat cunningham and dottie hall present classroom teachers with effective tools for strengthening phonics and spelling.
All book covers and art are ed to their respective publishing companies andor authors. Choose from 150 lessons in this book to start the children in making words, or follow the guidelines. This handson activity promotes the development of phonological awareness as well as students understanding of the alphabetic principle. The final word includes all the letters students have that day. Decide what the secret word is that can be made with all the letters. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. It supports the fourblocksr literacy model and is a great addition to any classroom. Mar 12, 2020 based on the bestselling book phonics they use, this grade level series offers a fresh pairing of lessons and activities for kindergarten through fifth grade. Making words is a multilevel book that explores words. Words that you can sort for the pattern you want to. Presents a concise method for involving students in the process of identifying phonological units and patterns within words. Working with words rounding up the rhymes this activity is done with a book that has been read aloud by the teacher or the class which contains lots of rhyming words. Making words is a great way to teach phonics and spelling.
This video uses the book making words by pat cunningham and dorothy hall you follow the book and use ipads and the free app pic collag. This app includes 50 lessons designed for students to build spelling skills and develop phonemic awareness. Lessons for home or school carsondellosa publishing professional resources fourblocks literacy model fourblocks series. Making words kindergarten and first grade on the app store. Aug 28, 2001 making words is an excellent book for first and second grade teachers who are looking for an effective, practical approach to teaching spelling skills. I originally found this book in a workshop i was attending about 3 years ago. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. After reading the book together as a class, have students access the interactive game and begin making words related to the book that they just read. Dec 27, 2007 an active and innovative approach to making words that teachers and their students have grown to love is finally here. Over 200 downloadable making words lessons for your working. An innovative, developmental approach to teaching phonics and spelling. Each page contains 2 copies of the letters required for each of the grade 2 making words lessons.
While manipulating the letters, ask students to recall from the book what the new word will be. Making words second grade an active and innovative approach to making words that teachers and their students have grown to love is finally here based on its highly successful parent text, phonics they use, this new grade level series making words offers teachers a fresh multilevel activity and lesson series written for the kindergarten through fifth grade classroom. Making words is an innovative wordbuilding activity introduced by pat and jim cunningham. For the first lesson, the at family, students will cut out letters. Here is an innovative, developmental approach to combining phonics and spelling. Facilitate meaningful, multilevel lessons for students in second grade using making words. You can conduct the lesson as a group and walk students through the exercises or allow them to work in pairs or individually at the computer. During the fifteenminute activities, children are encouraged to explore words, lettersound relationships, and letter patterns. Hall making words first grade based on the best selling book, phonics they use. You build 2 letter words, 3 letter words, and so forth.
See more ideas about making words, words and word work. Teaching a making words lesson following is an example of a making words lesson done in one first grade class room in march. Making words kindergarten based on the bestselling book phonics they use, this grade level series offers a fresh pairing of lessons and activities for kindergarten through fifth grade. Contains lessons in which students select letters to build short and long words. This 64page resource includes 50 reproducible handson activities in which children manipulate letter cards to construct words, sort words by spelling patterns, and use the sorted patterns to spell and read new words, and a reproducible sheet of instructions. Lessons for home or school by patricia m cunningham, dorothy p hall online at alibris. Making words third grade download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. This is a file of letter cards to go with making words 2nd grade.
The words are just perfect for my average 1st grader, and i got the 2nd grade book for my advanced students. In these lessons, students incorporate cutting skills, writing skills and manipulation of letters, a total workout if you will. During the fifteen to twenty minutes activities, children are encouraged to explore words, letter sound relationships, and letter patterns. She is involved in staff development with teachers and administrators across the united states. Based on its highly successful parent text, phonics they use, this new grade level series making words offers teachers a fresh multilevel activity and lesson series written for the kindergarten through fifth grade classroom. Just print the letters before the lesson, cut the page down the middle, and pass the halves out to your students.
The format and word sequencing were developed by patricia cunningham and have been recognized for their ability to motivate students. This 64page resource includes 50 making words lessons and a reproducible sheet of. This packet contains activity pages for the making words grades book by patricia cunningham and dorothy hall. When i was a classroom teacher, i used the making words activities developed by patricia cunningham on a weekly basis with my students. In searching for finding the best resources for my 1st grade classroom, i found patricia cunninghams making words book. Lessons for home or school ebook written by patricia m.
In making words kindergarten, pat and dottie introduce kindergarten teachers, teachers of emergent second language learners, and teachers of students with special needs. This app is a much better word study approach than words their way type word sorts because it actively gets the student involved in seeing how changing 1 or 2 letters changes the word and focuses on rhyming words, not just those with the same ending consonants. Making words fourth grade is the best resource you can have on hand for motivating your students to learn words. Based on its highly successful parent text, phonics they use, this new gradelevel series making words offers teachers a fresh multilevel activity and lesson series written for the kindergarten through fifth grade classroom. Making words is an excellent book for first and second grade teachers who are looking for an effective, practical approach to teaching spelling skills. In making words kindergarten, pat and dottie introduce kindergarten teachers, teachers of emergent second language learners, and teachers of students with special needs to making words.
In making words first grade, pat and dottie introduce first grade teachers to 100 making words lessons that cover all of the literacy. The objective is for children to create various words from a given set of letters, which make up the secret word. There are 10 warmup lessons and 149 regular lessons. Children not only make new words, but sort those words by letter patternsan effective tool for strenthening spelling skills. Presents a concise method for involving students in the process of identifying common contractions and compound words and more complex vowel patterns. Making words third grade is the best resource you can have on hand for motivating your students to learn words. Table 2 presents a summary of the steps involved in teaching a making words lesson. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read making words, grade 1. After reading the book, use the overhead projector and overhead alphabet tiles to demonstrate the words from the book e. In making words second grade, pat and dottie introduce second grade teachers to 100 lessons that teach all the phonics, spelling, and phonemic awareness skills included in most second grade curricula. An active and innovative approach to making words that teachers and their students have grown to love is finally here. Making words third grade download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl.