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My Literacy Favorites (Part 3)

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If you’re new to this mini-series on my favorite literacy manipulatives and supplies, here is Part 1 & Part 2.

1. DRY ERASE BOARDS

Let’s face it-dry erase boards can be expensive.  But here are a few ideas on how to cut your costs:

*Double-sided dry erase boards in $1 bin at Target (usually in abundance in August/September–stock up!).

*If you’d like a class set or homeschool group, I discovered a secret in my first year of teaching.  Go to your local home improvement store and ask for a sheet of shower board.  They can cut it into 12×12 squares (or any dimensions you want); which will make A LOT of personal dry erase boards.  The entire sheet of shower board may run you around $10-$15 dollars and makes TONS of 12×12 boards…very cheap!

*Ikea’s art easel (one side is dry erase).  These only run about $15 and make a great birthday/Christmas gift for your child!

This easel has many “talents”.  Here’s a picture of how you can use the non-dry erase board side.  It makes the perfect shelf for a big book (or two)!

*If you want a magnetic dry erase board, it will cost you a little more.  I think the one I bought for our schoolroom ran me around $20 at Target.  A cheaper alternative to a magnetic dry erase board may just be a tin cookie sheet (available at most dollar stores).  I think dry erase marker will work on these, too.

Here are some ideas for using your dry erase boards:

Word-Wac-Woe or other games

To introduce new sight words

*As an alternative to writing on paper.  I don’t know about you, but there’s a certain pack rat, who shall remain nameless, living in our house and he likes to save every. single. paper.EVER.  Dry erase boards, especially the lined ones from the Target $1 bin, are a great alternative to writing on (and saving) paper.  Just erase when you’re done. 🙂

Writing a Morning Message

*Writing vocabulary words before reading a book, like I did in this post.

Learning to write (this is shower board)

*I just saw this idea and added it.  Check out the fun way that Krash used a dry erase board to practice his sight words (scroll down under Word Play)!  We’re doing this one this week!  ALuv will absolutely flip out!!

2. POST-IT NOTES

We LOVE Post-It notes, especially ALuv.  Just this past week, he went into my bedroom and got rather quiet.  I yelled up the stairs to inquire on his doings.  He had found a stash of Post-It notes and was labeling things in his room with them.  What can you say to that??  Post-It notes are just plain fun.

Here are some ideas on how to use them:

*Write one letter on each note from a word, scramble up the letters, and have your child unscramble the word.

*Make a special supply box for the writer in your child.  Include some Post-It notes.  Items for this box would make good stocking stuffers.

*Post-It Note Bingo!

*Write a letter of the alphabet on a few sticky notes and have your child find objects around the house/classroom starting with that letter.  You can do the same thing with a vowel sound (like short i).  This makes for a great phonemic awareness activity!

*If you already have labels around your house/classroom, write some of the same words on Post-It notes and ask children to be word detectives and find the matching words.

*Write a note to your child and stick it in their lunchbox for school.  ALuv goes to a homeschool co-op each Friday and he looks forward to reading the note (and keeping each one).

3. CLEAR, PLASTIC SLEEVES

*My absolute favorite way to use these plastic sleeves is for inserting worksheets or printables to use over and over with a dry erase marker.  They are a cheap alternative to laminating!  There’s not a day that goes by that we don’t use these.  They usually come in large quantities, so split the box between several other mamas or teachers to cut costs.

*These also make a great way to protect important work done by children to store in a portfolio or notebook.

4. FILE FOLDERS

File folder games (here is a free site)  Carson Dellosa also makes AWESOME file folder books.

A mini, portable Word Wall

*Lapbooks

*Privacy Folder: this idea goes beyond literacy, but if you staple two folders together, they can be used during assessment time.  These came in handy in the classroom when I needed to assess more than one student at a time.

 

What are your favorite literacy tools?

Thank you for joining This Reading Mama on a literacy journey!

~Becky

 

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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