Quick, Simple and Effective

This is a quick and fun activity we did at the end of the day. 

​Each kinder was allowed to select the word of their choice. Next, they were asked if they could sound out their word. Once they knew their word, they were asked to copy it to a piece of paper and draw a picture of the word. Since they know how to spell and write the words "the" and "and" I'd like to have them choose two words next time and connect them. For example, "The boy and the duck."

Take a look at a few of their drawings below:

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What are your favorite quick literacy activities for the end of the day?

Have your students tried combining sight words into full sentences?

How do you help kindergartners expand simple word recognition into writing?

Do you include drawing in your literacy lessons? Why or why not?

Would you like a printable version of this activity or sentence-building templates?
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