Daily Five Smartboard Activities.

During our Daily Five word work, we use sites from the web on out Smartboard.
Here are a few of my favorites:
www.abcya.com:
Click on Kindergarten

• Upper and Lower case letter match
• ABC Order: Oh No! the alphabet has fallen and is all mixed up. Students need to move the letters into place.
• Sight Word BINGO: Students listen to a word, tap on it and if they are correct, a cute monster will appear.

www.sheppardssoftware.com
Click on Pre-school/Kindergarten

• Animal Alphabet: students are asked to click on the animal that has the correct Alphabet Sound.

Scholastic Let's Find Out:
You can click on the online resources, then click on the Archive Games.
We've been using the Bat's Word Family Game for the "at" word family words.
I have also gone back and used September's Find the letter game.

All of these web sites have an into to the game which tells the students how to play. Students take turns with the stylist to play each game. The only issues I have had is the occasional child who can not take their turn, so they need to sit out until they are ready. I also position myself at a table doing Guided Reading with a group so I can intercept any issues.

Try it! I think you will be very surprised how fast your students will learn basic reading concepts.