Learning Names of Self and Others
Hello Listeners! In this week’s podcast, we’ll be discussing some ways that you can teach your students their own names and the names of their classroom friends!
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Names Practice Back To School Write Names of Self and Others
Time for back to school and teaching students how to write their own names and the names of classmates and others.
Children who are in the early stages of literacy development are well served if they are familiarized with the letters that make up their own name. This will not only provide an important link between speech and print, it will help them attend to sequencing, orientation and details within the construction of a word.
The lessons of this unit will draw attention to and provide practice with writing and reading their own names and expanding the benefits gained to include the names of classmates.
Table of Contents:
Water Cap Names: Ordering letters in names and transferring knowledge.
Name Puzzles: Building familiarity with alphabet letters and their function when spelling one's own name.
Name Cheer: (A variation of Name Puzzles): Identifying and sequencing the letters in names.
Shave a Name: Using correct handwriting technique to write names.
Rainbow Names: Spelling and writing names.
The "Nameapillar": Ordering letters in names.
Trace A Name: Tracing names using correct letter formation.
Name Fishing: Reading the names of classmates, then sorting according to beginning capital letter.
Name Dictionary: Alphabetizing classmates' names.
Names: A Guided Reading Book
Name Fun: Ten Additional Name Conquering Ideas
Name Game: Studying names of classmates
Name Chart: Studying names in a Morning Meeting routine
Mosaic Names: Spelling and writing names
Name Necklace: Spelling name
Spell-a-Name: Spelling own name and names of others.
Friend of the Day: Building Community through names
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Chrysanthemum Activities To Teach Names and Build Classroom Community
You will want to go back to school with this great thematic unit focusing on name writing, names of classmates, caring, compassion, and friends.
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This cross-curricular thematic unit is strategically linked to academic core standards, is easy to use, and filled with fun!
Math Activities
Measuring Names: Comparing and Contrasting the length of names
The Numbers in my Name: Worksheet
Chrysanthemum’s Numbers: Identifying and Naming Numbers
Literacy Activities
Chrysanthemum's Alphabet: Alphabet Bingo
Name Traders: Reading and Matching the Names of Self and Others.
Character Study: Elements of a Character
Original Songs
Names
Clapping Names
Social Studies
Words Hurt: Compassion and Caring
Rules Poster: Classroom Rules
Portfolio Sample: A Wrinkled Heart
Portfolio Sample: All About Me
Guided Reading
The Mouse Family
Writing
Chrysanthemum word wall card
All About My Name
Name “Entrance” Tickets
Art Projects
Making Chrysanthemum
Guided Drawing: Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum Puppet
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This cross-curricular thematic unit is strategically linked to academic core standards, is easy to use, and fill with fun!
Math Activities
Measuring Names: Comparing and Contrasting the length of names
The Numbers in my Name: Worksheet
Chrysanthemum’s Numbers: Identifying and Naming Numbers
Literacy Activities
Chrysanthemum's Alphabet: Alphabet Bingo
Name Traders: Reading and Matching the Names of Self and Others.
Character Study: Elements of a Character
Original Songs
Names
Clapping Names
Social Studies
Words Hurt: Compassion and Caring
Rules Poster: Classroom Rules
Portfolio Sample: A Wrinkled Heart
Portfolio Sample: All About Me
Guided Reading
The Mouse Family
Writing
Chrysanthemum word wall card
All About My Name
Name “Entrance” Tickets
Art Projects
Making Chrysanthemum
Guided Drawing: Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum Puppet
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