| For instance, your class went on a Field
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| | 8. If you are feeling extra-industrious,
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| Trip to a farm. You saw various animals,
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| | make as many copies of the photos as you
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| went to the farmhouse, ate lunch, and
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| | will need to make the following games -
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| made a scarecrow. Here are a few
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| | Bingo, Dominoes, Concentration...you get
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| activities for you to try:
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| | the idea.
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| 1. Let the children put the pictures in
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| | 9. Use snapshots as story starters. Let
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| sequential order. Depending upon the age
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| | children write an original story or poem
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| group, choose a different amount of
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| | about the trip.
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| photos for them to use.
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| | 10. Older students can do research on
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| 2. Make Xerox copies of the snapshots and
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| | farms in different areas and fill in a
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| have the children make their own book
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| | Venn Diagram with the information they
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| about their trip. This will be useful for
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| | found.
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| sequencing, writing, spelling, grammar,
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| | Parents, you can use these same
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| vocabulary development...all depending
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| | activities with photos you take. If your
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| upon the age group.
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| | children are old enough, you may even
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| 3. Choose a photo and ask who, what,
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| | allow them to make their own scrapbook.
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| where, when, why, and how questions about
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| | Instead of writing captions, try typing
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| it.
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| | them using different fonts on the
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| 4. Choose a picture and ask what happened
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| | computer. Use craft scissors with
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| before and after.
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| | different edges. Your children will be
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| 5. Let the children categorize the
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| | reviewing sequencing, spelling, grammar,
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| snapshots into groups (for instance,
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| | vocabulary, writing or typing, becoming
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| animals, farmhouse, lunch, and
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| | computer-literate...all while remembering
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| scarecrow).
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| | a pleasant time.
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| 6. Choose a photo and have students write
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| | For children learning English as a second
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| the adjectives, nouns, and verbs (for
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| | language, simple pictures with their
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| instance, black-and-white cow mooing).
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| | corresponding words can be matched. For
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| 7. Choose a picture and ask for letters
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| | instance, a picture of a pig is matched
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| and/or sounds. For instance, with a
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| | with the word p-i-g. This will develop
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| picture of a pig, ask what letter it
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| | vocabulary, spelling, and reading.
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| starts with and what sound that letter
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| | I hope you have found these tips useful.
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| makes. A bonus is to ask what sound the
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| | Have fun and remember that Reading is
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| animal makes.
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| | FUNdamental!!
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