Educational, Engaging, Purposeful Time Fillers for those times that you have an extra 5-10 minutes. Every minute counts!

1. Effective – Education Time Fillers
We have all
had an extra
5-10
minutes -
Take
advantage
and
reinforce
reading/lan
guage skills!
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2. Before having
children find the long
e sounds/e/,/ea/ and
/ee/, write the
following sentences
on the white
board. Remind
children that
different
letter spellings can
make the long e
sound. Have children
place a specific
colored magnetic
marker (red, green or
blue) under each
type of spelling.
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3. Same activity,
different
vowel: Find
the spellings
that make the
long i vowel
sound - I, y,
i consonant e.
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4. This activity is
open ended
and can be
adapted
focusing on
skills taught K-
5. Below is an
example that
will be used
for several
activities:
nouns, verbs
and pronouns.
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5. Identify all
nouns by
placing a
round red
magnetic circle
under each
noun.
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6. Identify all
pronouns by
placing a
round red
magnetic
circles under
each
pronoun.
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7. Identify all
verbs by
placing a round
magnetic circle
under each of
them.
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8. Magnetic
Markers
(created with
magnetic tape),
Decorative
Tape, White
Board and Expo
Pen -Create!
Create! Create!
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