If you’re a long time follower of Life in First Grade, then you’ll probably remember this post, where I first talked about using dip trays as center activities. I discovered this fabulous idea when I had the opportunity to watch another teacher teach reading. I now have the privilege to teach with this teacher! She has the BEST ideas. She used the dip trays for dictionary skills, but since I was teaching first graders at the time, I decided to create a story elements version. You can download the patterns to create your own here, but I decided to update my trays with my new little cameo. I LOVE how they turned out and it was so super simple to recreate.
{Sidenote: another New Year’s resolution of mine was to start using my good camera instead of my iphone, so just be warned that there will be pictures from ALL angles. haha!}
I also made another activity using these fun trays. This one focuses on using a thesaurus. The kids roll the dice, find which word they’re working with and get busy! If you would like copies of the word lists I use, just ask and I’ll post 🙂
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I love this idea, LA!!! Now I need to get my cameo open so I can make one for my classroom!
totally loving these!!!! I need to pull out my silhouette and do this!
These are great. Thanks so much for sharing!! Do you mind if I pin it?
Alison
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! Heading to buy a dip try RIGHT now!
🙂 Carmen
Oh please post your list! 🙂
I'm tutoring a struggling 5th grader. What words would you recommend?