The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing

Materials and Technology

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley (Little, Brown & Co., 1993)

• Chart paper
  
  
• Colored markers or crayons
  
  
• Index cards and white construction paper
  
  
• Pointer (optional)
  
  
• Sentence strips
  
  
• Computers with Internet access

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PRINTOUTS

• Literacy Center Checklist
  
  
• Assessment Rubric

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WEBSITES

• Go Away, Big Green Monster! online text
• Kids on the Net: Creative Writing

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PREPARATION

1.	Write the text from Go Away, Big Green Monster! on chart paper using colored markers or crayons to match the color words found in the story.
2.	Gather index cards and markers for students to make a memory card game during a literacy center activity.
3.	Copy each line of the story onto sentence strips for students to use in a literacy center activity.
4.	Gather a class set of markers or crayons and white construction paper for students to draw their monsters.
5.	Create a big green monster pointer from felt or construction paper to use during the shared and paired readings activities (optional).

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