Kindergarden Unit 2 Assessment and Remediation Guide

Kindergarten | Unit 2 Assessment and Remediation Guide 49

Fill the Bag!
Advance Preparation
Collect plain brown lunch bags and cubes. (A tub of classroom locking cubes is
suggested. For word suggestions select one or more Silly Monster or Position
Worksheets and refer to the associated Word List for 2-, 3-, and some 4-syllable
words.

• Provide each student with a plain brown lunch bag and a pile of locking cubes.


• Prompt students to put the cubes together in a stack.


• Tell students you need them to help you fill the bag.


• Tell students you are going to say a word.


• Students should remove one cube from their stack for each syllable.


• Once all students have the correct number of cubes set out, place the cubes in
  the bag.


• Students start again with the remaining cubes for the next word. With each new
  word they “fill the bag!”

Oh, Nuts!
Advance Preparation
Use the squirrel image and acorn cut-outs from Sound Worksheet R. You will
need one squirrel and enough acorn cut-outs for each student to have at least
five. If available in your area, actual acorns could be collected and used! For
word suggestions select one or more Silly Monster or Position Worksheets and
refer to the associated Word List for 2-, 3-, and some 4-syllable words.

• Place the squirrel in the middle of the table and tell students they need to help
  you feed the squirrel.


• Give each student at least five acorns.


• Tell students you are going to say a word and they should remove one acorn
  from their pile for each syllable.


• Once all students have the correct number of acorns set out, place the acorns
  on the squirrel and say, “Oh, nuts!”


• Redistribute the acorns for the next word.