One S.M.A.R.T. Teacher

​This spring we had an awesome team of teachers attend our S.M.A.R.T. workshop from North Tama in Iowa. Among their many creative ideas and suggestions, this one stood out as a great end of year practice activity.

Anne, kindergarten teacher extraordinaire, has a clever way of combining our Drivers Ed activity and academics. She is even willing to share some of her samples with us. Download them below!
 
Her students drive little cars along a road with alphabet letters. As they drive over them, they say the letter sound. But oh no! They often get stopped by a roadblock with a heart word written on it. They must stop, read the heart word and then drive on. 
 
Anne says that she has used this exact same concept with roads that have simple CVC pictures. Students have to stop and practice segmenting before driving on. For example, a cat picture must be segmented as /c/-/a/-/t/ before they drive on to the next road sign.
 
What a fun way to practice eye movements and reading standards!
 
Road Segmenting.pdf
Drivers Ed Letters.pdf
 
References: 
S.M.A.R.T. PreK CORE Guide page 70
S.M.A.R.T. Curriculum Guide page 211