https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas Please add your favorite whole language activities below. This can be anything that you currently are doing in your classroom, something you've seen or even plan on trying. Basically, think of this Padlet as a platform full of ideas, activities, videos, materials and resources to have available for use if and when needed! When adding your idea, please include the title of the link/book/idea, the author/creator and be sure to add it as an actually link (if possible) with a brief description. My hopes are for this to serve as a teacher's Whole Language Approach toolkit! Thanks in advance for all of the participation and wonderful ideas! en-us 2018-12-23 05:55:33 UTC 2025-11-11 06:35:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316543273 2018-12-23 05:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316543273 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316543277 2018-12-23 05:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316543277 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316545910 22 minute video]]> 2018-12-23 07:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316545910 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316545960 1 hour video]]> 2018-12-23 07:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316545960 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316546064 by: Angie Q.
4 minute video
Excellent presentation on Whole Language]]> 2018-12-23 07:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316546064 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316587888 (with social emotional learning concepts as well)]]> 2018-12-24 03:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316587888 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316587956 2018-12-24 03:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316587956 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316587980 Which one do you have?]]> 2018-12-24 03:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316587980 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316588019 2018-12-24 03:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316588019 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316588055 2018-12-24 03:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316588055 sdrobnich2 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316588099 Don't worry, here are some ideas for you!]]> 2018-12-24 03:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316588099 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316749419 Jamie Olphin]]> 2018-12-27 16:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316749419 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316749771 Tracie Homsher]]> 2018-12-27 17:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316749771 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316800400 -Morgan Gibellino-
Great way for students to choose how they want to learn a particular skill.  

]]> 2018-12-28 16:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316800400 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316812216 Dasia Mulvenna
I will preview a book before we read it and look for a phonics pattern. The one story had a lot of compound words. We were learning about compound words so when a student is done reading, they get a post it and they go back through the text and write down all the compound words they can find. Once everyone is done reading the story, we make a list of the words we found and make sure we know how to read each one and understand the word meaning. I will do this with other patterns, like blends, digraphs, vowel teams. This helps my students to read other words with similar patterns and we learn the pattern as a group. ]]> 2018-12-28 20:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316812216 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316820380 Katherine Lindner

When we discuss allegory with our students, we choose to provide examples of stories that most of the students have heard of. For example, our students read Lord of the Flies. Prior to having them analyze the allegorical meaning of the novel, we discuss how Dr. Seuss created numerous books with allegorical meaning. The Sneeches and Yertle the Turtle both deal with Hitler and the Holocaust. Students are amazed by that, but once we point out the connections, it makes sense to them. ]]> 2018-12-29 02:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316820380 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316840767 Alyssia Gordon

I found this image that explains Student Centered very well! To have a student centered classroom, you need students to have an opportunity to learn independently, take ownership of their learning, need opportunities to succeed, and learning needs to be differentiated. ]]> 2018-12-29 15:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316840767 teressamcclimans1 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316847231 Teressa McClimans

Creating a meaningful literacy environment is the big idea behind Whole Language. Here is a link to some fun ways to bring The Three Little Pig story to life. It would be ideal to have different stations. The one that really got my attention was making houses and using a blow dryer (teacher operated) to see which homes could stay together. Talk about using fine motor skills! They could also think of ways to write their own songs or versions of the story...there are so many ideas that would get kidsusing language, reading and writing in meaningful ways!


]]> 2018-12-29 17:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316847231 minstoner37 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316940277 Malinda Stoner

When my students are learning to Read to Self (Daily 5) we talk about how to pick a 'Good Fit' book that they choose on their own to meet their personal interests. They each have a book basket that has books they've picked themselves from the class library and some that I've picked to be appropriate for their reading level. They spend time independently looking at these books every day and I can hear them reading or telling stories using words they learning from looking at these books again and again.]]> 2018-12-31 19:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/316940277 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/317137424 Michel Helwig

For next school year, my grade level partners and I are attempting to change our independent novel assignation. As of right now, students read two full-length novels on top of the other assigned texts. However, we chose the texts, with very little options left (all the other grades took all the classic fiction one usually remember from high school). So between taking away student choice and assigning the amount of work we do, we are going to adapt the assignment, where they will have a choice of the four novels we have, but this way reading materials are chosen more so by the student and not the teacher. Also, we are only making them read one, so maybe it does not seem so forced upon them. Rather, it will be more natural to read one book over the course of 9 weeks.]]> 2019-01-03 00:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/317137424 jennifer_shette https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/317213774 I visited my office bookshelf to pull out my "old" Whole Language books that I held on to for historical purposes. Here were some of my faves from the 90's!]]> 2019-01-03 14:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/317213774 https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/317370494 A picture of the week is something that I enjoy doing with my students. I pick a photograph at random (typically an image that is fitting for that time of year or week). Projecting this image on the board and then asking my students to provide vocabulary to label the picture stems from their prior knowledge of the content. After completing this, I start to ask them to create sentences utilizing the vocabulary that they developed from looking at the image. This builds sentence structure from the vocabulary they already knew. It is also helpful doing this in a verbal format. Through the use of this activity, I can further develop my student's ability to create sentences and build on their prior knowledge of vocabulary. Many times I will incorporate other language that I can add to the image in order to build their schema of the topic/vocabulary development.]]> 2019-01-04 04:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sdrobnich2/wholelanguageideas/wish/317370494