SMARTBOARD LESSONS - IT'S TIME TO RHYME!

At first, I was sad to see that smart boards have taken the place of ordinary classroom blackboards until I personally was immersed in this fabulous technology. The smart board notebook software was easy to use once I got the hang of it. It has numerous pen tools to choose from and perfect for engaging students of all ages. It is safe to say that you can do so much more on a smart board than any dry erase or traditional black board. Teachers have the opportunity to design and create their very own lesson activities that allows interactive student engagement as well as visual learning. I absolutely love this technology and cannot wait to use it in my own future classroom. 

**During all of these rhyming interactive activities below, students will be asked to come up to the smart board and participate.**

These activities are engaging and get students excited to come up to the board, learn, work together,  and participate. 

These activities are targeted for a 1st grade classroom.

My first activity above is for students to circle the correct picture that rhymes with the ending sounds on the left hand side of the activity. Students can choose whatever color or design they desire to circle the correct responses. 

This activity was fun to design and create. Students drag the correct word that rhymes with the three different sounds provided on the top of the activity. Once the students complete the entire sheet with all the words provided on the bottom, they are able to check their answers with the "check" button on the upper left hand side. Students are also able to "reset or solve" the activity if they wish. 

This activity requires students to have good fine motor skills in order to completely color in the circle. Students are directed to color in the rhyming pairs the same color. Students will have a total of 5 different colors to match the two rhyming words. 

This activity asks students to simply match the rhyming pairs that they see. They can change the color of the lines or design for a better visual of the correct rhyming pairs. 

This activity asks students to circle the correct rhyming words that match the key words on the left hand side. Students will come up to the smart board and circle their responses. 

For the last activity above, students will be asked to color in the pictures and fill in the missing first letter blanks that all rhyme with the ending sound "AT."