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To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones
|Grades||3 – 5|
|Lesson Plan Type||Minilesson|
|Estimated Time||One 60-minute session|
MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Index cards
- Internet access with audio capabilities
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).
|1.||Check your computer's audio capabilities by playing the Homophones song. Be sure students will be able to hear the song.
|2.||Using the Homophone Reference List, write several homophones (15–20) on index cards (one word on each card) for small group work.
|3.||Create a sample homophone comic with the Comic Creator (see step 5 below) for students to look at before they create their own comics.