Gods and Gifts Activity Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798987489550)

The Gods and Gifts Activity Book is based on Gods and Gifts: Three Greek Myths Retold from the HOT ROD Series of Decodable Books. That chapter book is needed for most of the activities. Explore over 50+ activities supporting decoding practice, reading comprehension, writing, and speech-language development. Developed for teachers, dyslexia interventionists, speech-language pathologists, and parent educators, it promotes collaboration between these groups.

50+ Activities and Games address the following: *DECODING - Work on reading short vowel words and closed syllables. *ARTICULATION: Explore /s/ and /r/ sounds. *PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS: Work on sound and syllable deletion. Develop awareness of rhyme, alliteration, rhythm, and stress. *COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY: Sort words by phonological and semantic features. *MORPHOLOGY: Explore Prefix PRO, Suffixes -S, -NESS, -LESS, -FUL, -EN. *STRUCTURED WORD INQUIRY: Use a Matrix to build Word Sums for the base elements REST, HELP, SPECT *ETYMOLOGY: Use etymology and character names (Prometheus, Epimetheus, Pandora) to generate words for PRO, EPI, and PAN. *VOCABULARY: Explore words before, during, and after reading. Build strategies for using context to derive word meaning. *SENTENCE AWARENESS & CONSTRUCTION: Combine short sentences. Answer WH- questions to build sentences. *PLOT STRUCTURE: Use the storyboard for story retells and summaries. *GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS: Support writing at all levels. *COMPREHENSION: Learn the PAGES Strategy. Use signal words to determine text type. Practice the RACE format. *CREATE: Brainstorm funny titles for Zeus' hobby books. Create a list poem for Pandora's Lunch Box