Mrs. Wishy Washy

Complete a story map about Mrs. Wishy Washy. Your class will read books from the Mrs. Wishy Washy series and pick out the story elements in order to complete their story map. Technology projection devices are recommended. They will...

Pupils complete a variety of activities related to the /sh/ sound. They listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the /sh/ sound, then spell words containing the digraph /sh/ using letter manipulatives. Students then...

Students practice recognizing and sounding out the /sh/ digraph. They listen to a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the /sh/ sound. They then listen to the story "Mrs. Wishy Washy" and identify the words that contain the /sh/...

Students listen to the story Mrs. Wishy Washy and practice retelling the story. In this tell me a story lesson, students become familiar with all of the characters in the story, then use character pieces to retell the story. Students...

Students focus on the diagraph of sh. They recognize this in both the written and spoken word. To introduce this instructional activity, the teacher asks if anyone's mom or dad has told them shhhh, when they were trying to get them to...

Students work with the /sh/ digraph. They read and spell words that contain the phoneme /sh/. Students read Sh!Sh! Stop that Noise. They identify the words containing the phoneme /sh/ while reading the story. Students practice spelling...

Students study the attributes of mud. For this Mud Walk lesson, students read the story and participate in classroom activities. Students make "mud" from chocolate pudding as well as real mud from dirt and water. Students select words to...

Students discover patterns in language, math and science. They experience patterns by hearing stories, and becoming pattern detectives.

Students develop their sentence writing skills. In this activity about sentence fluency, students read the book, Mrs. Wishy-Washy, by Joy Cowley and discuss clean and dirty. Students eat Cheetos and get messy while the teacher takes a...

Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through tongue twisters and stories. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a...