Need a fun and easy comprehension center your students will love to complete?
I was at the Target Dollar Spot the other day (big surprise) and I just couldn’t walk away from this adorable chalkboard “laptop” without it jumping into my cart. Seriously. It jumped into my cart. I swear I had nothing to do with it. So now that it was home, I needed to come up with a fun idea for how to use it in the classroom.
First up: washi tape for the decorating win.
Next, I tossed together a few short comprehension ideas onto a PowerPoint slide, printed, and cut them out. I didn’t fire up the laminator as the image would have had a nasty glare, but obviously for longer use, you would print on cardstock and laminate. The ideas could be differentiated depending on the reading level of your students. Ideally, there are enough small descriptive words that requires students to read the passage carefully.
Last up – the fun begins! I would probably grab about 5 “laptops” and line them up on a long desk for the comprehension center.
Tape the comprehension passages on the top chalkboard section. Students read it, then draw a corresponding picture to match. They could even write their names on the image, close the lid, which would then give you an accountability piece. Or snap an image. 🙂
Higher functioning students could even come up with the comprehension pieces for you!
Super fun, easy, and students will love drawing with chalk!
Need the PowerPoint template I used to make your passages? Easy peasy. Click HERE to download it. {I used the font KG Be Still and Know, so if you don’t have that font, just pick another in your files instead.}
What else could you use these cute laptops for in the classroom? We love sharing ideas here at Organized Classroom, so leave us a comment!
~Charity
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That is so cute! I will be going to target soon! Thanks for the idea!
Sure thing!
Where do you buy the “laptops?”
At Target in the Dollar Spot section in the front of the store. 🙂
How about story problems for math? Kids could solve the problems using chalk and write a complete sentence for the solution. ?
Great idea!
These would be great for math word problems as well!
Perfect!
I saw these at Target today, and loved it, but didn’t know how I would use it for a 5th grade English Classes. Love this idea but would like to extend it somehow. Any ideas?
You could even have them read a passage about figurative language and then draw a picture to show to the literal meaning – and then one to show the figurative meaning?
Thanks!
What a great idea, I love how you added the tape, it made it more personal. I was in a Target today, what section did you see it in?
Thanks for sharing,
Tina
Hi Tina! In the Dollar Spot section in the front of the store. 🙂
The chalkboard laptops are adorable. There’s so much you can do! For phonics practice you can have students write word families. You can also use as a Daily Oral Language center. Tape the grammatically incorrect passage on the top half and have students re-write with corrections on the bottom. Possibilities are endless! Great find!
Love those ideas Diane!