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Nov 1 / The Teacher Geek

I Spy, With My Googly Eye

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An easy, fun, little (dare I say crafty) project to keep your students engaged during Guided Reading:  The Giant Googly-Eye Pointer!

For the pre-reading set, you can use these to help tracking.  For fluent readers, you can use it to ask students to find certain words in the text (“Can you find the compound word on this page?  Put your googly eye on it!”)

IMG_3272IMG_3274Very easy to make:  Superglue a giant googly eye (found in craft stores) on a tongue-depressor-sized craft stick.  WAIT!  Nothing in life is ever easy:  Make sure you score the end of the stick with a knife (or roughen up the edge) before you attach the googly eye.  The grooves will make it stick better.

Coming soon:  More pointers for pointing.  I mean, pointing pointers?  Pointed points for pointers?  *sigh* Time to eat more Halloween candy.

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