Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities
Emily Elizabeth Goes to School: A Clifford Interactive Storybook Activity
Early readers practice identifying words with long-vowel sounds while they complete sentences in this fun Clifford Interactive Storybook.
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
In the “Emily Elizabeth Goes to School” Clifford Interactive Storybook (K–2), early readers follow Emily Elizabeth during her “big day” at school. This activity helps students practice long-vowel sounds and experiment with sound-spellings
In each page, students choose a word (from three options) to complete a sentence and then listen to the page read aloud with the new sentence. The illustration also changes to reflect the new word and sentence.
Sample page:
Where will Emily Elizabeth sit?
She finds her desk.
Today they will learn about ____.
Students choose from: space, rain, snails
Learning Objectives
While participating in the “Emily Elizabeth Goes to School” activity, students will:
- Develop phonemic awareness skills
- Read stories containing high-frequency words
- Interact with the computer to create new text
- Understand that changing one word in a sentence can change the meaning of the entire sentence
- Subjects:Phonics, Early Reading
