Literacy Center Ideas - hands-on literacy center activities perfect for 5-8 years | you clever monkey
Learn how using reading tools and phonics manipulatives can support literacy instruction in the kinder, first, and second grade classroom.
Short A is usually the first phonics sound you teach in kindergarten and first grade so I figured it'd be a great sound to show you teaching...
100 kids' literacy and language activities by topic, theme and season. An excellent resource for hands-on, multi-sensory creative learning.
Take a look at the speech and language goals you can target in speech therapy using 'Different? Same!' by Heather Tekavec #childrensbooks #picturebooks #speechtherapy
Language and literacy! Literacy strategies to utilize in speech therapy or at home for language development - from a literacy specialist!
Engaging sentence building activity to teach your students about sentences and their parts. This color-coded resource is perfect for K-1 literacy centers.
A list of fun English word games for kids! Fun vocabulary games to help improve their spelling, reading, vocabulary and conversation skills.
Lots of ideas and pictures of ways to teach reading skills using phonics centers to make learning fun and promote fluency in reading skills.
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Looking for a cheap, easy to use therapy material? How about paper bags? I love using paper bags for a variety of activities. Here are some simple ways I have incorporated paper bags into my therapy sessions. 1. Puppets My students love to use puppets to "eat" their articulation cards or other target cards. They also love to use them to tell stories. Making puppets from paper bags is a great, inexpensive way to engage your students in a variety of activities! You can easily make a puppet to match any book or story that you are using. Be creative- your kids will love it! I made these monster puppets with my son this week. They were so easy to make! We used a little paint, glue, and card stock with our paper bags. I found the idea for these cute monsters from this pin: Paper Bag Monster Puppets 2. Describe It To Me This activity is also super easy. I throw a bunch of items into a bag. My students reach in and grab something (no peeking!) to describe. The students remove the object and then describe it using a variety of descriptors. This is a great way to incorporate your Expanding Expression Tool (EET) with describing real objects. Sometimes I will even get really small, cheap objects that the students can keep if they give me a description using all of the beads on the EET. 3. What is in the bag? This is a great activity to work on a student's deductive reasoning skills. I put an object into the bag (students do not see- again, no peeking). Students need to ask questions about my object. This is similar to the game Headbanz. 4. Categories Place pictures of categories on the bag and collect items or pictures to place in each category. I used pictures from my Category Sorting activity. I like to put a piece of Velcro on each bag so that I can interchange the categories without having to get a new bag each time. 5. Collect in a bag Put any kind of card into the bag. My students love to decorate a bag and then collect their cards. 6. Paper bag books You can use two paper bags to make a book that will have two pockets. Simply fold two bags in half and then put the two openings touching each other to make two pockets for a book. Staple together, and done! You have a paper bag book that you can use to target a variety of goals. I used this one to put some of my new sequencing cards in for a student to take home. I have also made these Articulation Paper Bag Books. These are so fun to make with students and send home! Here is a link to a freebie that contains blank frames to use on your paper bags, as well as labels for What is in the bag? and Describe It To Me. Have fun using your paper bags!
Are you looking for engaging grammar centers? These parts of speech activities are perfect. Here are 7 noun centers for teaching grammar.
Check out the 14 speech and language goals to target in speech therapy using the classic picture book, Where's Spot by Eric Hill
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I love anchor charts, but I hate writing them! Luckily, this digital and ready to go Figurative Language anchor chart/ figurative language poster pack will be the perfect resource for your grammar / ELA lessons! Simply print this clear and colorful figurative language anchor chart out on the 4 separate pages (all you have to do is hit print, the rest is ready to go), cut the edges, and tape together! Quick, easy, and ready for classroom use teaching figurative language skills. What could be better? This Figurative Language pack comes with: -1 figurative language anchor chart -1 poster sized version of EACH of the figurative language anchor chart - 1 black and white poster sized version of the figurative language anchor chart Figurative Language Example Posters Including: -Figurative Language Example + Definition Alliteration poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Simile poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Metaphor poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Oxymoron poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Cliché poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Idiom poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Onomatopoeia poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Hyperbole poster -Figurative Language Example + Definition Personification poster See what other teachers are saying about this figurative language poster resource: "This was an excellent resource for my classroom and my students. Thank you!" -Paula R. "Love this reference poster! My students refer to it all the time." -Renee P.
Make learning figurative language fun with these engaging activities for elementary students! Activities to teach similes, metaphors, & more!
There are many ways you can teach CVC words and for your kids to learn them, this CVC word wheel certainly being one of the more engaging ones. This activity is great for learning about
Are you looking for engaging grammar centers? These parts of speech activities are perfect. Here are 7 noun centers for teaching grammar.
Learning to read and spell silent letter words can be tricky for kids. Learn teaching tips and tricks that make this concept easy and fun!
Try these 5 fun and easy ways to gamify your phonics activities that will get your students up and moving!
Teaching Phonics Phonics gives us the tools to sound out and learn thousands of words without depending upon memorization. Phonics is simply the relationship between the letters of the alphabet and…
Play this interactive word family dominoes game to make reading fun and reinforce phonics sounds. Kids will love matching up rhyming words and learning through play!
Engage your students in great lessons using these videos for teaching figurative language! Check out the Top 5 here and save time searching!
This kindergarten blog post will illustrate 17 different activities that can be used to build fine motor activities into your curriculum.
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Morphology and syntax are an integral part of linguistics. They are subdivisions of the study of languages and together with phonetics, semantics and phonology contribute to the understanding of how a language is formed. Morphology
What is a "Noun" Parts of a speech wall chart or handout. Great for supporting in home education or for the classroom. I know how busy you teachers are these days. This is a handy time saver, easy-peasy download and print-off as soon as purchase is complete. Language: English Grade Level: Grades 1-3+ Reading Age: Ages 6-8+ years - - - - - Also available for purchase or a package deal: Parts of a Speech: ~ Verb ~ Homophones ~ Noun ~ Homophones ~ Adjective - - - - - **Please Note** This is a digital download. You will receive two copies of the file in PNG format & JPG. No physical objects will be sent nor can I accept any returns. However if any problems arise please contact me and I will assist within a timely manner. Thank you for the purchase
Learn about what oral language is, and how to use task cards to increase English Language Learners oral language skills.
The start to the school year for newcomer ELLs can be overwhelming and nerve-wracking. It is our job to set them up with tools to help them feel comfortable exploring a new language in a
Learn word family with this game. For more word fun and teaching Kindergarten, check out our Editable Word Work Board Games!
Phonics poster showing examples of words with the "ar" pattern. (.pdf file 49.7KB) Download File
Short A is usually the first phonics sound you teach in kindergarten and first grade so I figured it'd be a great sound to show you teaching...
Make learning figurative language fun with these engaging activities for elementary students! Activities to teach similes, metaphors, & more!
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Sometimes when working with young children on the production of speech sounds, it is helpful to provide the little one’s with a fun label, or name, for the sound(s) you are teaching. Providing a visual cue to go along with the label is also very helpful, to provide multisensory instruction. Several years ago I asked […]
