This fun, free printable opposites matching game is great for reinforcing learning about antonyms. Useful with students in kindergarten through first grade.
Just in case you have been hiding under a rock, let me tell you about a super fun way to engage your students in learning....Interactive Notebooks! Interactive Notebooks are great for introducing, practicing and revising concepts. Today I would like to walk you through my Sight Words Interactive Notebooks, which have been a wonderful help for students learning high frequency (and often tricky) words. When the sight word is introduced, I like to have the students trace over the word with their finger. After this, the kiddies stick stickers or use bingo markers to dot the word. Any tactile activity works well here! Under this flap students then write the word in the box shapes and glue. Students then find the sight word in the next two practice examples. These activities are completed on the first day. By now you will notice there is no getting around it. Interactive Notebooks involve lots of cutting, gluing and coloring. While practicing these skills in the elementary years is important for fine motor development, it can take away precious lesson time. That is why I find that working in small groups (with a parent/volunteer) is particularly helpful when introducing these activities. As students become familiar with the layout and better with their cutting skills, this can be done as a larger group or independent activity. Students love making the picture! They read and write their sight words as they create the scene. They print, rainbow write and repeat the word. This activity is completed on the second day. Similar opportunities to practice are included with the 'cross' activity, where students trace, color, rainbow write and print the sight word on and under the flaps. In the 'read and trace' sentence practice activity, students have the opportunity to see the word used in context. This page is completed on the third day. At the beginning of the year, each word is introduced and practiced over a 3 day period. As students become more confident with the process and their cutting skills, this can be done over a 2 day period and the house picture can be used as an independent revision activity. I love to use these notebooks when there is an extra 5 minutes to fill throughout the day. The kiddies simply take out their books and revise their sight words! They love it and so do I! Of course, not all activities must be used, or used as I have described. That's what I love about teaching - adapting activities to suit the learners in our care! Check out this fun learning resource!
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Play and learn the letter sounds with this free ice cream letter sounds printable for preschool or kindergarten class.
This was a really fun week for me at school. My class did a little ELA unit using the story Stone Soup. I used the Reading A-Z version for...
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Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!
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Are Students Missing Strong Reading Foundations? Phonological, and phonemic awareness skills are the foundations for competent readers. If students are memorizing text, reading without fluency, reading words incorrectly, it might be a sign that they are missing some foundations. These missing foundations are often present in the phonological awareness continuum. Many times, our assessments target […]
Anchor charts that will engage your students while they learn about identifying the author's purpose in a nonfiction text!
These editable sight word games are so much fun and simple to prep! Type in any words you want and all 20 sight word activities auto-fill!
Make letter sounds the focus of pretend play in this fun literacy activity that lets kids create imaginary alphabet soup with everyday items.
This is an engaging activity to help students master letter recognition and first sound fluency.
FREE printable back to school alphabet match & cover literacy activity for preschool & kindergarten during the school theme!
When reading and writing is incorporated into every aspect of the Pre K curriculum, students will be destined for success when they head to kindergarten!
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Let’s get ready for kindergarten! I get emails every single day from parents asking me what their child needs to learn so they can be ready for kindergarten. I also get notes from teachers asking me for a prep program to help incoming kindergarten students get ready for the first day of school. I
Science videos for kids to use in a primary classroom. My favorite YouTube Science channels to find educational videos for kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade!
This free Back to School Name Game for Pre-K and Kindergarten is a fun, hands-on way for students to practice spelling their names!
Phonics with Fine Motor - a complete set of K-2 words for centers! Students will build the words with beads = hands-on learning.
Help preschoolers and kindergarteners learn to segment and count syllables with this free printable hands-on Easter Syllables Phonemic Awareness Activity.
When kids learn to segment a word into syllables, they take a huge step towards reading. Practice them with this cookie jar syllable sort!
Are you wanting to get started with preschool writing journals in your classroom this school year? This post will walk you through...
“My kindergarteners need to be able to do what?!” I still remember the day my principal sat my team down and explained to us that by the end of the Teaching reading to pre-emergent and emergent readers can seem like a daunting task. You may realize that you are doing some of these already in your classroom, putting you on the path to fostering successful emergent readers.
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This I See Halloween emergent reader is a great way to practice a variety of early literacy skills in the month of October!
Beginning phonemic awareness activities using items you already have in your classroom! Using blending and segmenting sounds in words.
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K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh
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No David by David Shannon is a classic book to read in kindergarten. Here are free No David activities, videos and book ideas listed all in one place.
