This Zacchaeus Printable Pack contains lots of fun activities and is a great way to teach young children, in preschool and kindergarten this amazing story.

Children with healthy social-emotional skills tend to lead successful lives. These activities will help improve your child's social-emotional skills.

Teaching the difference between facts and opinions is such an important comprehension skill for students – actually, for all of us! Just because we saw it on TV or read it on the internet does not make it a fact. The first step in discerning the difference between facts and opinion is to understand what each […]

Free fall vocabulary activities and printables to practice shades of meaning. Working with synonyms and a thesaurus, students made vocabulary acorns.

Hello friends, I am back with some reading comprehension worksheets about autumn/fall . It is the time of the year when the world blooms w...

Silent letters can be a tricky thing to teach and tricky for our young students to learn. That's why I like to save them for Halloween week. Ghost, or silent, letters are perfect for this spooky holiday! I always build it up that I am about to teach them something that's really scary. You can even turn out the lights and break out the flashlight to get them totally engaged. You can just see the anticipation on their faces! We talk about ghosts and what they think ghosts are like and what they do. Last year, I even had a student get up and tell a ghost story! {Whatever works!} That's when I introduce ghost letters. One fun activity we do is to go on a Ghost Letter Hunt. You will need some small white paper bags for this activity to make the ghosts into puppets. When we do go on a word hunt, I allow students to look anywhere around the room. That includes in books. For this hunt, Halloween books are perfect! You may even wish to use your anchor text for the week. After students make the fun ghost puppets, they can record the words they find on their puppet. Because there are so many ghost letter combinations, I give each student only one to look for during the hunt. Looking for all five different types could get very overwhelming. Ghost letters can be difficult to find, so students will really have to dig! Students will love flying their ghost puppets around when they are finished! The craftivity can be found {HERE}. I have kept the same word work rotations for years. I incorporate them into centers, as well as into quick whole group activities. BINGO can be played during either time. I usually did BINGO whole group. Students write their words for the week on a blank BINGO board in any order. I like to change out the BINGO chips seasonally. Target had so many cute Halloween erasers this year, and these ghosts were perfect for ghost letters! Is this tiny cauldron not the cutest?! They are perfect for holding our BINGO chips! I found them at Hobby Lobby and wanted to buy all they had but I had to restrain myself. I don't know why, but this has always been my students' favorite game. We do it EVERY.SINGLE.WEEK. And it never gets old....to them. Lol. It's just a simple board game with words from our word study for the week. The game pieces are erasers from Target. I always try to throw in syllables during word work. Just to keep with the Halloween spirit, I added the headers to these party favor bags from Hobby Lobby. I always buy these on clearance after Halloween to use the following year for sorts. With most centers, I try to include a recording sheet for them to practice writing the words. I typically put them in a SmartPal to save on copies. Students will need lots of support with those pesky ghost letters, so I keep these posters up during our study. We refer to them LOTS!!! Word sorts are critical to word study. We do so many sorts! I am very picky about how my students do them, too. I teach the routine a lot at the beginning of the year, so it becomes very natural to them. They have to read the words and the headers aloud every time. Again, I have them practice writing the words after the sort. I have included some odd ball high frequency words in the sorts, as well. You can find blank cards also so that you can add your own words to the sort. I have had the same word work routine for years because it works for me. Our word study skills on our end of year assessments are always really good, so I am a believer in these activities! Plus, the students have fun learning our new words and spelling patterns each week! I also include some whole group printables, push and say letters {SO IMPORTANT to use}, ABC order center, rhyming center, and much more! I hope you have as much fun teaching ghost letters as I do! What strategies do you use to teach this tricky spelling pattern? This pack is on sale this weekend, so be sure to check it out by clicking the pic below! Have a great weekend!

The Fall season brings with it all kinds of excitement and fun--including the holiday of Halloween! These free printable worksheets are as educational as they are full of spooky fun. Alphabet Match W

Fight camping boredom with these fun crafts and activities. Explore nature, tell stories and make memories to last a lifetime.

As our apple activities series continues I wanted to show you some ways to include grammar, specifically collective nouns activities, into your apple theme. Make An Apple Themed Chart I like to incorporate a theme when I teach and an apple theme lends itself so well to teaching about collective nouns. […]

Go on a nature walk, gather some lovely leaves, and make some chalk resist leaf rubbings with this low-prep STEAM experiment!

For each printable fall fill it in puzzle, kids will need to fit all 35 or 36 autumn themed words into the puzzle. A fill it in puzzle is a fun spelling worksheet for kids. Pdf includes answer sheet.

This Halloween Roll-A-Story is an old favorite, where students roll dice to determine their story’s character, setting, and conflict. Print it out and give it to your student for a fun, Halloween-themed activity!

Dancing corn makes a fun fall STEM activity for kids. Watch as the corn is lifted by bubbles and appears to dance around the jar...

I'm linking up with some other wonderful music teacher bloggers today to share one of my favorite fall-themed music lesson. Make sure you check out all of the posts linked up at the end of this post- tons of great ideas have been shared already and I have actually used several in my classes already! One of my favorite songs for fall is "Autumn Leaves Are Falling": If somebody knows the source for this song, please let me know. This is another one of those songs that I picked up somewhere long ago and have no idea where it came from! I've done some research to no avail, but I would love to give credit if I can find the source! I love this song because it is in a minor key, and it perfectly captures the mood of fall leaves. I use this song with Kindergarten to practice steady beat. Usually I start by having students pat the beat on their legs while I sing, then after we discuss the words, they keep the beat while swaying their hands back and forth, gradually going from high to low (mimicking a falling leaf), then do the same with a scarf. After that I add instruments. This year I used hand bells and boomwhackers on D and A and had them play on the beat, but I have also used it in the past with barred instruments, as well as adding some simple rhythmic ostinati on unpitched percussion. The students love the song year after year, and I love having a song in a minor key to add to their repertoire. Do you have a favorite music lesson with a fall theme? Share your ideas by adding your blog post to the linky below! An InLinkz Link-up

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Your first grade students will have a ton of fun while meeting essential math outcomes with these no prep Fall themed math activities and worksheets.

This math worksheet is great for practicing odd and even numbers, counting, coloring, and fine motor skills. Have your kindergartners and first graders use the color key to color each of the candy corns in the mason jar. Once they've colored each one, have them count how many odd and how many even numbers there are.

Hi friends! I wanted to stop by today and share all about Character Education. I believe that our students NEED us to model kindness and respect, and they also need […]

Free Fall Mad Libs for Kids

A super fun way to teach contractions is by using a read-aloud book that is full of contractions. Franklin's Thanksgiving works perfectly!

Fall-Themed Math Worksheets for Preschoolers These Preschool and Kindergarten Fall-themed math worksheets make the perfect addition to any Autumn-themed math lesson! These printable worksheets are fre

Fall into learning with these hands-on, engaging fall activities your preschoolers will love in literacy centers. Letters, rhymes, syllables, & more!

The BEST fall activities for the classroom and teachers. Plan your autumn lesson plans with these arts & crafts, fall science and STEM activities, literacy and math ideas kids will love!

Adding these Fall Montessori Activities to your day will bring hands on learning with a fall theme. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten and early elementary. With literacy activities, fine motor activities, number recognition, preschool and kindergarten math activities, and so much more. Also includes Movement Activities, Montessori Preschool Activities

Be the first to make it to the pumpkin patch with this fun free printable board game!

Have fun learning with these fall leaves alphabet printables! Build early literacy skills by using these printables for hands-on learning activities.

Looking for Easy Ideas to use the Vibrant fall leaves to make activities for your toddlers? Try this Fall leaf Alphabet matching activity.

Fall themed motor planning ideas. Fun activities designed for fine motor skils and gross motor skills practice with a fall theme.

Fall is almost here, and it is my favorite season of the year! My students love having themed centers to use in our classroom like these fun fall leaves counting cards! These cards help students pr…

Make science exciting with these pumpkin science ideas. These pumpkin investigation activities are perfect for a Halloween or fall science center in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Grab these printable Pumpkin Shapes to create a fun and simple way to help your toddler and/or preschooler identify 10 basic shapes.

This adorable CVC pumpkin patch activity is the perfect way for students to learn and practice short vowel sounds. Add it to your fall or literacy center!

20+ September Preschool Themes with Lesson Plans and Activities, Free Printable List of Themes for Preschool, Preschool Weekly Themes and Activities for September, Plus, Preschool activities for science, math, crafts, learning about apples, the alphabet, honey bees, teddy bear theme, Pirates, Preschool crafts, language, writing and more.

Preschool fall activities for learning centers. These great fall theme activities will enage your preschool students in learning centers.

This fall tree number sense matching activity is a wonderful, hands-on way for kids to learn numbers 1-20 this fall! The free printable includes everything!

Send your kindergartners off for the weekend excited to come back on Monday by using these wonderful fun activities for kindergarten! Fun Friday...

FREE pumpkin themed alphabet matching activity for preschool. Fun Fall activity with pumpkins to get kids learning their letters!

This worksheets will give you lots of ideas for your preschool apple theme. Letter A Worksheets FREE Worksheets Apple Ten Frames WorksheetFill in the ten frames to match the numbers on the apples. R

Get fresh, new ideas for pumpkin activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students that promote learning, engagement, and fun!

Here's 54 Fall Harvest Activities for Preschoolers! There's fall sensory play ideas, scarecrow crafts, pumpkins, corn crafts and more!

Let's go on a leaf hunt! Collect some leaves and then use this Free Printable Leaf Investigation to help your students learn about their leaves!

If you have been following me long, you know that it is my passion for students to have access to an independent work library. You can read all about setting one up here. Independent work libraries are a HUGE part of helping your students become independent learners and creating a classroom environment that runs smoothly. It’s a […]

This blog post will share with you a new pumpkin poem to use during shared reading time and some new monsters books! My friend Amy shared this poem with me. How cute is this? Each child made a pumpkin that was attached to their name. click here for pumpkin poem Click here for more Halloween poems. Interactive Writing in Kindergarten I love how this teacher scaffolded the lesson by having the students write just one word. Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson Illustrations by Michael Robertson There are lots of reasons why I love the book Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson. This book is filled with action and humor. Winfred Schnitzel is not afraid of monsters that keep her up all night, but she is TIRED! Can Winifred Schnitzel overcome her monster troubles? Winifred Schnitzel shows high resolve using trickery and smarts to overcome the problem in the story. This clever book is an adventurous read with rich vocabulary, bold illustrations, and a surprise ending. The use of rhythm and rhyme add greatly to the charm of this engaging book. Mind Your Monsters by Catherine Bailey Illustrations by Oriol Vidal When reading the first page of this book, we learn that Wally enjoyed a quiet, normal life… …until one day monsters invaded his small town and made a mess of everything. The illustrations are captivating, easily drawing young children into the invasion taking place in this small town. The pictures are very detailed and give the reader helpful information about the text. There are many opportunities that encourage students to try and predict if Wally will be able to save the town. He first tries to ignore the monsters, but that doesn't work! Eventually, the town is saved because Wally uses good manners. This story has a great message for kids! To be honest, when I first read this book I liked it but I didn’t love it. When I read it to a few first-grade classrooms, the response was strong: students loved it. The children’s response was so strong that after a few reading, I began to fall in love with this book too! Happy Halloween!!!

Do you find that it is very difficult to find emergent readers that are simple enough for new readers in Kindergarten? I certainly struggle...

With just a few materials, you can easily create a pumpkin sensory squish bag for toddlers and preschoolers during your fall pumpkin theme activities!