Make your own set of touch & Feel Letters for a multi sensory way to learn letter formation and word building!
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Make a DIY version of Montessori CVC Rods with Phonetic Reading Blocks for beginning readers with these printable templates!
Elkonin sound boxes are my favorite word study intervention activity! Use this free blank templates of elkonin boxes with kindergarten and first grade students who are learning to segment and blend phonemes and to build spelling skills.
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Ideas and free resources to help students develop skills to retell stories and sequence events in their writing.
The last two components of my math block are the math lesson and lesson assessment. I use the 5-E lesson model to teach new math content. I like the 5-E model because it allows the students to explore and discover the content on their own before I provide additional information and strategies. The 5-E model also allows me to facilitate the lesson through questioning and assess the students' understanding throughout the lesson through my observations. While I regularly plan my lessons using this format, I have found it necessary to adapt the format to fit the needs of my students. With that in mind, I will add that this lesson format may take me more than one day to complete and I sometimes complete several explore and explain cycles before getting to the Elaboration stage. It all depends on the students! I have included the lesson format below along with a description of each of the five Es and activity ideas that can be used to address each component.
Guided Reading for the Emergent Reader Chapter 3 Book Study. To help intentionally teach reading to little learners.
In this post, I'll share ideas for what you might work on and address in a Pre-A guided reading lesson. I also have a free template for a Pre-A guided reading lesson for you!
Practice blending onsets and rimes with this free printable roll and write phonics activity for kindergarten and first grade.
What is a Printable Blank Nail Template? And can you print your nail decals? Let us explore the possibilities. First, you can print an A4 template. This template includes four sets of nails and a wiggly hand. It's simple and fast to print, too! You can have your own nail decals in just a few
These bright, hands-on digraph wheels make a wonderful literacy center focused on learning common digraphs such as CH- and SH-.
Here's a template for all your hangman playing needs! Of course, you don't need a template at all. My kids and I have played hangman on various bits of scrap paper found in my purse, including receipts! But having a template is fun too and helps when playing with younger kids. The version above includes the outline of the hanged dude and outlines for letter blanks. These make it easy for kids to trace. The version below has no outlines which allows players to make longer words, phrases, or even more complex hanged dudes! Hangman really is a game of unlimited fun! If you need directions on how to play Hangman, About.com has thorough instructions. Just click on the Hangman templates, and you can download them from GoogleDrive. After downloading, feel free to print them as many times as you like!
Reading fluency is so important for our early readers to eventually ensure comprehension. Strong letter sound fluency equips students to decode CVC words effortlessly, fostering a smooth transition in their reading journey. While readiness varies among students, consistent practice significantly aids their decoding abilities. While I know for some students, it is developmental and there may be a readiness that they may not have, many students are able to and need that extra practice to help them with decoding and can empower students to decode CVC words effortlessly, facilitating a smoother reading journey. I have always compared fluency practice to running in my own life for my students. I would run half marathons and have to work up that stamina and "practice" every day to become a better runner. I noticed that many of my students, without given the practice, will just continue to struggle. How we practice fluency in kindergarten? As a kindergarten teacher, it was important for my students, especially those who were struggling to practice fluency to help them become better readers. Without providing them this opportunity, I knew many of them would not be practicing letter names or letter sounds at home. By practicing and having a resource in the classroom or sending a fluency resource home and explaining to parents the importance, I have seen tremendous gains for students. I always use a simple and easy practice for my students. I have used whole group, small group or with a partner or even sent home. I use fluency probes that are similar to AIMSweb or DIBBELS letter name and letter sound fluency. (A sample is included at the end of the post) Students are given a fluency probe based on the skill they are working on. We practice letter names and letter sounds using these probes and I also have them available for CVC words, nonsense words and onset and rime. Although I feel "practicing" nonsense words may not be best for some students, for other it may help them become more successful and give us a better picture of where they are as a reader. As we know, there are a limited number of CVC words that students do read and a lot of times, they just have regular CVC words memorized from kindergarten stories and work. To assess a students true ability to decode, this is why we sometimes switch to nonsense words. My strongest readers, we always able to decode these nonsense words without struggle and were able to just read them as words, since they have such strong phonics skills. Classroom Use In my classroom, I copy all of the probes in advance and have them bound. The resource has 14 different probes available and I will have them all ready for the whole year. This then becomes a resource I use for the whole year in my students hands that we often use. I copy all 4 probes with my students: letter names, letter sounds, CVC words and nonsense words, week by week. Usually before Christmas, I will use onset and rime instead of CVC words. In the classroom, I have the students use the same probe for the week. We will sometimes do it whole group or in small groups and set a timer for one minute. Students use a different color crayon each day and just circle the letter that they stopped on (most of the students are usually pretty honest about this. ) They then work to do better the next day. While I don't do whole group practice every day, I often will have students practice close to Aimsweb testing so everyone is ready. In my class, I was also required to progress monitor my students and we would graph their results monthly when I progress monitored as a way of students tracking their data which was stored in the fluency booklet. Partner Practice I may also use with resource for partner practice for students. Once my students understand how to practice their fluency, I would also sometimes have students partner up with each other to practice. Although this partner practice will not work for all students and the students who struggle the most will be practicing with me, this works really well for most students and they love it. I usually use sand timer (affiliate link) for this which are one minute each students has a probe and one student will monitor (like I would for errors etc) while the other student practices. Take Home Fluency Practice Another amazing way to use this resource is to copy and send home with students based on what they are working on, especially for my students who are struggling. I usually send it with a letter about the importance of practicing at home and asking parents to set a timer for one minute and record where students stop. It is amazing to see the growth that so many students will make with that little extra practice! I usually will model how to do this at conferences to work with parents as a team. I have a freebie of one week of letter name, letter sounds, CVC words and nonsense words available in my TPT store with a link at the end of the post. This is easy to copy and send home to parents over breaks or if a student is struggling and needs a little more practice. In my Fluency Packet there are 12 additional weeks of letter names, letter sounds, CVC words and nonsense words with graphs for students to track progress available as well. I always made little books for my students and we would work on a new probe every week. You can find my fluency packet here, with everything you need to help your students become more successful readers. You can also find my one week freebie here: Free Fluency Practice
We all know as teachers that the core standards are important - as they guide what we teach every single day. Many administrators in fact require that we have the standards and objectives posted every single day.
All About Me activity is a fun practice that brings lots of benefits more than just personal favorites. Various activities can be combined with the theme and best to apply for preschoolers or kindergarteners.
Orton Gillingham Lesson Plan Template Lovely Dyslexia Lesson from orton gillingham lesson plan template, image source: br.pinterest.com
This paper is perfect for primary students. This vertically designed paper contains an illustration box with ample room for designing and primary lines below. The second page contains lines only to be used as a back page. After you download your purchase please leave a fair comment and rating. Vi...
Before I talk to you a bit about how I tier my activities by color. I always think it’s important to preface things with a little review. Some of you have seen some of this so you can just skip over this first part. I never know who is going to stumble upon my differentiated […]
Here are some tips to get your students writing narratives as well as a free writing template below. What is a narrative? A narrative is a story! Narratives can be fictional or non-fictional and are told in order. Narratives are usually the first kind of writing that students do when they start writing. Narrative writing...
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Today was Presidents Day. Unlike some lucky teachers who got to stay home, I had to go to work today. We had a full day of workshops. On top of that, we ended up getting 5+ inches of snow this morning. It started in the morning and it fell hard and fast! My first part of the morning was spent learning how to do my web page. I loved that we were walked through...step by step...how to set up our pages. We then had to go our home school to work with our PLC's on goals that we set. I am excited that I will be doing Reader's Theater with my group. I found these fun plays from Kristin at A Teeny Tiny Teacher. I am so excited to use them. After lunch, we spent the rest of the day at another school in our district. We listened to Steve Dunn talk about writing. My head is spinning with all the great ideas that he gave us. I loved that he gave us examples and ideas of how to teach writing in our classroom. I can't wait to go back to my classroom and try some of the things that he shared with us. The afternoon went by so fast! Tonight I created some different writing papers that I want to use during Writer's Workshop based off the ideas that he gave us. This paper is meant to be used for kindergartners who are in their beginning stages of writing. They will draw a picture in the box and then write their sentences below it. This paper is meant to be used for kindergartners in January and first graders throughout the school year. The page on the left side of their journal will have the box on it. That way when they are done writing, they can go to the next page and still see their picture. Finally, this paper is meant for first graders and higher. Students will draw pictures of what happens in the beginning, middle and end of their stories. The boxes are on the left side of their journal and the extra lines are on the right side so they can still see the pictures. You can find all these papers HERE. I hope you find them helpful to you. I hope you had a great day! Sara
Download this free blank lesson plan template in Word or PDF. Designed by Top Hat's instructional design team for use in your university classroom.
Free Unicorn Letter Reversal Mazes
These free printable sight word flash cards are perfect to teach your child to read their first 100 sight words.
b and d reversal worksheets and posters by Melissa Moran from b and d worksheet , image source: www.teacherspayteachers.com
I use a lot of tracing in my Orton-Gillingham lesson plans. When I introduce a new phonogram, students will trace the letters while saying the sound. When I introduce a new prefix or suffix, students
I use a variety of resources to help me in my journey towards a differentiated classroom, and I’ve had so many readers ask which resources I find most useful so I thought I would share a few of the things that have been helpful for me. I decided to separate this into two different posts. …
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Who’s ready to celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Since this is, admittedly, a holiday that Americans have adopted to celebrate Mexican culture, it doesn’t get much more Americanized than tacos. Who doesn’t love tacos?. And we
Paperwork Templates Here are some of the templates that I used as a private reading tutor. I’m keeping them as Word documents so you can adapt them for your uses. I tutored a bit in math, but my main focus was reading. Feel free to adapt and use for your own private tutoring purposes (no ... Read More about Tutoring Resources
Hi everyone! Welcome to my first Friday Foundations post! Every Friday, I am dedicating a special post to all my OG instructors with helpful tips for you and your students. I hope you find it informative, practical and
Here is the free printable orton gillingham worksheet for you to try. You can also download the pdf version from the link below as well.
How do we differentiate writing instruction when we have 20-30 students to consider?
Guided Reading Lesson Plan template and free download. Reading levels in kindergarten and first grade to create guided reading lesson plans with free books!
I suggest a schedule for your 90-minute literacy block that can be used in kindergarten, first, and second-grade classrooms. I break it into three parts 1) whole group phonics instruction 2) small group instruction and 3) whole group language comprehension. I explain what specific literacy skills should be taught in each part of the 90-minute block. Finally, I leave you with a FREE downloadable 90-minute literacy block planning template.
Introducing a German language learning resource focused on the concept of luck, perfect for educators looking to expand cultural understanding. This printable fact sheet poster details fascinating information surrounding the idea of luck in German culture and language. Use the vivid full color version or crisp black and white to display engaging facts on classroom walls or hand out copies to students. A blank template allows educators to write in additional learnings or let students demonstrate comprehension by filling in key takeaways. Implement this versatile resource in a variety of ways. Assign the poster as introductory reading before a unit on luck superstitions across cultures. Have small groups research their own facts then share out. Print a class set for students to reference while writing a comparative essay analyzing views of fortune in German versus other societies. With eye-catching visuals and succinct bite-sized facts, this informative German culture and language poster makes an invaluable addition to any middle grades classroom. German: What is Luck? | Fact Sheet Poster and Writing
If you are new to homeschooling & want to set yourself up for success, here are some dos & don'ts as you get started your first year homeschooling.
Welcome to our "Pokémon Teaching Worksheets" collection, where the captivating world of Pokémon meets education! Dive into a treasure trove of worksheets that combine the excitement of Pokémon with learning. Our extensive assortment includes math fact pages, decoding challenges, mazes, matching puzzles, missing letters exercises, word searches, and more. Pokémon Alphabetical Order Pokémon Alphabetical Order-
After nearly 8 years of being a stay-at-home Mom, I’ve learned that a routine is much more helpful for us than a schedule. A routine gives us a guide without giving strict deadlines. This was a huge help when creating our homeschool Preschool routine! We like to keep the order of our daily activities the …
Thank you to Diane for submitting this fun book report poster. It’s legal size (paper) worksheet and is great for lower grades (or as an easy project for upper grades). Great end of the year …
Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, wrote in his memoirs that nothing brings to life the times you lived through and the people you shared those times with like an old mixtape. Maybe to some. But I will argue that photos can do just the same.
Crack the Code – Penguin Facts – Codebreaker Worksheet Going along with the Cold theme, I thought we could learn a little more about some of the animals from the colder regions, specifi…
