Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on one of these links, I will receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you. Thanks for your support! My district adopted Wonders reading curriculum this year. There are so many components! Leveled readers, decodable readers, vocabulary cards, high frequency cards, interactive readaloud cards...as I opened box after box, I quickly became overwhelmed with the idea of keeping it all organized and easily accessible. Now that we are a quarter of the way into the school year, I have perfected an organizational system that really works for me, and makes my weekly prep a breeze. I'm sharing it here in hopes that it will help someone else who is overwhelmed with the task of organizing all of these materials. Since there are six units, I went with a rainbow color-coded system. This goes well with my classroom decor, and, if you've read my blog before, you know I'm a bit of a nerd with my color coding (see my first grade classroom reveal post and my Pre-K organizational post). You can easily use this system without color-coding, however! It would work just as well with a uniform color scheme, as long as everything is labeled. EDITABLE binder covers and spines found here! I purchased three-ring binders and cubby bins in the six colors I was using. I found the binders at Target, and the cubby bins (with the exception of orange) here on Amazon. Confession: I really, really wanted orange cubby bins that matched the rest of my set, and the only ones I could find on Amazon were transparent. I finally ordered these directly from the Storex website. They were super pricey compared to the others, but I haven't regretted it. In fact, it makes my teacher-heart happy every time I look at my shelves. I told you, I'm a nerd when it comes to color coding. I divided up all of the leveled readers and decodable readers by unit, and then put them into the cubby bins in order by week. I used these EDITABLE blank labels to make them pretty! It took a bit of time initially, but now they are ready to go for small groups for the entire school year. Bonus: the ESOL teacher who comes in to support some of my kids knows exactly where to find them, and I don't have to remember to set them out for her each day. The real time-saver is my binder system. It took quite a while to set up, but now it's done--forever! I have one binder for each unit, which has tabs inside for each of the five weeks in the unit. Behind each tabbed page is a page protector. I divided all of the materials by week--the high frequency word cards, the visual high frequency word cards, the vocabulary and oral vocabulary cards, the small group cards--and placed them inside the page protector. Now, when I'm planning, I just flip to the tab that has the upcoming week's materials, pull everything out, and put it in my rainbow drawer unit, with the exception of the small group cards. Those go into the bin with the readers so my small groups are literally grab and go. I put the interactive readaloud cards for the week on top of the unit, as they are too large for the drawers. So fast and easy! When the week is over, I slide everything back into the page protector and then flip to the next page. I love not having to dig through cards every week! My only problem is that the interactive readaloud cards are so big, they don't fit in my drawers or my binders. It's not a big deal, however, as I keep them in a box with a few of the other resources, such as the large letter-sound cards. I keep the interactive readalouds in order by week, so at the end of the week I put the ones I'm finished with in the back, and then the current week is always at the front. So there's no digging through anything for those, either. The other resources are stored neatly in boxes or crates and are also readily accessible. These little crayon boxes are perfect for those tiny word building cards! I could easily have added the photo cards and letter-sound cards to the unit binders, which may be a great suggestion if you use them frequently. Personally, I utilize a lot of the online resources for those things. However, it still only takes me a minute to find these in the event that I need them. I love having so many resources to use, as long as I don't have to waste hours every week trying to put it all together. This organizational system has been very helpful to me, and I hope it is to you, too! Do you have any tips for organizing Wonders? Let me know in the comments!
Working on phonics in 1st grade? This 1st Grade Wonders Unit 4 Write the Room features 5 weeks of phonics skills covered in the program. The no prep pages are as easy as print and go to have a spelling center in your classroom. Don't use the Wonders curriculum? No worries, these centers are great for any 1st grade classroom! How does it work? Each set in this bundle features 12 words on colored cards that students can use in a variety of ways. Students can trace, write, stamp, or even create a story with the words. Hang word wall words- color & black or white Choose the instruction page for your class. Students work with words in a variety of ways Teacher Tips: In my classroom, I use these word cards on my Writing Center bulletin board. I have thin rope loosely attached and I clip the words on clothes pins. Super easy to change out each week! Print and laminate word cards for a sensory bin! The best part? These writing centers can be used for many different activities, even after the word work center has been done. These sets even includes cut and paste pages and ABC order! Use weekly with 1st Grade Wonders Unit 4 Long A (a, ai, ay,) Long E (ee, ea, ie) Long O (o, oa, ow, oe) Long I (i, igh, y, ie) Long E (y, ey) Includes for each set: Student directions (differentiated) Word cards (12) color / b&w Word wall writing activities -write, trace, stamp, cut & paste, story write, etc. Like this product? Follow my store by clicking here: KinderBerry Feel free to reach out to me [email protected] with any questions you may have or find me on Instagram @Kinderberrykg To Earn Credit for Future Purchases Go to My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback Link. Click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment about the product. Why is feedback so important? Each time you give feedback, you earn TPT credits that you can use to lower the cost of your future purchases. Terms Copyright © KinderBerry. Single classroom use only.
Wonders 1st Grade Study Guides- All 30 study guides This clean and easy to read study guide includes the Essential Question, Weekly story and genre, spelling words, high frequency words, vocabulary words/definitions and questions to ask to students to introduce the vocabulary words. These would ma...
This huge bundle includes activities for Wonders 1st Grade Units 1-6, plus Start Smart AND a Sight Word Sticker Book including all the High Frequency words for the year!! Activities cover Weeks 1-5 of each Unit.2017 versionYou will save $20.00 by purchasing the bundle rather than each product indivi...
Organize your Wonders writing in first grade with 149 pages of ready to implement printables for McGraw-Hill Wonders writing curriculum! The entire packet is common core aligned and tailored to go along with your McGraw-Hill Wonders curriculum for 1st grade. This bundle includes all 6 weeks of unit 2. - Writing samples - Prompts - Writing Papers - Mini Books - Graphic Organizers - Explanation Posters - Bulletin Board Posters - Writer's Checklists - Grammar Practice - Group Project Printables - Writing Conference Forms - Examples - Game - Etc. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE DOING WONDERS CURRICULUM FOR THIS TO WORK WONDERFULLY IN YOUR CLASSROOM. Enjoy and I hope this makes your planning a lot easier with 95 pages of ready to implement printables. ****Make sure you check out my other Wonders writing units… McGraw-Hill Wonders Writing: 1st grade Language Arts- Writing and Grammar Unit 1 McGraw-Hill Wonders Writing: 1st grade Language Arts- Writing and Grammar Unit 3 McGraw-Hill Wonders Writing: 1st grade Language Arts- Writing and Grammar Unit 4 McGraw-Hill Wonders Writing: 1st grade Language Arts- Writing and Grammar Unit 5 McGraw-Hill Wonders Writing: 1st grade Language Arts- Writing and Grammar Unit 6
My school district recently adopted McGraw-Hill Wonders as our new K-6 reading series. Previously, we were using a variety of series and resources to meet our students' needs. In my 8 years of teaching, this will be the first year I've had a reading curriculum that addresses {most of} our standards! If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you might know that using a basal to teach is not exactly my style, so this is a HUGE change for me. In an ideal world, I would use a reading workshop model to teach whole group mini-lessons with trade books and then differentiate with leveled readers in small groups. I am still planning on using a reading workshop model, but I will be integrating Wonders into the model. I hope to blog about Wonders throughout the year to share about the integration process. According to McGraw-Hill, Wonders is the first and only reading program designed specifically for the Common Core. This is a definite improvement over our previous series; however, this does not mean the curriculum is without flaws. My colleague, Amanda, and I spent A LOT of time this summer aligning Wonders to our 2nd grade CCSS and developing a scope and sequence for the year. Throughout this process, we discovered many things we loved about Wonders, as well as a few things we were not impressed with! I will start with the things we loved! :) 1) Literature: The stories in the literature anthology of Wonders are very good! I've worked with a lot of basals that had really dull stories, so I am excited that Wonders includes stories that are engaging and high-interest for my students. 2) Instruction Model: The 2nd grade curriculum of Wonders includes 2 textbooks. You use the Reading/Writing Workshop textbook to pre-teach the comprehension and vocabulary of the week, as well as model close reading. Then, you have students apply these skills to the weekly selection in the Literature Anthology. I really like the concept of being able to pre-teach skills and apply them to quality literature. 3) Multiple Selections: Both textbooks include multiple selections each week. The selections are a variety of genres to allow for multiple ways for students to practice their skills. Now, onto the main problem we are having with Wonders... scope and sequence! {a large problem, I might add!} Scope and Sequence: I emailed the folks at McGraw-Hill multiple times to see if they could provide a matrix that indicates which CCSS are being focused on each week. (Because my district uses standards based grading, it is important for us to see the scope and sequence of the standards we are teaching and assessing). The best McGraw-Hill could do was tell me to use the online Weekly Planner resource to pull up the weekly standards. So, I tried it. Unit 1, Week 1 lists 44 standards for the WEEK (12 of which don't pertain to 2nd grade). Clearly, that's not going to work for us! Like usual, I decided to create my own resource to meet my needs. My friend and colleague, Mary, created a template to use to map out Wonders for 4th grade. Using the template, I worked with my friend, Amanda, to create a scope and sequence that showed the CCSS that were truly being focused on each week. You can download the FREE checklist by clicking on the image below. {Full Disclosure: We worked on this at 2 AM on some nights, so I make no promises that it's 100% accurate, but it's a start!} Throughout the year, I will be creating additional Wonders resources to meet our needs. One of the first things I have already created is a spelling unit! Second Grade Wonders includes weekly spelling words based on a pattern. Although the words are provided by Wonders, I found that the curriculum was lacking some necessary components such as: 1) Organized lists to send home to parents 2) Word cards for sorting by pattern (Wonders does provide word cards in their online resources, but they do not include sorting headers and their cards are huge... which wastes too much paper in my opinion!) 3) Most importantly, a guide on how to assess students' spelling! Because my team is going to be utilizing Wonders for spelling this year, I decided to create a comprehensive unit for us to use. So far, I have Unit 1: Weeks 1-5 completed and posted on TPT. I am currently working on Units 2-6 and will create a bundle if there is enough interest. Here is what my unit includes: {Click on the image above to check out the unit} {Download the preview file for a FREE sample of Unit 1: Week 1} Click on the images below to see a full size image. These can also be downloaded in the preview file. {How I plan on teaching spelling} {The weekly spelling patterns and the words that are on each test} {Word list to send home with students... includes lines for handwriting practice!} {Word cards and headers for sorting} I have my students cut, sort, and glue the word cards on notebook paper. I've included a few blank cards to help students think of additional words that follow the pattern. {Description of the spelling test} {Example of a spelling test} Phew! This was a long post! Hooray for you if you made it to the end! Please comment below if you are using 2nd Grade Wonders this year. I would love to connect and collaborate with you!
Wonders 1st Grade Start Smart and Units 1-6 Homework Sheets include: Weekly story title, spelling words, phonics practice, high frequency words, and vocabulary words/definitions. These would be great for homework to guide both parents and students. This would also be great to keep in data folder. ***Please check out individual units for a closer look!*** Wonders 1st Grade Unit 1 Homework Sheets Wonders 1st Grade Unit 2 Homework Sheets Wonders 1st Grade Unit 3 Homework Sheets Wonders 1st Grade Unit 4 Homework Sheets Wonders 1st Grade Unit 5 Homework Sheets Wonders 1st Grade Unit 6 Homework Sheets Enjoy and don't forget to leave feedback to earn points toward future purchases!!! :)
This freebie includes Wonders Essential Questions for second grade Unit 1, Weeks 1-5. This black and white version helps save on colored ink! Print on some colored paper to match your classroom decor and you are all set!
Working on phonics in 1st grade? This 1st Grade Wonders Unit 4 Write the Room features 5 weeks of phonics skills covered in the program. The no prep pages are as easy as print and go to have a spelling center in your classroom. Don't use the Wonders curriculum? No worries, these centers are great for any 1st grade classroom! How does it work? Each set in this bundle features 12 words on colored cards that students can use in a variety of ways. Students can trace, write, stamp, or even create a story with the words. Hang word wall words- color & black or white Choose the instruction page for your class. Students work with words in a variety of ways Teacher Tips: In my classroom, I use these word cards on my Writing Center bulletin board. I have thin rope loosely attached and I clip the words on clothes pins. Super easy to change out each week! Print and laminate word cards for a sensory bin! The best part? These writing centers can be used for many different activities, even after the word work center has been done. These sets even includes cut and paste pages and ABC order! Use weekly with 1st Grade Wonders Unit 4 Long A (a, ai, ay,) Long E (ee, ea, ie) Long O (o, oa, ow, oe) Long I (i, igh, y, ie) Long E (y, ey) Includes for each set: Student directions (differentiated) Word cards (12) color / b&w Word wall writing activities -write, trace, stamp, cut & paste, story write, etc. Like this product? Follow my store by clicking here: KinderBerry Feel free to reach out to me [email protected] with any questions you may have or find me on Instagram @Kinderberrykg To Earn Credit for Future Purchases Go to My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback Link. Click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment about the product. Why is feedback so important? Each time you give feedback, you earn TPT credits that you can use to lower the cost of your future purchases. Terms Copyright © KinderBerry. Single classroom use only.
Free FULL week sample **Unit 1 Week 1** Unit 5 Bundle ** SAVE 6 Dollars** Reading Wonders Resources 1st Grade Unit 5 Week 2 Unit outline Teacher informational letter Workstation/Literacy center plans Essential question poster Spelling teacher informational sheet Spelling pre & post tests Tak...
Supplement each week of the 1st Grade Wonders Reading Program with these Essential Question Writing Pages! This file includes the Essential Question for Units 1-6, Weeks 1-5. Each page includes: -Heading -Essential Question -Picture Box -Lines for Writing -Unit and Week These are great for early finishers, writing centers, partner work, etc. The possibilities are endless! This file is for the 1st Grade Essential Questions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOW TO GET TPT CREDITS ON FUTURE PURCHASES: - Go to MY PURCHASES page. - You will see a PROVIDE FEEDBACK button. - Please leave a star rating and a comment. This will help lower the cost for a future purchase. Why is feedback so important? Each time you provide feedback, you will earn TPT credits that you can apply to future purchases. This will save you money! Also, when you give me feedback, it helps me tweak my products to fit your needs! HOW TO FOLLOW MY STORE If you are happy with the products that I have made, I would love for you to become a follower! Simply click the green star beside my name at the top of this page or at the top of my store page. When you are a follower, you will get notified when I post a new item and you will get email and messages about upcoming sales! Thanks again for purchasing!
These high frequency word flashcards can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom for games, language arts centers, at home practice.- 105 Wonders 1st grade HFW divided into eleven lists...
Wonders First Grade Supplements Here are all the supplemental units for WONDERS FIRST GRADE! We thought this would make it easier f...
Eye catching spelling list cards to go with the McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders Series for 1st Grade. All words from the series (for 1st grade) are included; Units 1-6. Use these in your spelling center, classroom practice, fast finisher activities, or reference! This purchase/download includes a ca...
Use this one EASY document to quickly see what your weekly skill and strategy will be! Your entire year of Wonders is right here laid out! This is a fabulous tool for writing lesson plans and newsletters. You can even give it out to parents!
Here's 6 weeks of lesson plans to keep you moving through the Reading Wonders first grade curriculum! With this product you will receive 6 weekly lesson plans (review week included) for Unit 2 of 1st grade Reading Wonders. The lesson plans are FULLY EDITABLE word documents and include: opening, standard, higher order thinking questions, work session, STEM / real world connection, essential question, writing integration, assessment, and closing. You will need to add small group and/or differentiation to suit your learners.
This We're All Wonders writing activity Wonder poster is triple the fun with the combination of coloring, creativity, and group work! Awesome picture book companion! All inspired by your We're All Wonders book study, ant-bullying unit, classroom community,and character education.The collaborative poster features a student writing prompt and an illustration of the Wonder main character Auggie. After your students are finished writing and coloring, they will collaborate to assemble the poster for your Wonder classroom wall, bulletin board, classroom door, hallway, lobby, or library. The Wonder group poster project is a perfect size to laminate. The We're All Wonders poster includes assembly instructions and helpful tips to make it even better! You will only need to print this one time per class! That's it. You'll love watching your students collaborate. The activity is designed for students to communicate and work together. Encourage your students to find class members with poster pieces near their own to create their masterpiece. The writing activity is truly insightful and reflective of the picture book's central message of, "Love yourself," "Be Kind," "Choose Kind." Includes: ★ A finished image of what the We're All Wonders poster should look like when it is finished ★ Explicit and complete directions from start to finish ★ An optional row of pieces in the event you have more students ★ A writing prompt focusing on "The 3 things I love most about myself are ______." ★ 25 pieces (with prompt and without) ★ 4 pieces for a mini poster (with prompt and without) ★ and extra row for more students (optional) recommended supplies needed: crayons, colored pencils, scissors, tape or stapler Looking for more Wonder novel activities? Check these out: Wonder by R.J. Palacio Flip Book Wonder Novel Study Writing Activity Group Poster Wonder Plot diagram, Story Map, Plot Pyramid, Plot Chart Puzzle Wonder Character Pages Wonder Classroom Pennant Wonder Characters Mini Flip Book Please provide me with really appreciated feedback! GET VISUAL! Study All Knight Blog Study All Knight Facebook Danielle Knight (Study All Knight) on Pinterest Study All Knight on Twitter Study All Knight on Instagram Created by Danielle Knight, © Study All Knight, The Knight Stuff, LLC
In this product, you will receive three homework pages that coincide with the Start Smart program for First Grade McGraw-Hill Wonders progam. The top part of each page includes a list of phonetic words for the students to read as well as sentences. The bottom portion of each page makes the student...
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This is the full list of 195 HFWs covered in the Wonders 1st Grade curriculum from the first lesson in Start Smart to the lesson unit lesson. It is in an editable Word Document.
If you are already using or you are new to the Wonders Reading Program, this 59 page packet is for you. This packet will help you teach the skills in Unit 2 Week 4 of 6. You'll have help with y lesson planning, printables for centers or word work activities, anchor charts, essential question posters, vocabulary and spelling practice, and much, much more. 2 WEEK 4 Table of Contents Page 1 – Weekly Cover Page 2 – Table of Contents Page 3 – Working at Home BUILDING THE CONCEPT Page 4 – Essential Question Chart Page 5-6 – Genre Page 7 - Reading Strategy Page 8 – Oral Vocabulary WORD WORK SPELLING Page 9-10 – Word List – 6 words (color, b/w) Page 11-12 – Word List – 10 words (color, b/w) Page 13-14 – Rainbow Write Page 15-16 – Pencil Crayon Highlighter Page 17-18 – Handwriting Page 19-20 – High Scoring Spelling Page 21 – Word Search Page 22 – Buddy Study Page 23-24 – Weekly Assessment(6/10 words, no HFW) Page 25-26 – Weekly Assessment(6/10 words, with HFW) PHONICS Page 27 – Make Words Page 28-33– Word Family Sort Page 34-35– Word Sort Record Sheets HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS Page 36 – HFW cards Page 37-38 – Roll and Read (color, b/w) Page 39 – Fluency Sentences LANGUAGE Page 40-47- Writing Tools Page 48-51– Grammar Page 52-53– Mechanics OTHER Page 54 – ABC Order Page 55-58– Text Connections Page 59-61 – Notes and Planners Page 62- Credits If you have any questions or requests, please send them to [email protected]. More units will be uploaded soon! Thank you for looking!! Check us out at weheartbeingfirst.blogspot.com. Key Words: reading, language arts, spelling, back to school, Wonders supplement, first grade, wonders, vocabulary, buddy study,Wonders reading, graphic organizers.
This word document contains weekly spelling words, focus skills, practice words, and practice sentences. My parents use these homework sheets to keep up to date on our weekly focus skills. Word document format allows users to adjust the spelling words according to your teachers. ...
This is a set of fluency charts with all of the 1st grade HFW, split up by unit. It also includes the kindergarten review words that are included in lesson 1, which are on a separate sheet. These lists correlate to the McGraw-Hill Reading series Wonders. **Please note: This is a Microsoft Publisher file.
These high frequency word flashcards can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom for games, language arts centers, at home practice.- 90 Wonders 1st grade HFW divided into nine lists...
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This 1st grade interactive journal is aligned to Common Core and to the McGraw Hill Wonders series for Unit 1 Week 5. This highly INTERACTIVE journal is ideal for teaching all of this week's skills in a powerful, student-friendly way! Complete Set Includes: Graphic Organizers and Writing Frames Mini Anchor Charts for Key Details,Genre (Informational/Nonfiction), and Text Features (Diagrams) Spelling List Vocabulary Questions Responding to Reading "Popcorn Words" correlated to the High Frequency Words All of this week's skills in one place! I appreciate your feedback!
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This is the bundle package of centers and printables for Unit 6, First Grade Wonders. The centers and printables are for all five weeks in Unit 6.For an explanation and preview you can check out the individual weeks.
1st Grade Wonders, Unit 1: Getting to Know You - printables, rubrics, flash cards, extra practice, review sheets. Included in this bundle are all five weeks of printables for First Grade Wonders Unit 1. Save 20% by purchasing this bundle! Included in this bundle: Spelling Activities Spelling word cards, spelling tests, spelling practice sheets Interactive Journals Vocab, Spelling, Comprehension Structural Analysis Inflectional Endings -s, Double Final Consonants, Plural Nouns, Alphabetical Order, Possessive Nouns High Frequency Words Word cards, building words, sorting words, reading words, making words I plan to add 2 more sets to this bundle: Writing Building Background Knowledge Please see the PREVIEWS of each unit to see what's all included! If there is anything else that you wish to see, please email me at [email protected]! Follow me on TpT to be notified of new products that are uploaded and visit my blog Teaching With Style for more ideas, lessons, freebies, and giveaways!
Keep families informed about Grade 2 Wonders with weekly newsletters for the entire year. These newsletters are carefully aligned to each Unit of the 2nd grade Wonders reading curriculum. Designed to keep both families and students organized, teachers can simply print and go! Concepts included on the Newsletters: Essential Question Main and Paired Selections Reading Skills and Strategies *with explanations! Vocabulary Words Spelling Words High Frequency Words These newsletters are aligned to Wonders 2023, Wonders 2020, and Wonders 2017. Simply open the Zip file and select the folder labeled with the year that matches your curriculum. Unit 1 is available as a FREE sample here! Looking for more products to help you teach McGraw Hill Wonders? Click below for Weekly Lesson Supplements, a Grammar Pack, and a Focus Wall bulletin board! Related Products ⭐ Wonders 2017 2nd Grade WHOLE YEAR BUNDLE Unit 1-6: Supplements with GOOGLE ⭐ Wonders 2023, 2020 - 2nd Grade WHOLE-YEAR BUNDLE: Units 1-6 Supplement w/ GOOGLE ⭐ Wonders 2nd Grade Focus Wall Bulletin Board: 2017 Edition ⭐ Wonders 2nd Grade Focus Wall Bulletin Board: 2023 AND 2020 Edition ⭐ Wonders 2nd Grade Grammar for ALL Units 1-6 (2017 Edition) ⭐ Wonders 2nd Grade Grammar for ALL Units 1-6 (2023 and 2020 Edition) ⭐ Grade 2 "I Can" Statements for the CCSS Please Note: These materials were prepared Amanda Garcia and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by the McGraw Hill Publishing Company, publisher of the original Wonders work on which this material is based.
This is the bundle package of centers and printables for Unit 1, First Grade Wonders. The centers and printables are for all five weeks in Unit 1.
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Now that we're back from Christmas break, we've started Unit 3 in the 1st grade Reading Wonders series. Our district requires us to use this curriculum and expects us to follow the pacing and assessments from Reading Wonders. Even though I teach special education, I am still expected to teach grade level material and use our curriculum. Although, I do go at slower pace than my gen ed counterparts. There are things I like about the series (such as the readers and decodables from WonderWorks), but there are areas that I feel like Reading Wonders doesn't do a great job with. The practice pages are very boring and dry, but my students really need the practice! Here are some of the materials I will use to supplement Unit 3. At the beginning of each unit, I pull out all of the high frequency word cards for our word wall. I love how our Word Wall is color coordinated. This makes it easy to tell students to look for the pink card under Oo to find the word of. When students are helping their friends find words, they know to tell them what color card they should look for. Each word card is labeled with the Unit and Week to make for easier storage and organizing. You can check them out {here} or by clicking below. Every morning, we start our day with Corinna from Surfin' Through Second's morning work. I love how the repetition gives my students a sense of independent but also allows them practice valuable skills. For morning work, I use the pages that are several pages behind where we are in the series. This way I know the students have been taught the skill already, and it gives them a spiral review of previously taught skills. Here's a sample page of what my students were working on before Christmas break. You can check out Corinna's morning work by clicking {here} or the picture below. My students love playing games! They are so excited about playing games that they don't even care that they're learning. I've made games that go along with each phonics skills and a comprehensive unit game of the high frequency sight words taught. I use these games during small group, with my RTI intervention groups from the gen ed classrooms, as a way to reengage students when I see them slipping, or just as a quick time filler. My students are so excited to see what the special cards are for each game. This little guy had to find out the special cards even though they weren't cut out yet! Every game comes with a recording sheet for students to get extra practice. You can check out the games for Unit 3 more by clicking {here} or on the picture below. My students need a lot of practice with the weekly Wonders skills, but I also need it to be easy for me. I created these Print It! Practice It! pages to help my students AND me! I use these with the students in my classroom and the RTI students that I see from the gen ed classrooms. My students will do anything to use a spinner or roll dice! When students play, I typically put them in partners. Their partner is required to listen to their friend read and double check that they correctly read the word or sentence. I keep an eye on all my partners, record errors or growth as they read to each other, and help out when students have trouble decoding words. Putting the pages in page protectors makes it easy for me to pull them out of a binder and have an easy activity ready to go at a moments notice. Each week includes several pages of practice for decoding the weekly phonics skill, editing sentences, and practicing the grammar skills. These are some of the pages we will be using in upcoming weeks. Unit 3 Week 3's phonics skills focuses on the Soft C and Soft G patterns. I love the Spin It! Read It! pages that include reading phonics patterns in a sentence. I've really been working hard to make sure my students understand the different phonics rules that go with each pattern. I've made a point to describe the pattern and refer to the pattern and rules during our everyday talk. I love when I hear them stating the rules to each other. Contractions are so much more fun if they can roll a dice while they're practicing! Adding inflectional endings are so tricky! This is just the kind of practice my students need! You can see more of the pages included in this unit by downloading the preview file that can be found {here} or by clicking the picture below. There you have it! All this practice should really help push my students toward mastery of the skills in Unit 3!
Wonders made easy! CTRL + F will be your best friend when searching for a certain skill, story, or genre in your reading curriculum. It's all right here! This planning guide has a page for each week in the Wonders 2020 Reading series for 1st Grade. This product does not align with the 2017 version o...
This is a short fiction story for students to practice reading words with long o, spelled ow, oe, oa, o!This also aligns with 1st Grade Wonders, Unit 4, Week 3.
This is a great resource to McGraw Hill Wonders that can be used in centers or independently. It allows for spelling word repetition through the writing with pencil, marker, and rainbow write. Included are: Start Smart Weeks 1-3 Unit 1-6 (Weeks 1-5) Enjoy and don't forget to leave feedback to earn points toward future purchases! :)
Working on phonics in 1st grade? This 1st Grade Wonders Unit 1 Write the Room features 5 weeks of phonics skills covered in the program. The no prep pages are as easy as print and go to have a spelling center in your classroom. This unit is perfect for transitioning your 1st graders from Kindergarten! Don't use the Wonders curriculum? No worries, these centers are great for any 1st grade classroom! How does it work? Each set in this bundle features 12 words on colored cards that students can use in a variety of ways. Students can trace, write, stamp, or even create a story with the words. Hang word wall words- color & black or white Choose the instruction page for your class. Students work with words in a variety of ways Teacher Tips: In my classroom, I use these word cards on my Writing Center bulletin board. I have thin rope loosely attached and I clip the words on clothes pins. Super easy to change out each week! Print and laminate word cards for a sensory bin! The best part? These writing centers can be used for many different activities, even after the word work center has been done. These sets even includes cut and paste pages and ABC order! Use weekly with 1st Grade Wonders Unit 1 Short A Short I L-Blends Short O R-Blends, S-Blends Includes for each set: Student directions (differentiated) Word cards (12) color / b&w Word wall writing activities -write, trace, stamp, cut & paste, story write, etc. Like this product? Follow my store by clicking here: KinderBerry Feel free to reach out to me [email protected] with any questions you may have or find me on Instagram @Kinderberrykg To Earn Credit for Future Purchases Go to My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback Link. Click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment about the product. Why is feedback so important? Each time you give feedback, you earn TPT credits that you can use to lower the cost of your future purchases. Terms Copyright © KinderBerry. Single classroom use only.
