Get your students reading and writing this summer with these fun and engaging enrichment activities for elementary grades.
K-1 POETRY UNIT I love teaching poetry to kindergarten and first grade students! Even though I have this labeled as Unit 8 in my Writing Series , I actually teach poetry throughout the entire year. We follow the same routine and students look forward to our poetry week every month.
Do you need new phonics activities? These Short U Phonics Worksheets give students practice reading and writing short u CVC words by word family. In this teaching resource, there are 18 different phonics worksheet templates with multiple pages for each template to accommodate all of the short u CVC words taught in kindergarten and first grade. This is a great no-prep printable for kindergarten word work centers.
Storytelling is a wonderful way to build creativity and imagination in your students. How can storytelling activities be beneficial in the classroom? There are so many ways! inspires purposeful talkingraises enthusiasm for reading textsinitiates writingenhances communityimproves writingengages students Want to see how each of these activities work? Watch the Storytelling Activities video on my YouTube
Discover fresh, fun, new writing games and use them to help students improve their writing skills while also enjoying themselves!
The toughest part of writing is often getting started. Jump the hurdle with these kid-friendly writing warm-ups that spark creativity!
Dig deep with these fun activities!
If you love my sight word poems, you will also love this set of read and draw sight word poems that can be used to practice sight words, reading fluency and reading comprehension. This set of 25 sight word poems, lets your kindergarten or first grade students illustrate the poems that they have jus...
Follow this step-by-step lesson plan to teach your students how
I've put together 30 poetry activities for reading poetry, writing poems, and incorporating poetry into your other subjects and lesson plans.
Some of our little ones come to our classes without ever having held a pencil, and suddenly, they are expected to show what they know and practice what we
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Each classroom brings students of multiple learning styles and backgrounds. It is our job to provide opportunities that reach all of the many different learning styles that come to us. For this reason, it is
Hearing a child learn to read for the first times is one of the greatest joys for parents, teachers and kids! There is nothing like it! After children
Are you looking for some FREE Phonics Activities? Well, you’ve come to the right place!! Today in our Struggling Reader Series, I’m sharing TONS of links to free phonics activities. Don’t get stressed out looking at the entire list. We’ll talk really quick about how to narrow down what phonics skills your learner needs to work ... Read More about The ULTIMATE List of FREE Phonics Activities
Do you have struggling readers you just can't reach? This mega list of reading intervention activities will help you teach all students how to read!
Planning your guided literacy time is bout to get so much easier. I get asked a lot about how to tie reading and writing together, while focusing on fluency, comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, writing, etc. I create this resource to get kids excited about reading and writing, and to make planning
It’s true that sequencing is so common in our day-to-day life, recognizing patterns and putting things in order usually comes naturally for our students over
Your students will have so much fun writing with these Roll-a-Story boards. Their creativity will be flowing after discovering which super fun character, problem and setting their story will be about. This resource is perfect in helping students write creative and interesting stories while taking the ‘stress’ out of thinking of what to write about. To use the boards, students simply choose a board and roll a die three times to discover which character, problem and setting their story will be based on. There are 9 different boards, which means there are almost 2000 different story possibilities! Includes both a USA and AUS/UK version. A version is also included where the problem and setting begins with a lowercase letter. You may also like: Roll an Activity - Literacy Centers ♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ Earn TPT Credits when you leave feedback ♥♥♥ I welcome and appreciate any feedback, comments or suggestions. You may also contact me on [email protected]
Introducing students to challenging words through Word of the Week can help increase their confidence in reading, writing, & speaking.
37 fun language arts games and activities to teach kids in kingergarten through middle school the fundamentals of language and literature!
Sparkle your child imagination by encouraging them to read books. Encourage your kid to fill in a book review - Book review template KS2 KS1
Create a classroom of writers with these fun writing activities for middle school students! There's something for everyone!
I have always loved Roll A Story activities for writing. With virtual learning being our new normal, I created a roll a story that gives students the ability to roll from home! ...
Explicitly teaching, as well as continually modeling and practicing reading comprehension strategies with students is one of the most important jobs we have as teachers of growing readers. Research shows that teaching reading strategies encourages
Discover my favorite activities that are aligned with the science of reading curriculum to help your young learns master reading fast.
The Sentence Game Let’s face it, writing is hard. It takes lots and lots of practice to master the many skills a writer needs. But practice can be boring. Not now! I’ve created a sentence writing game your kids will love. With this game they’ll write sentence after sentence without complaining, because it’s a game. It’s very simple, but practices very essential skills- capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The game can be played with 2 or more players. There’s even a way to play it with your whole class. Each student needs a word grid and a sentence/scoring sheet. Each set of players will also need one die and a scoring guide. Here's how it's played: v Each player rolls the die. The players then circle that number of words on their word grid. They circle the words down the first column, in order. Words cannot be skipped. v Now each player writes one sentence, using as many of the circled words as they can. If two sentences are written, only the first sentence will be scored. All of the circled words do not need to be used, but players earn one point for each grid word in their sentence. The words from the word grid cannot be changed. (ie. quickly cannot be changed to quick.) Important: After writing the sentence, players underline the grid words they used. This makes it easier for the checker to check the grid words. v Once all sentences are written, players pass their sentence/scoring sheet to the right. These players score the sentence and write the score in the box on the right. To play with your whole class, simply roll the dice once. Every student in class will use that number to circle the words on their grid. Once all the sentences are written, students can exchange their sheet with a partner for the scoring. After your students understand how to play you can play a round anytime you need a time filler. Students can keep their word grid and sentence/score sheet in a folder or their binder so it’s always handy. This game also works very well in a literacy center. Click on this image to download The Sentence Game. Happy writing!
A writing template to help children when structuring text types.
Do your students need some extra practice with reading and writing words with short a phonics patterns? These Short A Phonics Worksheets & Activities are perfect for your short a word work centers during literacy time.
Each classroom brings students of multiple learning styles and backgrounds. It is our job to provide opportunities that reach all of the many different learning styles that come to us. For this reason, it is
We've been learning about the parts of speech in the most fun ways. A parts of speech printable and flip book, writing our own mad libs, and more.
Hi everyone, My little learners have been working SO hard on their reading these past few months and I am VERY excited to show what what they have been up to!
Kids will love these fun hands-on phonics games that teach letter sounds, digraphs, letter blends, vowel sounds, and more!
LEARNING AT HOME IN KINDERGARTEN The global pandemic we are currently in has reshaped our lives, including the way most of us educate our children. Peoples‘ lives have been upended and we all face a new, uncertain reality. As a mom of four little ones, I am trying my best to not let my children
Adding some fun games for reading in the classroom schedule will instantly get your kids excited to read! These 5 fun reading games are...
3rd Grade Writing Worksheets can help kids step it up a notch in their writing skills. Practice paragraph and multi-paragraph compositions. Introduce them to simple thesis statements that are thought out and supported by research and organization. Teach how stories have a beginning, middle, and end. Prompt ideas in their story writing and more. Our […]
Download this FREE printable writing paper for kids - complete with 20 different style sheets, including dashed line for little kids and and regular line for older kids. Great for creative writing, handwriting practice, or writing stories and letters.
These free printable reading worksheets will work for kindergarten or 1st Grade. These learning worksheets are fun and easy no prep.
