The Winter Themed Sight Word Game Boards are great for centers! When you download this file you’ll receive 9 game boards with 4 winter themed designs. We also included 4 blank game boards so that you can add your own words. This activity is available for both the Dolch sight words and the Fry sight words. Just click the link to download the Winter Themed Sight Word Game Boards.
Our little preschoolers and kindergarteners just LOVE the mitten match activities. They are especially popular during the cold, chilly months of winter. These activities are great for either independent practice as an activity in your literacy centers or as an activity for direct instruction. Simply print the mittens on card stock, laminate and then cut. That’s it. If you’d like to add a little fine motor practice into the activity you can have your students clip the mittens together with a clothespin! There are 30 colorful rhyming mitten pairs in the MT&T Mitten Match Rhyme activity. This activity is ideal for preschool and kindergarten centers and can also be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. When you download the Mitten Match Beginning
4-In-A-Row games are one of my favorites. There is no assembly required- just print and laminate if you’d like, grab a few bingo chips and you’ll have a fun activity that your students will love. The fast pace nature of the game also allows for many practice opportunities. Playing the game is super simple. The game requires two players each having about 10 of the same colored bingo chips. Players take turns reading a word and placing their colored chip in the square. Players try to be the first to get 4 bingo chips in a row either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Players must be sure to block their opponent! Feel free to give it a try by downloading this
The File Folder Phonics activities have certainly been a hit for working with specific phonics skills during independent practice. We find that sorting activities are great for students just learning a phonics skill and then writing those words just helps to cement the concept. Many of my first grade friends are now being introduced to the oy/oi spelling pattern and this file folder activity which contains a word sort, writing practice and then writing the word within context has been super helpful. To create the file folder activity simply print the templates on office paper and adhere to a file folder. Once the templates are in place, laminate the folder. For the word sorting activity, print the words on card
Phonics phones and mirrors are two of the most important items in an early elementary small group instructional area. Phonics phones amplify the student’s voice helping the student to focus and pay attention to the sounds. Although you can purchase phonics phones, they are quite easy and inexpensive to make. View the video for instructions on how to make your own classroom phonics phones. To make phonics phones Purchase a 3/4″ PVC pipe and 3/4″ elbow joints (you will need 2 for each phone) Cut PVC pipe into 3 1/2 inch sections Put an elbow joint on each end of the pipe Colorful duct tape can be wrapped around the center of the pipe for fun. Use phonics phones… 1.
This colorful turkey themed activity is ideal for your Thanksgiving themed centers. When you download this activity you will receive 12 differentiated file folder activities designed for learning and practicing the letter sounds. Simply glue the templates on a file folder, laminate and cut the feathers and you’ll have ready made activities that will last for years! The File Folder Turkey Themed Sound Match activity can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
It’s FALL! We just love this season. It’s time to bring out all of our fall themed activities and the pumpkin themed activities are always a favorite. For our little preschool and kindergarten friends we created the file folder activities for rhyme. When you download this file you will receive the templates and corresponding pumpkins for creating four file folder activities! Assembling the activities is pretty easy. Simply cut the templates and glue on a file folder. Laminate the folder and pumpkins and cut. Although not necessary, I like to put velcro on the template and the pumpkins. The Pumpkin Patch File Folder Activities for Rhyme can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. For our friends learning
Memory aids are often used to help students remember certain spelling rules. The FLoSS rule is one of the first spelling rules taught to our first and second grade students to help them understand when to double the final “f”, “l” and “s” consonants at the end of certain words. The word “floss” actually follows the FLoSS rule. When a /f/, /l/ /s/ (or /z/) is heard after a short vowel at the end of a one-syllable word, it is spelled with a double “ff”, “ll”, “ss” or “zz”. Okay, you’re probably thinking how did that “z” sneak in there. Well, there really aren’t too many words that end in “z” so this rule will work for the majority of words your
Why buy Playdoh when you can make your own? I love making and using homemade playdough as you can make a large batch, it’s softer and the colors are so much more vibrant. There are many, many recipes for making your own. Some require cooking and not others. After trying tons of recipes I found the ones that require cooking to be the best! It’s a little more work, but it’s so well worth it. So, here’s my absolute favorite recipe: You will need flour, vegetable oil, cream of tartar, salt, water and food coloring. 1 cup of flour 1/2 cup of salt 2 Tablespoons of cream of tartar 1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil 1 cup of water Food coloring
I was out shopping last week and popped into JoAnn Fabrics. I found these super adorable spider buttons. LOVE THEM! Just for my first grade friends I thought I’d make a spider addition activity for practicing addition. First you’ll need to laminate the template or place it in a dry erase pocket. You’ll then need dice and a dry erase marker. If you could find the plastic spiders, that’d be great, but if not there are other Halloween themed manipulatives that would work just as well. Have the student roll the die and then write the number in the square and count that number of spiders placing them on the web. After rolling a second time, writing the number and
