Teaching the Sounds of -ed – A Basketball Activity!

admin March 27, 2020 No Comments

Teaching the Sounds of -ed Teaching the sounds of -ed at the end of the word indicates that something has happened in the past. The -ed ending is actually what we call a “morpheme” –  a unit of meaning. This concept can be a little tricky for our young readers as the -ed ending on a word has three sounds. When the -ed ending comes after the letter “t” or “d” it makes the /ed/ sound like in the words “melted”, “rented” and “printed”. If the word ends with the following sounds, the -ed ending will make the /t/ sound: p, k, s, f, th, ch, sh or x (e.g. jumped, fished). The /d/ sound for -ed is used for

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Clip It – Hands on Rhyme and Alphabet Activities

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Hands-On Rhyme and Alphabet Activities I just L.O.V.E the clip it cards for teaching and practicing the skill of rhyme and beginning sounds. These rhyme and alphabet activities are ideal for centers as they have a self-checking feature. Assembling the rhyme and alphabet activities Just print and cut the cards. Place a sticker behind the correct answers Next, laminate cards for years of use. Finally, hot glue a medium foam or paper star on a few clothespins and you’re all set! Rhyming Clip It When you download the Rhyming Clip It cards you will receive 32 differentiated clip it cards (several have 3 options/others have 6). The Rhyme Clip It Cards can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers

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Caterpillar Rhyme Activity

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Caterpillar Rhyme Activity The skill of rhyme is one of the most important early literacy skills for our emerging readers. Your students will absolutely love learning and practicing the skill of rhyme with the Caterpillar Rhyme activity. Assemble the Activity Print the leaves and caterpillar pages on plain paper Cut out all the pieces Laminate the leaves and caterpillars to keep this game like new for years to come Bonus, but not required: Hot glue the caterpillars to clothespins for fine motor practice Phonological Awareness Rhyme Activity When you download this activity you’ll receive 16 different rhyme sets. Each set includes a colorful main rhyming picture on the leaves. You’ll also receive 56 adorable caterpillars with the corresponding rhyming word

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Bunny Addition Game, Addition Facts to 10

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Bunny Addition Game The Penguin Addition activity was such a hit that I thought I’d create a Bunny Addition Game for a spring-themed activity along the same line. Goldfish crackers worked great as the manipulatives for the penguins, but I just couldn’t find just the right manipulative for this activity until I stopped in at our local Walmart.  This package of foam stickers had just what I was looking for! Of course, what I really wanted was only those small foam eggs, but the spring-themed animals were so cute…I think I’ll be able to put them to good use. Of course you could use jelly beans as the manipulative, but I was afraid things could get a little sticky 🙂

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Caterpillar Alphabet and Word Families Activities

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Alphabet and Word Families Activities Students will love these fun alphabet and word families activities for spring-themed centers. Little learners build colorful caterpillars while practicing beginning sounds and word families. Perfect for the classroom or homeschool settings.   Beginning Sounds Our students just love learning the letters and sounds of the alphabet with this spring-themed activity. It’s so much fun building their own caterpillar! When you download this activity you’ll receive 25 colorful alphabet caterpillars with corresponding pictures printed on caterpillar body pieces.  The number of body pieces varies from 4-7. The Creepy Crawly Caterpillar Beginning Sounds activity can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store.   Word Families The Creepy-Crawly Caterpillar activity is a fun way of

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Alphabet Activities – Spring Themed File Folder Activities

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File Folder Alphabet Activities I just love the file folder alphabet activities. After initially assembling these you have an activity for years to come. Just for spring-themed centers, I created these robin, bunny, and caterpillar themed alphabet activities! Best of all, the prep is extremely easy. Simply glue the templates on the file folder, laminate the folder and eggs and your activities are ready to go! Sound Match The Robin’s Nest Sound Match activity is ideal for our little ones just learning the letters and sounds of the alphabet. When you download this activity you will receive the templates for creating 12 file folder activities! Each activity contains robin’s nests for two-letter sounds and 10 corresponding eggs for sorting. That’s

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Teaching Those Tricky Short Vowels

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Teaching Short Vowels Those short vowel sounds can really trip up our young readers. Several of the vowels sound so similar it’s no wonder that they can be so tricky. Discrimination activities, such as this vowel sticks activity, can help our kiddos hear the differences between the sounds. When teaching short vowels this activity can be easily differentiated as you can choose which and how many vowels to use during instruction. You may want to start with only two vowels for those students who are really having a difficult time with the sounds and then add more vowels as they become more proficient with this skill.  You can then increase the difficulty of this task by providing CVC words (e.g.

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Teaching Consonant+le A Basketball Themed Activity

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Teaching Consonant+le It’s always so much fun listening and watching our young readers figure out those “longer” words. Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllable words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words. So, really, what is a syllable? Simply put, a syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a single vowel sound. “Syllabication” is the process of analyzing the pattern of vowels and consonants in a word to determine where a word is broken into its syllables. The ability to break a word into syllables helps students decode those longer words as well as helps the student remember spelling patterns. Understanding the 7 Syllable Types Understanding the 7 syllable types helps students

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FREE Consonant Digraphs Posters

admin March 15, 2020 No Comments

Free Consonant Digraphs Posters We hope you love these free consonant digraphs posters. These posters include all of our original artwork. A digraph is two letters that work together to make a single sound like sh in ship or brush. Additionally, digraphs can be made up of vowels or consonants Each digraph poster for sh, ch, th, and wh includes beginning and ending positions. Mastering the digraphs can greatly increase If you’d like to download these posters just click the following link: FREE Digraph Posters Have you ever had a project that you’ve been meaning to get to, but for some reason, it just lingers on in your to-do list?  That’s kind of how it was with these free digraphs

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Make Your Own Phonics Phones!

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Make Your Own Phonics Phones! 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 them, they are quite easy and inexpensive to make.  View the video for instructions on how to make your own for the classroom. DIY 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

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