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Ending Blends Decodable Readers

Ending Blends Decodable Readers

These 9 ending blends decodable readers are the resource you need for small reading groups, phonics practice, whole class lessons, or take home books. To add an element of fun for your students, they get to illustrate the book! Drawing the pictures to match the meaning of each page will help to build their reading comprehension. Just hit “print,” cut the pages in half, and staple! You’ll quickly have an engaging ending blends decodable reader to target your students’ specific needs.

Beginning Blends Decodable Readers

Beginning Blends Decodable Readers

These 18 beginning blends decodable readers are just the resource you need for small reading groups, phonics practice, whole class lessons, or take home books. To add an element of fun for your students, they get to illustrate the book! Drawing the pictures to match the meaning of each page will help to build their reading comprehension. Just hit “print,” cut the pages in half, and staple! You’ll quickly have an engaging beginning blends decodable reader to target your students’ specific needs.

Tropical Beginning Blends Sort

Tropical Beginning Blends Sort

Are your readers working on beginning blends? This colorful sort is the perfect way to practice 8 common beginning consonant blends. Scroll below to grab your festive freebie and then make sure to hop over and snag our Inflectional Ending Centers in our shop for more word practice! Getting Ready The prep for this beginning…

Easter Egg Consonant Blends

Easter Egg Consonant Blends

Blends are always a little tricky for my little learners, so anytime I can make practicing them engaging and fun, I’m all over it!  These Easter Egg Consonant Blend Puzzles are the perfect way to bring some playful learning to your spring centers. Grab the fun freebie below and then hop over to grab our…

Blends Activity Pack

Blends Activity Pack

Consonant blends (also called consonant clusters) are groups of two or three letters that are often placed together in words. A few of the most common blends are BL-, CL-, CR-, FR-, SC- and SM-. Our Blend Activity Pack makes it easy to focus on one type of blend with newer readers (for instance, L blends) or…

Phonics Toolkit Volume 2

Phonics Toolkit Volume 2

Need an easier way to teach phonics in Kindergarten, First, or Second Grade? Your teaching dream is coming true because the Phonics Toolkit gives you *everything* you need in one simple download.

→ Step-by-step lesson plans for 39 different phonics skills that make it easy to teach students everything from the the floss rule through blends. Just flip to the page and read through each step!

→ 79 ready-to-use literacy centers that make it fun for kids to practice each of the phonics skills. Hit “print,” and you’re ready to play.

→ Print-and-go reading passages that align with each lesson so you can stop time-sucking hunts for follow up practice material.

→ Quick phonics assessments that make it easy to pinpoint the skills each student needs to learn next. (They come in print AND digital so you can pick your favorite!)

→ Sound maps that help children memorize words that include each phonics skill in as little as 5 exposures.

…. And more!

84 Decodable Centers

84 Decodable Centers

This huge set of 84 decodable centers makes it quick and easy for you to provide playful phonics skill practice for all of your students.
 
Differentiation is a breeze when you have access to games to reinforce whichever phonics skill each of your students is learning. There are 6 different games for each phonics skill, so you’ll have plenty of options for literacy centers, word work stations, small groups, or homeschool activities.
 
Because the centers are decodable, the words are carefully selected to ensure that they contain only the phonics patterns and sight words that students have already been taught. This helps to build students’ fluency and confidence as they read, while also providing them with ample opportunities to practice and reinforce their new skills.
 
Grab this massive bundle of centers to give your students fun, interactive practice with 14 phonics skills!
Decodable Beginning Blend Centers

Decodable Beginning Blend Centers

These 6 decodable centers make it so easy and fun to practice beginning blends. The 36 different games give you plenty of options for literacy centers, word work stations, small groups, or homeschool activities. 
 
Because the centers are decodable, the words are carefully selected to ensure that they contain only the phonics patterns and sight words that students have already been taught. This helps to build students’ fluency and confidence as they read, while also providing them with ample opportunities to practice and reinforce their new skills.
 
This big pack practices 16 of the most common beginning blends: BL-, CL-, FL-, GL-, PL-, SK-, SM-, SP-, BR-, CR-, FR-, GR-, SC-, SL-, SN-, ST-.
 
Grab these centers to give your students fun, interactive beginning blend practice! 
Decodable Ending Blend Centers

Decodable Ending Blend Centers

These 6 decodable centers make it so easy and engaging to practice ending blends. The 19 different games give you the exact options you need for literacy centers, word work stations, small groups, or homeschool activities. 
 
Because the centers are decodable, the words are carefully selected to ensure that they contain only the phonics patterns and sight words that students have already been taught. This helps to build students’ fluency and confidence as they read, while also providing them with ample opportunities to practice and reinforce their new skills.
 
This big pack practices 7 of the most common ending blends: -FT, -LD, -MP, -NK, -ND, -NT, and -ST.
 
Grab these centers to give your students fun, interactive ending blend practice! 
Reading Assessment Bundle

Reading Assessment Bundle

Level up your reading instruction with these powerful phonics and phonological awareness assessments that makes it quick and easy to pinpoint each student’s needs and strengths. Assessing students’ reading skills is like turning on the lights in a dark room – suddenly you can see all of the spots that need a little extra TLC…
 
When you discover that students need to work on letter sounds, you can practice it…
 
If you find that kids are struggling with phoneme isolation, you can teach them…
 
Identifying any holes in your students’ reading skills is the first step toward filling those holes so they can get big, fast reading results. And these ready-to-use phonics and phonological awareness assessments make that quick and easy!
 
The phonics and phonological awareness assessments test 30 different skills and provides space to perform the assessments 3 times a year so you can easily track student growth over time. And to make sure you have everything you need in one spot, the forms includes simple scripts in each section so you know exactly what to say PLUS note-taking space where you can record general comments, strengths, needs, and follow-up plans.
 
When you use these reading assessments to track data, writing report cards, sharing students’ growth at parent-teacher conferences, and sorting kids into small groups feels easy and purposeful.
Phonics Assessment

Phonics Assessment

Take your phonics instruction to the next level with this powerful phonics assessment that makes it quick and easy to pinpoint each student’s needs and strengths.
Assessing students’ phonics skills is like turning on the lights in a dark room – suddenly you can see all of the spots that need a little extra TLC…
 
When you discover that students need to work on letter sounds, you can practice it…
 
If you find that kids are struggling with digraphs, you can teach them…
 
Identifying any holes in your students’ reading skills is the first step toward filling those holes so they can get big, fast reading results. And this ready-to-use phonics assessment makes that quick and easy!
 
The phonics assessment tests 18 different skills and provides space to perform the assessment 3 times a year so you can easily track student growth over time. And to make sure you have everything you need in one spot, the form includes simple scripts in each section so you know exactly what to say PLUS note-taking space where you can record general comments, strengths, needs, and follow-up plans.
 
When you use this phonics assessment to track data, writing report cards, sharing students’ growth at parent-teacher conferences, and sorting kids into small groups feels easy and purposeful.
Phonics Toolkit

Phonics Toolkit

Need an easier way to teach phonics in Pre-K, Kindergarten, First, or Second Grade? The Phonics Toolkit is your teaching dream come true because it gives you *everything* you need in one simple download:

→ Step-by-step lesson plans for 128 different phonics skills that make it easy to teach students everything from the very first letter sound /m/ through complicated spelling patterns like the trigraph -TCH. Just flip to the page and read through each step!

→ 267 ready-to-use literacy centers that make it fun for kids to practice each of the phonics skills. Hit “print,” and you’re ready to play.

→ Print-and-go reading passages that align with each lesson so you can stop time-sucking hunts for follow up practice material.

→ Quick phonics assessments that make it easy to pinpoint the skills each student needs to learn next. (They come in print AND digital so you can pick your favorite!)

→ Sound maps that help children memorize words that include each phonics skill in as little as 5 exposures.

→ Playful handwriting activity sheets that make it fun to work on letter formation.

…. And more!

Decodable Readers (Huge Bundle!)

Decodable Readers (Huge Bundle!)

This collection of 122 decodable readers helps you give every student the exact phonics practice they need with one easy download. This huge bundle of decodable passages practices short vowels, digraphs, floss rule, beginning and ending blends, CVCe long vowel words, vowel teams, diphthongs, r-influenced vowels, word endings, and trigraphs. They are perfect for any pre-k, kindergarten, first, or second grade classroom!

Just hit “print,” cut the pages in half, and staple, and you’ll quickly have an engaging decodable reader!

Word Chain Lists

Word Chain Lists

These word chain lists are a huge time and sanity saver! Instead of getting stuck trying to come up with complete word chains on your own, just print these done-for-you lists. There are 7 different varieties of word chains you can use with daily warm ups, centers, whole-class practice, or small groups.

Snag your set and then hit “print” to get 112 ready-to-go word chains!

Decodable Passages (Giant Bundle!)

Decodable Passages (Giant Bundle!)

Grab 122 decodable passages in one easy download so you can give every student the exact phonics practice they need.

This giant bundle of decodable passages practices short vowels, digraphs, floss rule, beginning and ending blends, CVCe long vowel words, vowel teams, diphthongs, r-influenced vowels, word endings, and trigraphs. They are perfect for any pre-k, kindergarten, first or second grade classroom!

Just hit “print” and you’re ready to go!

Seasonal Centers

Seasonal Centers

The changing from season to season is a great way to teach students about the passage of time. These activities can provide kids in preschool, kindergarten and first grade helpful ways to explore the whole year. Whether you’re looking for apples, leaves and pumpkin centers in the fall or snow, penguin and hot cocoa themed…

Free Ice Cream Blend Puzzles

Free Ice Cream Blend Puzzles

If you’re looking for a motivating, visual way to teach kids how to read and write blends like BL-, FR- and SM-, you’ll love these free ice cream puzzles. They’re great to use as literacy centers, guided reading activities or homeschool practice. You’ll love the low prep set up and kids will love the sweet theme:…

Blend Puzzles

Blend Puzzles

Activities that can easily be implemented anytime of the year are the best! These blend puzzles are the perfect addition to your literacy centers, no matter what season it is. Grab your free blend puzzles below and then hop over and snag our kid-approved Blend Centers! Getting Ready To prep, I printed the blend puzzles  (below)…

CVC Clip Cards

CVC Clip Cards

Clip cards are a quick and easy way for kids to practice reading skills. That’s one of the reasons we love them so much! Rhyming, alphabet letters, blends, digraphs… you name it, we’ve clipped it!  These CVC clip cards are a motivating way to help students identify middle vowel sounds. They are a perfect addition to…

CCVC Puzzles

CCVC Puzzles

Looking for a fun way to help kids learn how to spell simple CCVC words such as ship, frog and crab? These print and play CCVC puzzles are easy to prepare and motivating to play. To practice any word under the sun, check out our Editable Sight Word Games in our shop! This post contains…

Digraph and Blend Chart

Digraph and Blend Chart

Digraphs and blends tend to trip up new readers. Just when kids finally have their letter sounds down, out pop tricky letter combinations that change those sounds. Oy! This digraph and blend chart is a helpful way for students to keep letter clusters straight once and for all. Grab your copy below and then hop over and…

Blend Clip Cards

Blend Clip Cards

If you’re teaching kids how to read blends including FL-, BR- and SM-, these free blend clip cards are a must. Use them as a literacy center, word work station, word work activity or homeschool game. The sky’s the limit!  When you’re done, hop on over and check out our Inflectional Ending Centers in our shop…

Two Kinds of Readers

Two Kinds of Readers

Did you know that there are two kinds of readers sitting in your classroom right now? It’s true! And if you’ve ever felt unsure about how to help a struggling reader, than you’ll want to stick around, because knowing how to spot each type will help you get bigger, faster teaching results. This is just…

How to Teach Reading

How to Teach Reading

If you’re wondering how to teach reading, you’re in the right spot! This step-by-step guide covers everything from pre-reading skills to phonics, sight words and reading comprehension so that you can take kids from NON-readers to STRONG readers. Check out the step-by-step below and then request an invite to my 4 week course, The Reading…

Free Blend Posters and Dice

Free Blend Posters and Dice

These free blend posters and dice are a great visual way to teach blends like CR-, GL- and SK-. The posters are great as a classroom display or flashcards, and the dice provide an engaging way for children to think of words that begin with each blend.  Also included is a chart of blend examples!…

Digraph Playdough Mats Activity

Digraph Playdough Mats Activity

Kids will learn common digraphs in no time with these cute playdough mats. They are easy to prepare and make an awesome word work station or literacy center. This playdough digraph activity is the perfect complement to our popular Digraph Activity Pack!  Grab your download below!  And for more playdough fun, check out our awesome…

20 Flower Activities

20 Flower Activities

I don’t know about you, but after a long and gray winter, I’m always excited to see flowers start to grow. You too? From working on phonics and letter sounds to science experiments and ten frames, these flower activities are perfect for kindergarten and first grade. There are even some gorgeous flower art projects that…

Phonics 4 in a Row Game

Phonics 4 in a Row Game

Whether you’re working on simple CVC words, digraphs, blends or R-influenced words, these playful Phonics 4 in a Row games are a must-play. Kids love them so much that they actually ASK to play again! Snag your set below and then hop over and snag our 26 more work work centers your students will beg…

First Grade Centers

First Grade Centers

If you’re looking for first grade centers your students will beg to repeat, you’ve come to the right spot! Playdough to Plato is all-in on helping you save time, stay inspired and get bigger teaching results so we pulled together some of our favorite first grade centers in one spot right here. Just click one…

Free Sight Word Games

Free Sight Word Games

Sight words like THE, FOR, and TO make up a *huge* percentage of the text kids read, so memorizing them is a great way to increase students’ reading fluency. And these print-and-go sight word games make it extra fun for kids to practice them! Since they’re editable, you can easily work on any words under…

February Centers

February Centers

Take your February math and literacy centers to the next level with these 23 print-and-play stations.  Practice sight words, CVC words, 2D and 3D shapes, math facts, units of time and so much more.  They are perfect for kindergarten and first grade!

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

LITERACY CENTERS:

–> EDITABLE Sight Word Board Game

–> EDITABLE Flip & Write Sight Word Game

–> EDITABLE Sight Word Hide & Seek Pocket Chart Game

–> EDITABLE Sight Word I Have, Who Has Game

–> EDITABLE Write the Room Sight Word Game

–> Rhyming Puzzles

–> CVC Puzzles

–> 10 CVC Roll It, Read It, Write It Sheets

–> 2 Digraph Roll It, Read It, Write It Sheets

–> 2 Blends Roll It, Read It, Write It Sheets

–> Compound Word Puzzles

–> 3 Story Starters + Word Cards

MATH CENTERS:

–> Mystery Number Challenges

–> Place Value Build & Compare Game

–> Place Value War

–> Subtraction from 10 Game

–> 2 Sets of Subtraction Mats (Subtraction from 6 & Subtraction from 12)

–> Math Fact Board Game

–> 2 Versions of Roll & Cover Pattern Block Mats (Numbers 1-6 and Adding 2-12)

–> I Have, Who Has 2D Shapes

–> I Have, Who Has 3D Shapes

–> Units of Time Clip Cards

–> Daytime or Nighttime Sort

 

THAT’S 23 MATH AND LITERACY FEBRUARY CENTERS IN ALL!

Ending Blend Centers

Ending Blend Centers

These 8 ending blend centers are perfect for kindergarten or first grade literacy centers, word work stations, or homeschool activities.

Just like the beginning blend centers, you can focus on one type of blend with newer readers (for instance, L blends) or review several different blends at the same time for kiddos who are ready for a challenge.

The playful centers practice 9 of the most common ending blends:

-CT, -FT, -LD, -LF, -LK, -LP, -MP, -NK, and -PT.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> Phonics Cover Up

–> Word Trash

–> Rocket Words

–> Blend Puzzles

–> Roll, Read and Write Game

–> Spin and Write Game

–> Phonics Puzzles

–> Blend Color Up

First Grade at Home – Week Ten

First Grade at Home – Week Ten

Let’s finish out our print-and-play series with one last batch of done-for-you (SUPER motivating!) first grade activities! Just like last week, I’m excited to give you just-right activities for your students to complete at home so that they hit the ground running when school starts back up again.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> A teacher letter you can copy and paste in an email to quickly explain your plan to families.

–> A weekly checklist giving kids 25 simple (and fun!) ways to stay engaged and learning.

–> 6 print-and-play activities practicing sight words (they’re EDITABLE!), blends, magic E words, diphthongs, adding to 12 and 20 and shapes.

–> PLUS, as a bonus, you’ll also receive an engaging flower science experiment.

Second Grade at Home – Week Nine

Second Grade at Home – Week Nine

Save hours of distance learning planning time with this done-for-you (SUPER motivating!) pack of second grade activities! Just like last week, I’m excited to give you just-right activities for your students to complete at home so that they hit the ground running when school starts back up again.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> A teacher letter you can copy and paste in an email to quickly explain your plan to families.

–> A weekly checklist giving kids 25 simple (and fun!) ways to stay engaged and learning.

–> 7 print-and-play activities practicing sight words (they’re EDITABLE!), diphthongs, silent consonant pairs, 3-letter blends, 3-digit place value and greater than/less than.

–> PLUS, as a bonus, you’ll also receive super motivating batch of LEGO STEM challenges kids will LOVE.

Second Grade at Home – Week Eight

Second Grade at Home – Week Eight

Save hours of planning time with this done-for-you (SUPER motivating!) pack of second grade distance learning activities! Just like last week, I’m excited to give you just-right activities for your students to complete at home so that they hit the ground running when school starts back up again.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> A teacher letter you can copy and paste in an email to quickly explain your plan to families.

–> A weekly checklist giving kids 25 simple (and fun!) ways to stay engaged and learning.

–> 7 print-and-play activities practicing sight words (they’re EDITABLE!), diphthongs, silent consonant pairs, 3-letter blends, 3-digit place value and 2 and 3-dimensional shapes.

–> PLUS, as a bonus, you’ll also receive a motivating science project teaching kids about density and buoyancy.

Second Grade at Home – Week Six

Second Grade at Home – Week Six

Get ready for some seriously fun distance learning! Just like last week, I’m excited to give you just-right activities for your students to complete at home so that they hit the ground running when school starts back up again.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> A teacher letter you can copy and paste in an email to quickly explain your plan to families.

–> A weekly checklist giving kids 25 simple (and fun!) ways to stay engaged and learning.

–> 6 print-and-play activities practicing sight words (it’s EDITABLE!), R-influenced words, silent consonant pairs, diphthongs, 3-letter blends, building and comparing fractions, 3-digit addition and beginning multiplication.

–> PLUS, as a bonus, you’ll also receive a fun science craftivity teaching kids about the 4 types of clouds.

 

Second Grade at Home – Week One

Second Grade at Home – Week One

I’ve heard from so many second grade teachers like you whose schools are closing indefinitely because of the coronavirus and they need an easy way to keep kids engaged and learning at home.

Rather than scrambling to pull together just-right activities for your students each week, I’m excited to give you a simple solution: a pack of school at home activities your students can complete on their own.

And since we know that some families won’t have access to printers, I made sure to include plenty of printable-free learning options so that every child can participate.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> A teacher letter you can copy and paste in an email to quickly explain your plan to families.

–> A weekly checklist giving kids 25 simple (and fun!) ways to stay engaged and learning.

–> 5 print-and-play activities families can print off at home. This week works on blends and diphthongs, sight words, addition and subtraction within 20, telling time to the quarter hour, and comparing numbers to 200.

First Grade at Home – Week One

First Grade at Home – Week One

I’ve heard from so many first grade teachers like you whose schools are closing indefinitely because of the coronavirus and they need an easy way to keep kids engaged and learning at home.

Rather than scrambling to pull together just-right activities for your students each week, I’m excited to give you a simple solution: a pack of school at home activities your students can complete on their own.

And since we know that some families won’t have access to printers, I made sure to include plenty of printable-free learning options so that every child can participate.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> A teacher letter you can copy and paste in an email to quickly explain your plan to families.

–> A weekly checklist giving kids 25 simple (and fun!) ways to stay engaged and learning.

–> 5 print-and-play activities families can print off at home. This week works on digraphs and blends, sight words, addition and subtraction within 10, addition and subtraction within 20, 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes, and telling time to the quarter hour.

End of Year Centers

End of Year Centers

End of year centers your students will LOVE! Finish the year stronger than ever with 21 math and literacy centers practicing word families, sight words, telling time, skip counting, number bonds and so much more.

The end of year centers are easy to differentiate, making them perfect for kindergarten and first grade!

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

LITERACY CENTERS

The mega pack makes it so easy to differentiate. Stretch activities for your strong readers and break down the activities for your struggling kiddos.

–> Color Up. Work on letter sounds, digraphs or blends! Simply grab a card, say the word out loud and color the beginning sound.

–> Spin a Word Family. Spin a word, read it and color it on your sheet. There are 5 versions so you can practice every vowel.

–> Word Clip Cards. Have students read and clip CVC words or, if they’re ready for a challenge, give them the Magic E version instead.

–> EDITABLE Sight Word Game. Race to the finish line as you read and write sight words along the way!

–> EDITABLE Roll and Write. Roll a die and write the matching word. Because the game is editable, you can practice any words under the sun!

–> EDITABLE Sight Word Puzzles. Match each sight word with its twin! When you’ve finished, write your pairs on your record sheet to practice spelling.

–> EDITABLE Hide and Seek. Play a pocket chart sight word game with the class!

–> EDITABLE Sight Word Card Game. Have students practice their sight words with a friend!

–> 4 Story Starters. Get kids writing with creative story prompts and end of year word cards.

MATH CENTERS

The set also includes math activities teaching critical skills including numbers, telling time, addition and subtraction.

–> Mystery Numbers. Practice counting in numerical order from 1-120.

–> Skip Counting. For students who are ready to be stretched, practice skip counting by 2, 5 or 10 instead.

–> Shape Graph. Work on 2D or 3D shapes AND build graphing skills at the same time. Just spin a shape and add it to the graph!

–> Number Bonds. Figure out the missing number and write it on your number bond!

–> Telling Time 4 in a Row. Read the analog clock and then find the digital time that matches! There are two versions included so that you can easily differentiate for a variety of learners: telling time to the nearest hour and quarter hour.

 

THERE ARE 21 END OF YEAR MATH AND LITERACY CENTERS IN ALL!

Earth Day Centers

Earth Day Centers

These Earth Day centers make it so easy to plan your math and literacy activities for the week of April 22nd! Just hit print.

This print-and-play pack includes 18 math and literacy centers practicing word families, sight words, telling time, number bonds and so much more.

The Earth Day centers are easy to differentiate, making them perfect for kindergarten and first grade!

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

LITERACY CENTERS

The mega pack makes it so easy to differentiate. Stretch activities for your strong readers and break down the activities for your struggling kiddos.

–> Beginning Sounds Color Up. Pick a card from the pile and color the letter that starts with the word shown.

–> Digraph Color Up. For students who are ready to be stretched, practice digraph words instead.

–> Blends Color Up. And for children who need even more of a push, pull out the blends version of the game.

–> EDITABLE Sight Word Game. Race to the finish line as you read and write sight words along the way!

–> EDITABLE I Spy Game. Have fun and burn off a little extra energy as kids search the room for sight words and then practice spelling them on their record sheet.

–> EDITABLE Sight Word Puzzles. Match each sight word with its twin!

–> 3 Story Starters. Get kids writing with creative story prompts and Earth Day word cards.

MATH CENTERS

The set also includes math activities teaching critical skills including numbers, telling time, addition and subtraction.

–> What’s Next? Easily differentiate by having kids focus on the numbers 1-20, 1-50 or 1-120.

–> Roll and Cover. Challenge students to roll two dice, add the numbers together, and then cover up the sum on their pattern block mat.

–> Subtraction Mats. Spin two numbers, write the subtraction problem and solve it!

–> Number Bonds. Have kids complete Earth Day number bonds.

–> Telling Time Puzzles. Read the analog clock and then find the digital time that matches! There are three versions included so that you can easily differentiate for a variety of learners: telling time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour.

–> Color by Shape. Practice naming and recognizing 2D or 3D shapes with a playful game of chance.

–> Shape Graph. Spin a shape and add it to the graph. What shape reaches the top first?

 

THERE ARE 18 EARTH DAY MATH AND LITERACY CENTERS IN ALL!

Writing Center Starter Kit

Writing Center Starter Kit

This starter kit gives you everything you need for your kindergarten or first grade writing center! Whether you’re setting up a station as a separate space in your classroom or making go-to writing folders each student can keep in her desk and pull out during writing time, this starter kit has you covered.
 
It even has EDITABLE sheets including word lists you can customize with classmates’ names or holiday words AND writing rubrics you can use to assess students’ progress.
 
 
INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:
 
–> Colorful writing center bunting to hang in a station
–> 31 alphabet posters to hang on the wall (including long and short vowel sounds)
–> Alphabet charts for students’ writing folders
–> Blends and digraphs chart
–> Writing rules checklist
–> 17 themed word lists with helpful pictures (includes UK version)
–> Sight word lists sorted by phonics skill
–> Writing journal covers
–> Primary lined paper
–> Primary lined paper with EDITABLE rubric
–> Lined paper
–> Lined paper with EDITABLE rubric
–> 3 posters (alphabet chart, how to sound out words and writing rules checklist)
 
You’ll have everything you need in one easy download!
Dinosaur Sight Word Game

Dinosaur Sight Word Game

Dinosaur fans will roar with excitement over this playful sight word game. Use it to practice word families, Dolch lists, Fry words, beginning blends or digraphs… anything under the sun! Because it’s editable, there are countless ways to use it in your word work station or literacy center. Grab your copy below and then hop…

Beginning Blend Centers

Beginning Blend Centers

These 10 beginning blend centers are perfect for kindergarten or first grade literacy centers, word work stations, or homeschool activities.
 
Focus on one type of blend with newer readers (for instance, L blends) or review several different blends at the same time for kiddos who are ready for a challenge.
 
The playful activity pack practices 19 of the most common blends:
 
BL-, BR-,CL-, CR-, DR-, FL-, FR-, GL-, GR-, PL-, PR-, SC-, SK-, SL-, SM-, SN-, SP-, ST-, SW- and TR-.
 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND
 
–> 19 Foldable Blend Books (one for each blend)
–> 20 Match Up Puzzles
–> 54 Write and Wipe Cards
–> 3 Roll and Write Games
–> Flip and Write
–> 20 Clip Cards
–> Spin and Color No-Prep Sheets
–> Color by Blend No-Prep Sheets
–> What’s Right? No-Prep Sheets
Our Instagram Reel

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Welcome Instagram friends! This is the place to find all of our latest posts in one spot. Simply scroll down and click on the activity you’re searching for – our newest posts are on top. Spring STEM Challenges in our shop // on Teachers Pay Teachers 3D Shape Puzzles Sticky Ice Rainbow Digraph Puzzles Egg…

A Year of Sight Word Games

A Year of Sight Word Games

I won’t downplay it – I’m totally obsessed with these 32 editable sight word games.  And teachers are too! The pack has earned more than 1,300 four star ratings on Teachers Pay Teachers. “This has to be one of the best things that I have ever bought! These save me so much time and headaches when it’s time to…

Word Work Bundle

Word Work Bundle

BUNDLE AND SAVE! Add HUNDREDS of motivating word work stations to your collection so you can easily differentiate your literacy centers for a variety of reading levels. Print one center for students who are practice letter sounds, pull another center for kids who are working on blends…

The Word Work Bundle includes ALL of my phonics and sight word packs… including all of the EDITABLE ones… so you have everything you need in one spot.

It’s tailor-made for preschool, kindergarten and first grade teachers.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

The MEGA bundle includes 450+ centers practicing sight words and phonics skills:

–> Rhyming

–> Syllable segmenting

–> Names

–> Alphabet letter names and sounds

–> Beginning sounds

–> Short vowels

–> CVC words

–> Beginning digraphs

–> Ending digraphs

–> Beginning blends

–> Ending blends

–> Vowel teams

–> Magic E words

–> Diphthongs

–> R-controlled vowels

–> Compound words

–> Sight Words

–> Reading fluency