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Compound Word Puzzles

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading 6 Comments

Activity for ages 6 to 8. If there’s one thing that always intrigues my students, it’s puzzles. They love searching until they find the “just-right” piece and then watching the big picture come together. That’s why I love to incorporate puzzles into our learning stations as often as possible. And these compound word puzzles are […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Free Sight Word Games

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Kindergarten Reading, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading, Sight Word Games 13 Comments

Activity for ages 4-6. Sight words make up a HUGE percentage of the text kids read so memorizing them is a great way to increase students’ reading fluency. These easy to follow sight word games are a motivating alternative to drilling flashcards. They make super fun literacy centers, word work stations or homeschool activities. Grab your free set below and then hop […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Fluency Trees

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Activity for ages 5 to 8. Building students’ reading fluency takes practice. Lots and lots of practice. But our pack of fluency trees makes it so easy to take children’s reading to the next level by giving kids practice reading the top 100 Dolch and Fry sight words in growing sentences. Grab your pack in […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Reading Comprehension Activities

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There is so much more to reading than just sounding out words. Kids need to be able to THINK about what they’re reading too! These fun reading comprehension activities help students learn how to understand what a story or reading passage is all about. They’re great for kids in kindergarten on up. Reading Comprehension Activities First up?! Stretch […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Reading Cheat Sheets

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Kindergarten Reading, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading, Teaching Tips 16 Comments

Activities for ages 3 to 8. Do some of your students struggle to read but you’re not sure how to help? Have you ever imagined having an easy cheat sheet for picking “just right” reading lessons for every student in class? Wish. Granted. Whether you need a quick reference to help you plan your reading group […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Diphthong Puzzles

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading 3 Comments

Activity for ages 6 to 8. Diphthongs can be a difficult concept to grasp for many students but fun, hands-on activities like these diphthong puzzles can help. The game is a perfect addition to your literacy centers and can easily be used throughout the entire school year. Getting Ready To prep, I printed the Diphthong Puzzles (below) on […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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32 Clever Word Work Centers

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Kindergarten Reading, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading, Sight Word Games, Word Family Activities 1 Comment

Activities for ages 5 to 8. Clever word work centers make it fun for kids to practice everything from rhyming to word building, sight words, word families, spelling and more. These motivating word work centers are so entertaining that kids won’t even realize they are learning. They are the perfect compliment to our best selling EDITABLE Word Work […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Student Book Recommendations

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, First Grade Writing, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading, Second Grade Writing 9 Comments

Activity for ages 5 to 8. Student book recommendations are a great way to get kids talking about the stories they read. Whether you’re working on an author study, need a book-themed bulletin board idea, or just want kids to reflect on books, this sheet is sure to do the trick! Grab your copy below. This post […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Long Vowel Clip Cards

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Long vs. Short Vowels, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading 1 Comment

Activity for ages 6 to 8. Long vowels are tricky! There are numerous ways to spell them out so it takes time and practice for kids to become confident. These long vowel clip cards are an easy and fun way to show long vowel words spelled in different ways. They’re great puzzlers for first and second graders. […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Gingerbread Man Sight Word Game

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Kindergarten Reading, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading, Sight Word Games 10 Comments

Activity for ages 5 to 7. Memorizing sight words takes lots of practice so I love to keep learning fun by playing motivating sight word games. This simple gingerbread man boardgame is perfect for the holidays and, because it’s editable, it works with any words under the sun. Just like our mega pack of editable sight […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Close Reading Activity Cards

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Plato's Blog, Reading Comprehension, Second Grade Reading 2 Comments

Close reading differs from regular reading by intentionally looking more closely at text in order to fully understand the content and meaning. These close reading activity cards are perfect for Grade 1 and Grade 2 children – the texts are short to help keep concentration high! Why do we use close reading? When children are learning […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Free Dipthong Clip Cards

by Filed Under: First Grade Reading, Free Printables, Plato's Blog, Second Grade Reading 2 Comments

Activity for ages 7 to 9. If you’re teaching kids about dipthongs (two letters that make one sound like OI in the word “coin”), these free dipthong clip cards are a must-try literacy center or word work station. They’re easy to prep and fun to play! Getting Ready To prep, I simply printed the cards on cardstock to […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Motivating Magic E Activities

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Activities for ages 6 to 8. Ready to tackle those tricky CVCe words?! This playful magic E activity pack teaches kids what happens to words when a silent e is added to the end. Magically transform words with magic E wands, race to put out a raging fire by reading and writing CVC and CVCe words, play […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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Digraph Activities!

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Activities for ages 6 to 8. Just when kids have finally mastered letter sounds, along come tricky digraphs like CH-, TH- and SH- to trip them up again. These ten digraph activities make it fun to master the most common digraphs in words: CH, CK, KN, NG, PH, QU, SH, TH, and WH. Grab your set in […]

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Ashley is a California native who spent 8 years teaching in an elementary school classroom before making the transition to being a stay at home mom. Her passion for education led her to continue to make educational resources while working at home. Now, she’s tackling the adventures of homeschooling with her two boys, and she’s excited to be a part of the Playdough to Plato team! Find more from Ashley over on her blog, Teaching Where You're Called.
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