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Very Hungry Caterpillar Puzzles

Very Hungry Caterpillar Puzzles

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of our family’s favorite children’s stories. We’ve read it so many times that Big Brother (age 5.5) can recite the words without even cracking open the book.  So I was excited to pull together a fun follow up activity for my kids: Very Hungry Caterpillar puzzles. These simple, colorful…

Magic E Shamrock Puzzles

Magic E Shamrock Puzzles

Learning to read is so exciting and, once kids build up confidence with their CVC words, they may be ready to tackle those “Magic E” long vowel words. These Shamrock magic e puzzles are great to add to your St. Patrick’s day themed learning activities if your kids are ready for some “Magic E” fun!…

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…

Digraph Wheels

Digraph Wheels

These bright, hands-on digraph wheels make a wonderful literacy center focused on learning common digraphs such as CH- and SH-. For more fun with words, check out our best-selling Editable Sight Word Games for endless fun! Getting Ready To prep for the activity, I began by printing the digraph wheels on cardstock to give them…

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…

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…

Penguin Word Family Sort

Penguin Word Family Sort

This playful penguin word family sort is sure to be a hit with kids and you’ll love that they’re practicing important reading skills. To make it easier for you to get EVERY student bigger results, the freebie comes in TWO versions so you can quickly adjust the difficulty: One focuses on rhyming And the second…

Reindeer Rhymes

Reindeer Rhymes

Looking for a fun holiday rhyming activity?!  This reindeer rhymes center is a playful way to work on rhyming and CVC words this holiday season. Snag your activity and then hop over and grab our best-selling Editable Sight Word Games in our shop! Getting Ready I know that this time of year can be busy…

Fall Centers

Fall Centers

Get ready for some seriously fun learning! These 14 fall centers are perfect for kindergarten or first grade and include print-and-play math AND literacy stations. Grab the printable below and then hop over to become a VIP Plato Pack member so you can get all of the tools, strategies and support you need to reach…

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!
Outer Space Activity Pack

Outer Space Activity Pack

Ready to geek out on outer space activities? Inspire kids to fall in love with the solar system with these 25 playful science, math and literacy activities. Just print and play!

Kids are fascinated by space and these 25 science, math and literacy activities take their excitement to a whole new level.

There’s so much included in this set! Check out all the fun details below.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

SCIENCE

–> Solar System Hats

–> Space Bingo (class set!)

–> Space Match Up

–> Clip the Planet

–> How Far are the Planets from the Sun?

–> Planet Fact Sheets (Including ready to read summaries for each planet)

–> Oreo Moon Phases

–> More Water or Land?

MATH

–> Space Race

–> 2D Shape Concentration

–> 2D Color by Shape Game

–> 3D Color by Shape Game

–> Comparing Space Rockets (Greater than and less than)

–> AB, ABB and ABC Space Patterns

–> Skipping Stars (Working on skip counting by 2, 5, 10 and all three at once)

LITERACY

–> Roll an Alien (It’s EDITABLE so you can practice any words under the sun!)

–> Space Race Sight Word Game (Also EDITABLE!)

–> 5 Spin a Word Family Sheets

–> Outer Space Alphabet

–> Handwriting Activity Pages

–> NO PREP Space Stories

–> My Space Flip Book

–> My Trip to the Moon First, Next, Then Story

–> Mini Planet Book

 

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EDITABLE Guided Reading Binder

EDITABLE Guided Reading Binder

The EDITABLE Guided Reading Binder helps you stay organized and track student progress all year long. The bright and colorful set includes everything you need: binder covers, section dividers, divider tabs, binder spines, alphabet and sight word assessments, student data sheets and so much more!

Just print the pages you’ll use and slide them into place. Easy peasy.

 

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

–> Bright, colorful binder covers

–> Section dividers including an editable copy so you can type custom pages

–> Divider tabs including two editable ones

–> Binder spines

–> Alphabet and sight word assessments

–> Student data sheets that allow you to easily track reading progress throughout the year

–> A class reading level chart so that you can quickly group children with similar reading levels

–> Student grouping pages

–> Small group lesson plan sheets

–> Student notes

–> To do list

–> Family communication log

–> Meeting Notes