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Reading For Fun Tic Tac Toe

Reading For Fun Tic Tac Toe

Getting your child to want to read shouldn't be a drudgery. With this Reading For Fun Tic Tac Toe game, your child will be begging you to read! What you need: Fiction or non-fiction book How to prep: Print the pages Cut out the Xs and Os cards Directions: This game is...

The Game of Theme

The Game of Theme

The "theme" of a story is the overall topic or lesson learned by the characters. While a "main idea" is specific to a book (i.e. Charlie learns to be a good friend to Max), the "theme" is more universal, and can be applied to various stories (i.e. friendship,...

Feelings Picture Cards

Feelings Picture Cards

Identifying and describing feelings is an important part of early literacy. It sets the stage for reading comprehension skills and allows children to understand the feelings, and therefore actions, of characters in fiction books. What you need: Scissors Laminating...

OH! Interjections and Conjunctions

OH! Interjections and Conjunctions

This game is a great way to practice orally creating complex sentences using interjections and conjunctions with a partner. What you need: Scissors Laminator (optional) How to prep: Cut apart the task cards on the dotted lines. Laminate for durability (optional)...

Rhyming Dominoes

Rhyming Dominoes

Poets often use rhyming words in their poetry. Practice your rhyming skills by playing Rhyming Dominoes! What you need: Scissors Laminator (optional) How to prep: Cut out the domino pieces Laminate for durability (optional) Directions: Each player takes 5 dominoes to...

Vowel Team Stargazing

Vowel Team Stargazing

This game makes practicing vowel teams FUN! Your child will practice the following vowel teams: oa, oe, ai, ay, oi, oy, ai, ee. What you need: 2 wooden cubes (from a craft store or big box retail store) Permanent marker About 20 game pieces per player 1 game board per...

Beginning Sounds Clip Cards

Beginning Sounds Clip Cards

This game helps with identifying beginning sounds of common words with visual aides! What you need: Clothespins Scissors Laminator (optional) How to prep: These strips are meant to review letter sounds. There are 26 of them. Print them on cardstock and laminate them...

Salt Subjects & Pepper Predicates

Salt Subjects & Pepper Predicates

Season your sentences to make them "yummy"! This activity is a great way to practice subjects and predicates by constructing sentences. What you need: Scissors Laminator (optional) Pencil How to prep: Cut out the task cards. Add 5 subjects and 5 predicates to the...

Context Clues Bingo

Context Clues Bingo

Practice context clues with a fun game of BINGO! What you need: Bingo tokens Scissors How to prep: Cut out and laminate (optional) the Calling Cards. Directions: After listening to each Calling Card read aloud, the child must figure out the meaning of the bold and...