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Consonant Blend Sorting Mats

Consonant Blend Sorting Mats

1. Decide which mats the child will work with. 2. Mix up the cards that go with the mat(s) you chose. 3. Sort the picture cards and place them in the appropriate column on the mat based on the beginning consonant blendLearning Benchmarks: Primary: The child...

Fiction and Nonfiction Sort

Fiction and Nonfiction Sort

1. Cut out the fiction and non-fiction book icons. 2. Examine the book covers carefully and use what you know about fiction and non-fiction texts to make an educated guess about whether each book is fiction or non-fiction. 3. Glue the fiction books on the Fiction...

Context Clue Puzzle Pieces

Context Clue Puzzle Pieces

1. Each puzzle piece with a sentence goes together with a puzzle piece with a single word on it. 2. Read the sentence and note the underlined word. 3. Use context clues to find the puzzle piece with the meaning of the underlined word. 4.These sentences can be read to...

Classic Literature Tournament

Classic Literature Tournament

The goal is to read these 8 classic books to decide which one is the BEST! This activity may take all year (or even more) to complete. 1. Read the books in order if possible. 2. After reading the first two books, decide which one is better. That book will go on in the...

All About Alliterations

All About Alliterations

1. Choose one letter and one number at a time. 2.Make an alliteration using the number you chose as the amount of times you must use the letter you chose as the first letter of most of your words. For Example: I pulled the letter Y and the number 4. The young, yellow...

Sound Practice Cards

Sound Practice Cards

1. Use the cards to review the sounds as the child learns them. The small number in the bottom righthand corner of some cards indicates that the letter has more than one sound.2. For reference, the sound list/grid from Week 2 is included. Use it if you’re not sure...

Sound Tiles

Sound Tiles

Objective: These tiles can be used to make words, practice letter sounds, digraphs, blends, and vowel teams. 1. Each tile represents one sound. That means that more than one tile is needed to create a blend. However only one tile would be used to create a vowel team,...

Layers of the Earth Foldable Model

Layers of the Earth Foldable Model

Our Earth is divided into layers beneath the very ground we walk on. The continental and oceanic crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, upper and lower mantle, outer and inner core. This activity grants an in-depth knowledge of the earth’s inner wonders!  Materials:...

Thick and Thin Questions Bookmarks

Thick and Thin Questions Bookmarks

Asking and answering your own questions is one of the most important things you’ll do as a reader! 1. Use this bookmark to remind you about the kind of questions you can ask while you read. 2. When a question pops up in your mind, write it down on a mini sticky note...