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Rhyming Words Matching Activity

Rhyming Words Matching Activity

Rhyming is such an important phonological awareness skill. This giant rhyming words matching activity is perfect for pre-readers and beginning readers! I love the challenge of transforming an activity that would often be included on a worksheet to…

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Activating Schema using Nonfiction for Kindergartners

Activating Schema using Nonfiction for Kindergartners

According to Debbie Miller in the book Reading with Meaning, “schema” is another word for background knowledge, or what one already knows about a specific subject. One’s “schema” does not just include facts, however, it also encompasses all of…

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Punctuation Sentences for Fluency Printable

Punctuation Sentences for Fluency Printable

It’s Fluency Friday for our 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers series! Understanding punctuation is vital for helping our kids to become fluent readers. Our beginning readers should be able to model the correct inflection for each…

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Sight Word Spray

Sight Word Spray

It’s Day 11 of our 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers series. On Wednesdays during this series we are focusing on vocabulary and/or sight words. We have done TONS of sight words activities over the years (mostly…

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Fiction and Nonfiction Book Sort

Fiction and Nonfiction Book Sort

It’s Day 9 of our 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers series. On Mondays during this series we are focusing on comprehension and this Fiction and Nonfiction Book Sort helps children understand the concept between real and…

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Beginning Sound Match

Beginning Sound Match

Today is Day 5 of our 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers series. On Thursdays during this series we will be focusing on phonics (one of the five elements of well-balanced reading instruction). Whereas phonemic awareness…

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Sight Word Fishing

Sight Word Fishing

It’s Day 4 of our 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers series. On Wednesdays during this series we will be focusing on sight words and/or vocabulary. This Sight Word Fishing activity is super fun and extremely versatile….

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Bubble Gum Stretch Phonemic Awareness Activity

Bubble Gum Stretch Phonemic Awareness Activity

It’s Day 3 of our 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers series! Since it is a Tuesday, we are focusing on phonemic awareness activities. As I have previously mentioned, “Phonemic Awareness” consists of hearing the individual sounds,…

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Your One Stop Shop for Literature-Based Activities for Kids

Your One Stop Shop for Literature-Based Activities for Kids

*This is a sponsored post on behalf of Ivy Kids. I was compensated in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% mine. For several years now, I have shared my ongoing admiration for Ivy Kids. Taseea, a…

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Reading Comprehension Recording Sheets for Beginning Readers

Reading Comprehension Recording Sheets for Beginning Readers

Helping a child connect with a book is one of the most important things we can do as we are teaching him/her to read. This focus is often overlooked in our plight to teach children to read by decoding…

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Pushpin Letters

Pushpin Letters

It’s Day 1 of our 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers series…and it is also a holiday weekend, so we are having a little fun with this first activity. This Pushpin Letters activity is great for promoting…

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30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers

30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers

Join us for 30 Days of Reading Fun for Beginning Readers! This series is perfect for children who are ready to begin learning to read! One of my very favorite things in the world is teaching children to read! As…

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Dinosaur Fossils Craft with Coffee Grounds

We’re kicking off our thematic unit on “Digging up Dinosaurs” by making this Dinosaur Fossils Craft using recycled coffee grounds. Besides being fun to make, these will be going in the sensory tub for the next week or two! …

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Make a Life-Size Hundreds Chart

Make a Life-Size Hundreds Chart

When it comes to kids, everything is more fun when it is BIG! That’s why this Life-Size Hundreds Chart was a huge hit with my 5-year old! Sure, we could have practiced all these skills on a printable…

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Dolch Sight Words

Dolch Sight Words

Teaching sight words is one component of well-balanced literacy instruction. For many decades, we see a constant swing back in forth in the primary methods for reading instruction. On one end of the pendulum, we taught phonics as the…

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Color-Coded Weekly Planner Printables for Teachers and Parents

Color-Coded Weekly Planner Printables for Teachers and Parents

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PilotPenBackToSchool #PowertothePen #CollectiveBias It is Back to School time and, whether you are a teacher or a parent, organization is KEY during…

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Chalkboard First Day of School signs

Chalkboard First Day of School Signs (Preschool through Senior Year)

We have a lot of “firsts” coming up in our family. My oldest son will start his first day of middle school next week. My baby starts kindergarten the following week. It’s the end of an era for me…

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Zoo Scavenger Hunt

Zoo Scavenger Hunt Your Kids Will Love

We absolutely love going to the zoo (especially now that we renewed our zoo pass)! We normally just enjoy meandering from one exhibit to the next, but this time I thought it would be fun to trying something new…

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