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Sunday, October 29, 2023

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for SCARECROWS!

 

Nothing says FALL quite like scarecrows. Now is the time to immerse your learners in all things scarecrow.

Start with this FREE glyph:

Then provide a wide spectrum of activities with this thematic unit:


Sight word practice is always a good thing:


Everyone needs a scarecrow math center:


Add some critical thinking:


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Friday, October 13, 2023

IT'S ABOUT TIME for STELLALUNA!

 


Introducing my learners to Stellaluna, by Janelle Cannon, is one of the things I most look forward to in October. Immersing my class in all things BATS is just so fun. Check out these resources:


Extending the learning for Stellaluna has never been more fun! This thematic unit includes activities for literacy centers, math centers, writing, poetry, & word work.  Also provided are math journal prompts, lots of printable worksheets, and more!


THE BAT CAVE Literacy Center is a word sort to practice rhyming words. Students will move each bat/word card to the bat cave with a rhyming word. This FREE activity exercises onset and rime exchanges with basic C-V-C vocabulary, as well as with irregularly spelled words. THE BAT CAVE is also available in digital form on TPT Easel.


Promote phonemic awareness of initial consonant blends with this bat themed phonics sortBAT BLENDS is available in print and digital versions (TPT Easel).

Students will sort words with the long and short sounds of /a/. This activity is provided in print and digital versions (TPT Easel). 

Tangram puzzles exercise concepts about geometry (transformation, rotation, congruence, symmetry, etc.). This differentiated activity is great for center or individual work in primary grades.

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Saturday, October 7, 2023

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for PUNS!

 

PUN is a delightful literary device that can inject humor into writing. PUNS provide word play with homophones or homonyms.  

Create a research activity with these task cards. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will hone research skills and build vocabulary. All of the following resources are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel.


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The challenge in this FREE activity is to create a word that sounds similar to BUMBLEBEE and fulfills the clue on the task card.



With these 40 task cards, students are asked to find a word that ends with –ANT and fulfills the clue.



This set of 40 task cards requires your learners to find a word that contains the /bÄ“/ sound, or similar, and fulfills the clue.

Inject some fun into your lessons with these PUN TASK CARDS!