IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for HALLOWEEN!

 

Are you ready?  These Halloween TREATS will fill your teacher's bag with activities that will delight your students.  Many are applicable to multiple, elementary grades.  Take a look:

• literacy
• math
• literacy & math
• critical thinking
• fun

Fill your bag here.

PHONICS SORTS LITERACY CENTERS FOR PRIMARY CLASSROOMS

It's about time, teachers, for 

This bundle contains 7 phonics sorts literacy centers.  

• Two centers focus on consonant sounds
• 4 concentrate on vowel and vowel digraph sounds 
• One offers practice with initial consonant blends. 
• Two centers are seasonal; the others are not. 
• Four of the centers provide word/picture cards for sorting while one supplies pictures only. These centers provide more support for early readers. 
• Two centers supply word cards only, making them more challenging. 
• Three centers are ideal for book extensions: Owl and Crow Phonics Sort pairs with Barn Dance by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault and is included in my thematic unit, Hoedown!; Bat Blends Phonics Sort and Bats and Bridges Phonics Sort work well with Jannelle Cannon's, Stellaluna. Both bat phonics sorts are included in my thematic unit, Hanging Out with Stellaluna.

By purchasing the bundle, you will save 20%.    

USING POETRY IN THE CLASSROOM - Part 3

It's about time, teachers, to describe more ways I use poetry in the classroom . . .

Poetry is absolutely wonderful for phonics instruction.  Consider the following poem:

By drawing your students’ attention to the rhyming words at the end of the lines, you can quickly establish an understanding of rimes.  For example, high rhymes with dry.  The rime, however, is spelled quite differently.  Similarly, crawl and fall illustrate 2 rime spellings for the same phoneme.    

Certainly, phonemic instruction with poems is not limited to rimes. I use the following poem to focus on vowel sounds:

I’m a big fan of anchor charts that remind students of phonemes we have studied. Using an enlarged copy of the poem, I ask the children to find words with the long /a/ sound.  We record them on a chart.  Then I have them find the words with the short /a/ sound and we record those words.  We collaborate to add more words to each side of the chart and, thereby, extend the learning.

The following poem could be used to work on consonant blends.

My learners are asked to look for and circle all the consonant blends they can find.  Students should be reminded that the blends are not limited to the beginning of words.  BTW, I require my students to work in pencil so that mistakes can be corrected.

Hopefully, it is now clear that the possibilities for phonics instruction are nearly limitless!

You may be interested in these poetry resources:

COLLABORATIVE BOARDS for TEACHERS on PINTEREST

I have 15 boards that are open to new collaborators.  It's easy to join.  Just follow the board(s) and/or me.  Then send me an email with your Pinterest profile name and the board(s) you wish to join.  Easy peasey!

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FRIDAY FLASH FREEBIE!!!

FRIDAY FLASH FREEBIE!  

Fun phonics sort for your literacy center!  Bat Blends is a perfect extension activity for a Stellaluna unit.

I'm offering this product as a freebie because I'm looking for feedback on it.  If you download it, please take a minute to leave a rating on TpT.  TYIA!

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Phonics Sorts for Hard and Soft Consonants

It's about time, teachers, for some phonics sorts!

Do your kiddos need some practice with hard /c/, soft /c/, hard /g/, and soft /g/?  Then check out these fun resources that provide practice with these sounds in the initial and medial positions.

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Boom!

It's about time, teachers, that you discover

You have a smart board. You need resources for your smart board. You need Boom! Learning.

This is a relatively new site that offers teachers resources that are ready to use on interactive whiteboards. All of the apps are created by teachers for teachers.  

In the month since I discovered this site, I have been busy uploading resources; 24 decks and 2 bundles, so far.  Now the problem is, how do I get YOU to be as excited about this as I am?  

Perhaps a preview will help you realize the potential...

And so it continues. 

There you have an interactive phonics center that does not require any printing, cutting, laminating, or storage solutions.  It will work on tablets or laptops, as well.  

This is just my 1st preview.  If you teach older students, I have plenty of decks for you. Check back soon for more previews.

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Halloween Phonics Sort Literacy Center

If you are looking for a fun, easy, low prep, literacy center for your class, I've got just what you need.

Get your little ghosts busy, practicing the sounds of O.

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