Literacy Station Cards and Signs MAKEOVER!

There are so many things that I would love to redo if only I had the TIME! Well, my Literacy Station Cards and Signs are SOOO important to me and I have so many people requesting/buying them so WHY not start here! It's also getting close to back to school time and I know that many of you are starting to prep and plan for the upcoming year!

You even get MORE station cards in this new pack! The pack comes with literacy station cards that fit perfectly in your pocket charts AND signs that you can place around the room, on tubs, or boxes! It helps make literacy station time as efficient as possible! 

 If you've already purchased this pack, be sure to check it out here and re-download the updated version! If not, grab one for yourself! 

SPRING is in the air...and so is another giveaway!

So, I FINALLY finished my Spring Literacy Activities, Writing, and NO PREP pack! That's right! It's 115 pages of fun literacy, writing, and no prep activities! Click on the picture to check it out! 

You'll get awesome literacy station activities such as:

Rhyming

(two different versions)

Ai/Ay Word Sort and Sentence Writing

Contractions

Compound Words

(two different versions)

Here's a summary of the other fun literacy activities in this pack

You think that's alot? There's also MANY writing and no prep printables as well! Check them out in this preview:

The best part about this pack is that I'm doing a giveaway! One lucky winner will get this 115 page pack for FREE! Winner will be announced on Sunday!

All you have to do is enter below:

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 Thanks for stopping by and checking out my product!

       

Alphabet Board Games!

I sometimes feel that my kiddos get board with constant repetition of letter recognition practice. I do a lot of small group practice with my kids, and I wanted to make something a little more exciting for them.

My students LOVE games. You put a skill with a board game and they are all over it! :)

So, I decided to make a bunch of alphabet games that you can use with your little ones!!

THese board games are perfect for small group instruction, practice, literacy stations, or even review! 

They help reinforce:

letter knowledge

letter sounds

beginning sounds/ending sounds

and MORE!

INCLUDED:

Capital Letter Board Game

Lowercase Letter Board Game

3 Blank Board Games

Capital Letters (color)

Capital Letters (b&w)

Lowercase Letters (color)

Lowercase Letters (b&w)

Directions: 

Roll a dice and move that many spaces. When you land on a square, you must say the letter name, letter sound, or beginning/ending sound. If you do, you can stay. If you do not, you must go back. 

There are many OTHER ways you can play this game:

Letter Sounds (say the sound the letter makes when you land on it)

Lowercase Letter Recognition (say the letter)

Uppercase Letter Recognition (say the letter)

Beginning/Ending Sounds (say a word that begins/ends with that letter)

Writing Practice (land on a letter, and you have to write the letter)

EVEN MORE ADVANCED IDEAS (for differentiation):

Land on a letter and write a word with that letter

Vowel Practice (make a word with that vowel in the beginning/middle/end)

The ideas are endless!!

There are also blank board games where you can roll the dice, and pick up a card. The student then has to say the name of the letter, sound, or word that starts/ends.

If you have any other ideas that you use with this pack please comment and share! I LOVE to hear how teachers use my products differently than intended! Everyone always has such great ideas!!

Click Here, or on the picture above to check it out! 

Happy Teaching!!

Elephant Ending Sounds and Bear Beginning Sounds!

I don't know about you, but I LOVE literacy stations! I especially love making them! My favorite types are the interactive ones that they kids really get into! Because of this, I created two really fun stations that my kiddos really loved!

Beginning Sound Bears and Ending Sound Elephants! 

How to use this activity:

Print the elephants or bears (or both) onto different colored paper. Print the pictures (black and white or color on their own paper). Once you have copied the elephants/bears, cut them out, and glue the sound pictures on each elephant/bear.

How to play:

The students will pull an elephant (if doing ending sounds) or a bear (if doing beginning sounds), and write the beginning or ending sound on that picture. Then, color the picture to match the color of the elephant/bear!

Click here to grab a copy for yourself!

Elephant Ending Sounds

Bear Beginning Sounds

Follow my blog to find out about the freebies I will be posting this week and stay tuned for some giveaway opportunities! :)

I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of a new school year!!

                                 

Literacy Station Signs and Cards!

I decided to vamp up my literacy stations signs and cards...don't ask me why because there are a million and one OTHER things I should be doing other than that...but hey, at least I have some new and cute signs! Click on the pictures to grab your copy!! The cards fit nicely in a pocket chart and there are  3
2 different stations! Enjoy! :)

                                        

Spring MEGA pack!

We have been having so much fun learning about spring and having spring related literacy stations. I decided to make a MEGA pack with literacy station activities!

Included in this fun pack is:

Sentence Writing: pull a spring picture card and write a sentence on the record sheet above! 

Spring parts of speech: Pull a card and sort under "noun", "verb", or "adjective" headings and then record next to the correct number on the record sheet! 

Spring Acrostic (above) and How many words can you make with the word "Springtime" (below)

Spring ABC order with picture cards!

Sight Word Board Game: Help the bunny get to the basket. Sight word cards included! 

CVC and other words rhyming eggs! 

Spring antonyms and synonym matching cards. 

Also included:

- six writing prompts

- scrambeled eggs: crack open an egg and make a word with the letters (record sheet)

- compound word match

- syllable cards

- match the word to the picture card

- Rain Rain Go Away (ai/ay word sort) with record sheet

Grab a copy for yourself! 

Fantasy Vs. Reality

I absolutely LOVE when it's time to teach about Fantasy and Fairytales! There are so many good books out there. Some of my favorites are the fractured fairytales! The kiddos LOVE it, but sometimes have a hard time differentiating between fantasy and reality scenarios. Because of this, I thought it would be so fun to make some games and activities to help them! Fantasy vs. Reality packet to help introduce the difference between reality and fantasy! I even loved seeing them read the cards because they thought some of the "fantasy" cards were too funny!

I did these in small group with my students but it can be done whole group or in a literacy station! Click on the picture to grab a copy! :)

I hope you enjoy this as much as my kiddos and I did! :)

Ending Y Vowel Sound Fun

This week we are learning about how "Y" can either say long /i/ or /e/ at the end of a word. Boy did my kiddos have fun sounding out these words! I made a ton of different literacy stations that they rocked at today!

Included in this pack:
-Anchor Charts
- Circle it/Write it!
- Word Sort Cards/Record Sheet (Pocket Chart/Word Work Station)
- Write the Room Cards/Record Sheet
- Word Sort File Folder Game
- Fill in the Blank
- Rhyming Sheet
-Rainbow Write
- Individual Cut and Paste Word Sort

Below is a few of the 25 pages included in the pack!

Click on the picture to grab a copy! Enjoy!

Ai/Ay Fun!

I LOVE making and creating things for my kiddos. One thing that I've been really wanting to do is make units for them (and for others as well!). I finally made my first full unit. These are GREAT for Literacy Work Stations. I have used them for pocket chart station, word work station, write the room station, writing station, and sentence building station. The kiddos go nuts over cute pictures and fun ways to sort their sounds. Since this weeks sound was the Long A: ai/ay I made a packet to go with it! Check it out! Click on the picture below to grab a copy of yours!

Triple Consonant Blends

In our first grade curriculum this week we will be working with S Triple Consonant Blends. I have created a word sort for our pocket chart station that could be used independently, as a group, or any other literacy station!

Triple Consonant Blend Word Sort. Check it out!