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!!

Teacher To-Do List Freebie!

Do you have to-do lists for your to-do lists? Well, I do! I feel like I am constantly making to-do lists and then I can't find those little pieces of paper that I wrote on!

This has by far been one of the best organizational tools for me! I made a "to-do" list divider of my lesson plan binder. That way, when I think of something that needs to be done, I write it there, and it's ALWAYS with me! Yes, I take my lesson plan binder with me EVERYWHERE....call me crazy :)

I wanted to help out my former teachers, so I decided to make it a freebie for ya'll!

Click on the picture to grab a copy of yours!

Happy Organization! Have a great week!!!

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!!

                                 

First Day of School FREEBIE!

I promised myself that this year I would try and post at least once a day, but AH!!! Hopefully things will slow down!

I am feeling pretty excited about being in the second week of school so I thought that I would have a fun freebie for ya'll! Click on the picture to grab yours! 

Have a great first week of school!!! 

Pre-Planning: A Work in Progress?

Pre-planning Week: I feel like it should be called "overwhelm yourself by wanting to do EVERYTHING but still not have enough time"week.

I moved rooms...AGAIN. But at least this time I had some warning, so I was able to move my stuff a few weeks ago, so this week has been spent decorating. 

I know I'm nowhere being close to done, but I figured I'd share a little bit of my "progress"

I will be uploading my OWL products VERY soon!!! I have made a calendar pack and wall decorations!! 

STAY TURNED FOR MORE!! I am also going to be having GIVEAWAYS soon, follow me to make sure you don't miss them!!

Second Grade Reading Street Materials

Is it really August? This summer flew by and the school year crept up on us! I hope everyone has been working hard preparing for the new school year! I know I have...especially with our school adopting a NEW reading AND math curriculum.

As many of you who follow me know, I have been busy making kindergarten and first grade Reading Street materials! I have gotten multiple requests for other grades and I have finally been able to start making some second grade material!

I just posted a Second Grade Objectives and Overview for the entire school year! Check that out if you want all of your resources in one place! :)



Second Grade Reading Street Objectives and Overview (2013 Common Core Edition)

Stay posted for additional Reading Street materials!!

I'll be doing a giveaway soon too, so make sure to follow me here and on TPT so you don't miss it!

:)

First Grade Reading Street Word Cards

As you have seen in my past posts, I have been making MANY resources to go with the new Reading Street curriculum. I already made the word cards in separate packs, but I decided to bundle them together to make ONE huge pack! Click on the picture below to check it out!

These cards have always helped me out in many ways in my classroom. I have used them on my focus wall, word wall, as flash cards, and even in literacy stations! Just print them out, laminate (optional), cut them out and VOILA! You have a complete set of cards.

The one thing I like about these this year (which I didn't do last year) is that I color coded them by unit, so we can differentiate which ones are which! They look awesome on word walls too!! 

Spelling Word Cards: 300 word cards (10 per unit) (the curriculum only has spelling words for the 5 units, not the review unit)

Sight Word Cards: 191 word cards (each unit has a different amount)

Amazing Word Cards: 282 word cards (each unit as a different amount)

Please feel free to comment or e-mail me with any questions or comments! I would be happy to also change anything you would like to make your transition to reading street much easier!