Creative teacher ideas and activities to teach emergent readers using short, sight-word based readers.
The month of February can be a busy one in the classroom. Here is a mega list of free February activities, printables and classroom resources. Looking for what to teach in the month of February? You’ll need materials for holidays like: Groudhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year and Presidents Day. Plus – we know that somehow dental …
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What happens if you take teachers who create and throw in a little Christmas spirit? Free worksheets! Here are 23 Christmas worksheets for kindergarten and first grade to use in December. You’ll find worksheets with the Gingerbread Man, Santa, the Polar Express, the Elf on the Shelf and lots of other festive worksheets too. Be sure to …
Leaves are changing color. Fall is here! It’s time to break out the fall and Thanksgiving learning tools. Here is a fantastic resource list of 54 things to help with lesson planning. You’ll find math freebies, language arts free downloads plus fun and fast ideas like how to make a Thanksgiving retell bracelet. There’s no shortage …
It’s all about Earth Day in the spring months. Here are 7 fast activities for Earth Day and printables to help you introduce, cover and practice Earth Day and conservation topics. Earth Day for kids means you can have discussions, crafts worksheets in addition to creative projects that teach taking care of our Earth. Let’s …
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Teach with a fun camping theme! Here is a neat selection of over 30 camping theme lesson plans, activities, free downloads and more. Whether you are setting up a year long classroom decor scheme or just a unit – these camping classroom activities will work. Here are some great themed math activities, ways to integrate …
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Do you create lots of printable emergent reader books for your classroom? Here is a clever and unique teacher hack for making those books last longer. You’ll love the idea of using duct tape in bright, bold colors to create a binding for printable books, like used in guided reading. The benefits go beyond making …
The migration of animals and hibernation of animals in the winter are two popular science topics. These 8 resources for migration and hibernation will help primary teachers talk about vocabulary, experiment and identify animals that adapt for the winter. I hope you find these free teacher-created resources and lesson plan ideas helpful. Have you seen? The Teach Junkie life science section …
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Emergent readers play a big role in learning how to read. These 52 emergent readers are all free and all teacher-created! There are Holiday emergent readers, alphabet and sight words, themed printable readers, non-fiction, book based and vocabulary readers too! How wonderful to be able to work on reading comprehension along with emerging reading skills all …
Fall center activity for reading. Here is a fall sentences pocket chart activity for kindergarten or first grade. These sentence strips can be added to a pocket chart for students to match. The fall themed clipart pictures get matched to the beginning reader sentences. Beginning readers see fall sentences with words like: football, pumpkin pie, leaves and scarecrow …
How to teach the frog life cycle with a little bit of fun! Here are lots of ways to teach the life cycle of a frog including videos, worksheets, crafts and more. Don’t forget that you can easily integrate literacy and math too with these extra 25 Easy Frog and Toad Ideas and Activities. Life Cycle …
Telling time is such an important early math concept, and one that is especially important in real life. To help kids practice telling time, as well as see examples of using time in everyday life, grab this cute and free early math reader from Bethany at Math Geek Mama! This printable book is a simple …
Emergency sub plans are a go-to resource for when you have a substitute teacher. When you can barely pick up the phone to call in sick, here is a free set of kindergarten emergency substitute lesson plans that you can use in a pinch. Preparing for a substitute teacher can be work. Make it a little …
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This sight word/CVC emergent reader is designed for students to read the pages with common sight words and numbers. Differentiated with blank numbers and dotted numbers. Sight Words: this, I, see, my, here, there, are, is, like, to Common Core Standards: K.CC.B.4 L.RF.K.1 L.RF.K.3c L.RF.K.4 K.CC.3 Continue Reading On My Blog More Sight Words Kindergarten …
