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Creative teacher ideas and activities to make reading and learning to read fun!

Cute Adopt-a-Pet Reading Kit to Encourage Your Students to Read at Home

Take this fun and cute idea to get your students reading at home! Set up an adopt-a-pet reading kit in your classroom to encourage kids to read. When it comes to wanting our students to love to read, we teachers will pretty much bend over backward. So, when we come across an idea that has …

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The BEST April Fools Hoax Ever – It’s the Teacher’s Turn!

Are you gearing up for a great April fools hoax to use in your classroom? Here is a great hook, line and sinker activity that makes this the best April fool day trick for first and second grade. Start out with an all-realistic reading assignment on a special bird that appears on the first day in April. …

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Free Christmas Sight Word Game for Kindergarten

Kindergarten Sight Words Battleship Game for Free

Work on sight words this Christmas in kindergarten with this free sight words battleship game. Created for kindergarten – but totally usable in first or second grade too – this editable set of four battleship-style playing boards is just right for practicing reading sight words in the early elementary grades. Students play in pairs and …

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15 Heart-Filled Grinch Activities for the Classroom - Teach Junkie

15 Heart-Filled Grinch Activities for the Classroom

Teach with the Grinch before Christmas break. Here are 15 Grinch lesson plans, ideas, printables and resources to teach with the Grinch in your classroom. From breaking down the story in a graphic organizer to making a Grinch day (or week) you’ll find fun and helpful resources from these fantastic teachers. Teach With The Grinch …

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14 Top Thanksgiving Books for Elementary Kids

14 Top Thanksgiving Books for Elementary Kids

Here are 14 top pick for Thanksgiving books for kids. This list was compiled from many educators who shared their favorites last year with us. You can click on the Thanksgiving books for elementary kids for more information about the author, publishing company, and description. There is a good range of books suitable for kindergarten through fifth …

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Making Inferences With Fun Fall Riddles

Use fall themed riddles to engage primary students. Break out the inferring skills with these thinking cap-ready riddles. Created to help making inferences fun for kindergarten, first and second grade. There are 24 fall themed riddles that can be used in a variety of ways. This is a free download. Fall Riddles Free Download Introduce and …

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Valentine Fry Fluency Phrases - Teach Junkie

Valentine Fry Fluency Phrases

Get reading fluency into your third grade classroom with a fun Valentine fry fluency phrases game. This free 18 page “bang” style game is designed to help third graders develop their fluency skills. It’s a fun way to learn how to read. Students will enjoy reading phrases fluently with fun red and pink monsters on …

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Most Clever Bookmark for Young Readers - Teach Junkie

Most Clever Bookmark for Young Readers

Bookmarks are usually rectangles… but not this bookmark! It’s a clever, triangle-shaped bookmark that slides over the edge of the page to hold a young reader’s place. What first, third or fifth grader wouldn’t love creating their own during library time, to celebrate reading a new genre or during inside recess? Clever Page Corner Bookmark Template Create a bookmark where …

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Oh the Places You'll Go Activity - hot air balloon bulletin board display for what they want to do when they grow up

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Activity

Here is a quick bulletin board idea to wrap up your Dr. Seuss unit using the book “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Students will write about what they want to be when they grow up on hot air balloons – which are super simple to make. These turned out SO cute! Let me share how …

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Independent Reading Time: Flashlight Friday - Teach Junkie

Independent Reading Time: Flashlight Friday

Make independent reading time fun with flashlights. Here is a quick and fun independent reading time each week by bringing out flashlights. Students read with flashlights around the room in cozy spots in a darkened classroom. The change in atmosphere and quiet setting is just the right touch to make reading independently have a novel …

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19 Free iPad Apps for the Classroom

If you’re looking for free apps for the classroom – I’ve got a great list to get you started. There are math iPad apps and reading apps for kids! These apps for kids are all free at the time of writing this, so I hope they stay that way in case you come across this post after …

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Sight Words Scavenger Hunt - Teach Junkie

Sight Words Scavenger Hunt

Take your students on a sight words scavenger hunt. Here is a guided reading group lesson idea to help teach spelling patterns in text. Helping students learn spelling patterns, like silent e or oo as in boot can help them learn to decode and attempt using word attack strategies on their own. By using guided …

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Dice Games Rock! Earth Day Vocabulary Roll and Read - Teach Junkie

Dice Games Rock! Earth Day Vocabulary Roll and Read

Give your students a fun way to practice Earth Day vocabulary with this dice game. Here is an Earth Day themed roll and read set of 3 pages. Students will use one of 3 dice games pages to roll and read the related words or sentences. This activity can help reinforce vocabulary related to caring …

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Read Across America Day Party Printables - Teach Junkie

Read Across America Party Printables

Celebrate Dr. Seuss and his famous books with these fun Read Across America Party free downloads. You can feel set to create a party in an instant with a fun activity and these decorations. A banner, food topper bag labels and a scavenger hunt are all you need to get started! Dr. Seuss Themed Party …

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How to Have a “Read-a-thon” Day

Last week I wrote about our Mathapalooza (math all day themed day) that our class had. It was incredible, but I was more excited about this week’s Read-a-thon! We held ours all day during school. I broke up the day with some reading-related activities. Here’s a list of possible activities you could do to have …

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QR Code Audio Stories for the Whole Year

QR Code Audio Stories for the Whole Year!

Want an instant listening center? Here are enough audio stories to practically last you the entire year. Use these qr codes pages to lead your students right to an audio story. It’s a perfect solution for a listening center if you’ve got the tools. I’ll also include affiliate links to the actual books so you …

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Preschool Goldilocks and the Three Bears Printable Worksheet - Character Retelling

Preschool Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Printables {Free}

Teach preschoolers about Goldilocks and the Three Bears with this set of free printables. Here is a retelling resource and extension worksheets that can be used for preschool aged children or early kindergarten. Students can retell using the character cards or color by number. Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Printable Let students order the big, …

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Silent E Four in a Row {Printable}

Silent E Four in a Row {Printable}

Play four in a row by reading silent e words. Here is a printable game board for first and second grade that plays just like a four in a row game. Print the game board to help your students work on reading words ending with a silent e. Four in a Row: Silent e Words …

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5 Reasons Your Classroom Shouldn't Ignore Fairy Tales

5 Reasons Your Classroom Shouldn’t Ignore Fairy Tales

If you’re not using fairy tales in your classroom – you’re missing out. And here’s why. If you want to grow students with imagination, better comprehension and are more excited about learning – then fairy tales can help with that! Find out what’s in a fairy tale that’s irresistible to kids and makes using them in the …

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20 Must-Read Versions of Cinderella - Teach Junkie

20 Must-Read Versions of Cinderella

Teach the classic story of Cinderella in new ways with these 20 must-read read aloud versions. Take a story that has been told for centuries and explore it with your class in new and fun ways using creative read alouds. This list of 20 versions of Cinderella can be used with any grade level. Cinderella …

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Free Fact or Opinion Printable Game - Teach Junkie

Free Fact or Opinion Printable Game

Teach students how to determine fact or opinion with these free printable center game. Here is a fact or opinion game board and cards for students to use in a small group. Second and third grade students will follow the game directions to move along the playing board and check each other’s work. Check out this featured …

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Readers' Theater: The Three Billy Goats Gruff {Free} - Teach Junkie

Readers’ Theater: The Three Billy Goats Gruff {Free}

Work on fluency with first graders using readers’ theater. Here is a free Three Billy Goats Gruff readers’ theater script to work on reading fluency for first grade. This three page script features five reading parts and can be used to create a performance. Students read aloud the script without costumes or props to focus on fluency …

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Teach Grammar with Parts of Speech Bookmarks - Teach Junkie

Teaching Grammar with Parts of Speech Bookmarks

Avoid teaching grammar in isolation. Here is a set of 5 free printable parts of speech bookmarks for second grade and up. Bookmarks are a clever way to build in grammar during reading time and making it handy! Have students identify adverbs, adjectives, common/proper nouns as well as verbs using a simple bookmark template. Parts of …

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31 Ideas for Read Across America and Dr. Seuss Activities

31 Ideas for Read Across America

As teachers we share the beloved works of Dr. Seuss with students no matter how small (or large) during Read Across America and in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Here are 31 ideas on how you can celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America in your classroom. Let’s look at some free printables, printable activities, …

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