If you have students struggling to recognize and identify the letters of the alphabet then this resource will greatly improve their understanding and make them secure with the alphabet and their letter recognition. This thorough resource will support any science of reading or phonics-based program. It’s ideal for small group instruction, intervention groups, tier support, ELL and ESL students, and even literacy centers. It has proven success and has been used in thousands classrooms all over the world from the USA to international schools in Saudi Arabia. Click the PREVIEW button to see everything included! For each letter there are 5 different activity mats to help students practice recognizing and identifying letters with ease: Say It, Find It, Read It, Write it {plus a black and white master worksheet option and half-sheets assessment based off this mat} Letter Display Mat (for recognition, sorting, tracing) Letter ID through highlighting Letter Naming Fluency Letter Writing 199 PAGES IN TOTAL! Also included: Suggestion for organization Sample lesson plan Data tracking sheet Furthermore, this resource could be used to support the science of reading and your reading readiness instruction in KEY STAGE 1 or US kindergarten, for small group letter or alphabet work activities, for ESL/ELL students, or for remediation in first grade. Each activity provides students an opportunity to reinforce reading readiness skills. T Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet ♥︎Teachers will love how easy these activities are to incorporate into an intervention lesson and the results they see in their students. ♥︎Students will love the variety of activities used to help them learn to recognized and identify the letters of the alphabet so that they can move onto more complex phonics activities.

This NO PREP packet is the ultimate packet for building FLUENCY, CONFIDENCE and REINFORCING children’s understanding of CVC words when practicing simple sentences. The hands-on and engaging activities included in this packet will allow students to practice and master over 500 simple sentences! The simple sentences will work with all the pre-primer sight words and short vowel words (CVC word families). This ensures that students are mastering simple sight words and using their decoding skills to read decodable words rather than simply “guessing” at words. The activities in this packet require NO PREP! There is no need to laminate, no cutting or use of costly colored ink. Just PRINT and use for literacy centers, small groups, morning work, homework and more! Here is what is included in the PDF "I Can Read Simple Sentences NO PREP (Set 1) packet: 12 I Can READ it and MATCH it! These fun pages require students to read the simple sentences at the bottom of the page, cut them out and paste them to MATCH the picture. *12 I Can READ and DRAW Simple Sentences! These pages allow students to read the simple sentence and then draw a simple picture to match the sentence. This engaging activity ensures that students are reading the sentence correctly. *12 Spin and READ Simple Sentences. Children will love spinning the spinner with a paperclip and pencil and reading a word from the corresponding column! Reading becomes a GAME, not just mundane practice. This activity can also be played with a partner or in small groups. How FUN! *12 Roll and READ Simple Sentences! Another interactive and FUN game for kids! Roll a die, read and check off one of the sentences in the correct column. Each of these pages have a total of 33 different simple sentences! *12 I Can READ Simple Stories! Now it is time to read simple sentences in story! Kids will feel so accomplished as they read 12 stories that includes pre-primer sight words and simple CVC words! These fun stories will keep kids engaged and are a great way to work on fluency! A total of 60 pages for £4.00. That’s less than 7p a page! It is my sincere hope that you enjoy this I Can Read Simple Sentences NO PREP (Set 1) packet!

This resource helps students practice finding the theme of a story in a fun way. Students can read and reinforce the definitions for the themes and then the students can read a story and determine which theme is in the story. They can then answer some discussion questions about character actions, their own chooses in life, beliefs and society. There are 10 stories to work through and discuss. My students love this task as it is great for reinforcing themes and generating discussion. This makes a great theme review for years 5 to 9 or 10 to 14 year olds. In the US it is applicable to be used with 4th to 9th grade students. However, it is mainly used with 4th, 5th and 6th grade students.

8 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion. These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment. Each of the 8 short stories includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety. Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and label) figurative language; includes a checklist of what students should find. There are 12+ instances of figurative language in each passage. Task B: Analyze Figurative Language - Students answer higher-order thinking questions based on the figurative language used in the story. Task C: Modify Figurative Language - Students choose 5 instances of figurative language from the story and modify them so that figurative language still keeps its basic original meaning. Task D: Revise Figurative Language - Students revise the paragraph based on the changes they made in Task C.

This is an engaging card sorting game to review and reinforce the student’s understanding of figurative language. There are 100 cards with examples of figurative language taken from recommended literature books and poems for 5th to 11th graders 5. Students will enjoy discussing and classifying them into seven possible categories: alliteration, hyperboles, idioms, metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification and similes. This interactive resource contains the following: ♦ Definitions A to G for the seven figurative languages used ♦ 100 cards with figurative language examples ♦ Answer keys ♦ Placemats ♦ Directions and ideas for use Please check out the preview for an insight into the contents of the resource. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Copyright © Dr Johnson. All Rights Reserved. • Purchasing this product gives the purchaser ONE LICENSE to this product. This allows the purchaser the right to reproduce this product for HIS/HER class ONLY. • Duplication for an entire team, school, or school district is strictly forbidden. • If other teachers would like copies of this product, please direct them to my store. • You may not reproduce, redistribute, or post this item on a blog or website or video sharing plat form like YouTube for download (free or paid). • Copying any part of this product (even for a classroom website) is also in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. • You may not modify, copy, or alter this product in any way. • Please feel free to spread the word about this product via social media or blog post. A link to the product (or my store) is much appreciated.

Each of these 6 appealing Brain Breaks is not only super-fun, but also popular with the children I’ve taught and continue to teach! Everything required is on the card. Just print, cut, and go. If you enjoy them please take a look at 60 others as part of 66 in total. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12514441 These 6 brain breaks have been carefully and meticulously selected and created to meet a variety of prerequisites: They engage every student and none are just watching. They can be completed in less than five minutes - many average less than two minutes. They require very little if any prep - most require no prep at all. They are fun! Many are unique and will not be found anywhere else as they were originally devised by myself. ========================================================================= Copyright information: Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. If you intend to share with others, please purchase an additional license. Happy brain developing!

Each of these 66 appealing Brain Breaks is not only super-fun, but also popular with the children I’ve taught and continue to teach! Everything required is on the card. Just print, cut, and go. These 66 brain breaks have been carefully and meticulously selected and created to meet a variety of prerequisites: They engage every student and none are just watching. They can be completed in less than five minutes - many average less than two minutes. They require very little if any prep - most require no prep at all. They are fun! Many are unique and will not be found anywhere else as they were originally devised by myself. ========================================================================= Copyright information: Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. If you intend to share with others, please purchase an additional license. Happy brain developing!

How to Draw Animals guides students to confidently draw 30 different animals that are popular with children. A great drawing unit to compliment your Art or animal topic lesson plans. The children can choose from aardvark, cat, chicken, deer, dog, dolphin, duck, dragon, eagle, elephant, frog, hedgehog, horse, iguana, kangaroo, komodo dragon, lion, monkey, orangutan, owl, peacock, rabbit, raccoon, rhinoceros, sea otter, shark, snake, tiger, turtle and a wolf Each guide contains six easy-to-follow pictured steps that start with basic lines and progress to a completed animal. The difficulty of the animal increases with the first 10 being the easiest and the last ten being for the more gifted artists/drawers in your class. The first 5 steps are in black and white with step 6 giving an idea of the colour(s) to use if so wished.

This is a 27 question worksheet that focuses on personification. Students are required to identify what is being personified and how that personification is happening. Students underline the idea, object, or animal being personified and then circle the human action that they’re doing that makes it an example of personification. There are two A4 sheets of examples and 2 answer pages. Previews are copy protected, file is free from blue lines. I hope that you and your children/students enjoy the challenge.

This is a PDF version of thirty question worksheet that focuses on similes and metaphors. I have carefully crafted together some interesting examples for the students to identify. The statements cover two A4 pages or back to back of one. There is also two pages of answers. Students are required to identify each statement as either a simile or a metaphor. Then they must circle the two things that are being compared. This is a an excellent way to check their understanding of a simile and metaphor and how they differ. There are some images to help less able students visualize some of the statements. I hope that you and your child/students enjoy the task.

A free original reading passage for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion. If you like this free example then check out similar stories with their answers at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/figurative-language-stories-close-reading-for-national-curriculum-school-years-4-9-9-14-years-12249618 These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment. Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and label) figurative language; includes a checklist of what students should find. There are between 10+ instances of figurative language in each passage. Task B: Analyze Figurative Language - Students answer higher-order thinking questions based on the figurative language used in the story. Task C: Modify Figurative Language - Students choose 5 instances of figurative language from the story and modify them so that figurative language still keeps its basic original meaning. Task D: Revise Figurative Language - Students revise the paragraph based on the changes they made in Task C.

Over 300 copies sold worldwide as of 1st February 2024. 7 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion. These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment. Each of the 7 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety. Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and label) figurative language; includes a checklist of what students should find. There are 12+ instances of figurative language in each passage. Task B: Analyze Figurative Language - Students answer higher-order thinking questions based on the figurative language used in the story. Task C: Modify Figurative Language - Students choose 5 instances of figurative language from the story and modify them so that figurative language still keeps its basic original meaning. Task D: Revise Figurative Language - Students revise the paragraph based on the changes they made in Task C.

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