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I am a certified teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. I've been teaching for over 16 years. I've taught 1st-4th grades. I am now running my own tutoring business.
CVC Word Strips will have your students reading short vowel words all year long! This pack includes 70 CVC Word Strips (14 for each vowel sounds) using CVC Short Vowel Words. These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and rhyming. Place a set at a reading center for students to practice rhyming. A recording sheet is added for students to record their answers.
Word Choice Posters include these 24 overused words:
bad, big, cold, easy, fast, fun, get, good, happy, hard, hot, little, mad, make, mean, nice, pretty, sad, said, see, slow, ugly, very, and went
This resource includes 24 posters that display “overused” or “boring” words. On the top half of the poster lists 15 better words for the “overused” word. On the bottom half of the poster includes 7 sentences using the “overused” word. Students choose a better word from the list to replace in the sentences.
You can leave the posters whole or you can cut them apart and glue onto black construction paper. The top half can be hung as posters and the bottom half can be used as task cards at a writing center or for small group time.
Post the posters on your word wall or chalkboard. Students have a reference or visual to replace their “overused” words.
This pack also includes a recording sheet for students to choose 8 words that they “overuse” and make a list of new words to replace them. They can keep this list in their writing folder.
There are also 3 worksheets to practice replacing words. The words in the worksheets are the same as the words on the posters.
This pack is a great way for students to learn some new vocabulary words and strengthen their writing skills. Students will be able to notice boring words and generate better words in their writing.
CVC Sentences for Reading Comprehension includes 100 Task Cards. (20 task cards for each vowel sound, a, e, i, o, u)
This pack will have your students excited to practice reading, sounding out CVC Words, and comprehending what they are reading. Each task card displays 2 sentences. Students choose the sentence that matches the picture.
These task cards will help students read with fluency and practice comprehension. There are 20 Task Cards for each vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u). Different Recording Sheets have been included to fit your needs in the classroom.
Only a few sight words are used for each set of card. Use the sight word list to see if the set of task cards are right for your students. If students know the sight words listed and how to sound out 3 letter words, than this pack is perfect for your beginning readers!
An answer key is included to help distinguish pictures.
Spelling Worksheets for 20 Words is loaded with over 40 worksheets to help study a list of 20 or less weekly spelling words. Students will write the spelling words on the worksheets and then do something with the words. They might use them in a sentence, write them 3 times each, or look them up in a dictionary. Each worksheet has a new idea or theme. Some worksheets in this pack are just for fun and to appeal to the creative students. There are also some worksheets that will support other skills like writing and grammar. This pack of spelling worksheets has a little variety of everything to appeal to your variety of students to help them study their variety of weekly spelling tests.
CVC Words Rhyming Worksheets will have your students reading and rhyming all year long! This pack includes 36 Rhyming Worksheets (5 pages for each vowel sound and 11 pages of mixed vowels for assessments). These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and rhyming. Place a worksheet at a reading center or use as part of your lesson for students to practice rhyming.
You’ll never have to brainstorm a list of words again! This pack, Word Families in List Form, contain one hundred ninety word lists that are separated by vowel sounds and endings. Consonants, blends, and digraphs are applied to the vowel sounds to make a list of word families. Vowel sounds include eighty-two short vowel sounds, sixty-one long vowel sounds, and forty-nine variant vowel sounds.
Use these word lists to:
-use as a reference when making lessons.
-help students read and learn phonics.
-help students spell and learn word families.
Use the sheets as a whole to have students practice reading words. You can also cut the lists apart and attach them all to a ring.
H.F.W Spelling Lists include thirty-seven lists. The first three hundred High Frequency Words (H.F.W) are separated by ten words to create thirty lists. 7 additional lists have been added.
Each spelling worksheet contains a list of ten H.F.W. Students use those ten words to write again, put them in ABC order, and separate them into categories of how many letters or by vowel sounds. Students also write 2 sentences using some spelling words in their sentence. Also a short, how to study spelling words and some quick reminders help students study words. Each worksheet is labeled which H.F.W are used.
The extra 7 lists or worksheets use words that are important words. These lists include days of the week, months, colors, numbers, continents, and question words. Some of these words may repeat from the H.F.W list but are important and deserve a second look.
This pack also comes with a half-sheet spelling test for the ten words, the H.F.W list 1-3 0 0, and a sheet to write down words that students need to study.
CVCE Sentences for Reading Comprehension includes 75 Task Cards. (20 task cards for each vowel sound, a, i, o and 15 task cards for vowel sound u.)
This pack will have your students excited to practice reading, recognizing CVCE Words, and comprehending what they are reading. Each task card displays 2 sentences. Students choose the sentence that makes the most sense with the picture.
These task cards will help students read with fluency and practice comprehension. Different Recording Sheets have been included to fit your needs in the classroom.
Only a few sight words are used for each set of card. Use the sight word list to see if the set of task cards are right for your students. If students know the sight words listed and know how to sound out CVCE words, this pack is perfect for your beginning readers!
An answer key is included to help distinguish pictures.
This CVC Worksheets pack has a total of 35 worksheets that will have your students identifying, reading and writing CVC words all year long! This pack includes 35 Worksheets (7 pages for each vowel sound.)
The 7 pages for each vowel sound includes:
• 2 worksheets that students choose which of the 3 words match the picture.
• 2 worksheets that has a word bank and students use the words in the word bank to match the pictures.
• 1 worksheet that students read a row of 4 words and choose 2 words that are real words.
• 1 worksheet that students put a list of words into 4 categories.
• 1 worksheet for students to cut-out words and paste them on the picture that matches the word.
These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and/or sounding out words. Place a worksheet at a reading center or use as part of your lesson for students to practice.
Opinion Writing Worksheets will have your students expressing their opinions all year long. This little pack includes 34 opinion prompts or questions. These questions are meant to spark some interest in students to write some of their opinions on the subject matter.
Also included is an anchor chart to help with opinion starters, transition words, and closings.
Base Words Worksheets will help teach students about base words. These worksheets will help students notice what happens when they add prefixes and suffixes (affixes) to base words. The spelling of some base words will change and so will its meaning.
The prefixes used in this pack include: un, re, dis, non, mis, pre
The suffixes used in this pack include: ness, less, ed, ly, ing, s, ful, able, er, and est
The 30 worksheets include these 30 base words: agree, appear, believe, build, care, clean, color, comfort, connect, cover, forgive, happy, harm, help, hope, like, love, move, open, organize, pack, place, play, power, read, stop, test, turn, use, write, and view.
Each worksheet displays a base word and the affixes that can be added to the base word to make new words. Students make as many new words as they can using the prefixes and suffixes listed. The worksheets extent to separating the new words they made according to the spelling rule or by segmenting the new words apart by prefix, base word, and suffix. The worksheets also have students writing the definition of the new word or they write a sentence that displays the meaning on the new word.
For example: If using the base word, CARE, students can make new words like caring, careful, uncaring, and so on. They can also see how two suffixes can be added to the base word like, carelessness and carefully. Students need to be careful when adding affixes to base words. Some affixes will not make sense when added to the base word. For example; discare or carely. This is a good time to talk about nonsense words.
Use these worksheets for continued practice at a reading center. As students become more proficient, they will be able to work independently. You can also send these worksheets home for homework or to check understanding as an assessment.
This pack includes 30 worksheets and a poster listing the prefixes and suffixes used in this pack.
Here is a great way to practice Main Idea. This set comes with 30 task cards to use at a literacy center or for a 2-4 player game. Each task card has a short passage that students read and answer a multiple choice question about the main idea of the passage. All 30 passages are about the cats going to the beach and ocean animals.
This pack comes with 30 task cards, a game board, a recording sheet, and an answer key. Perfect to extend main idea at a learning center.
This Write About It pack is all about your students using their imagination while still using writing mechanics. Students use the picture on each page to answer the 5 “W” questions about it. Then students use the answers they provided and write about it.
These 60 pages are a great way to practice answering the who, what, when, where, and why questions. This method will help to put a small story or paragraph together. Students can also just write sentences about the picture. Either way, your students will have a blast and be motivated for writing!
Use these worksheets as part of your writing lesson on paragraph writing, as homework, seatwork fillers, or as part of your writing centers.
Blank Calendars and Calendar Questions are a perfect combo to learn the calendar. This pack includes 6 Task Cards that include 10 calendar questions to ask information about any month. 12 blank calendars for each month. Plus, a blank calendar to write your own month. 1 recording sheet to record answers from the task cards. 7 Blank Calendar worksheets with questions.
The 12 blank calendars will help students to be able to fill out a calendar, spell the days of the week, and understand the mechanic of how calendars work. Students write the days of the week at the top and label the squares with the dates for the month. Students can also fill in and identify any holidays for the month. These calendars are universal and will be a great addition to your homework calendars or as a classroom center or lesson.
The 6 Task Cards display 10 questions to ask about any month. Use any task card with any month. Each task card is different and will provide different answers for every month and every year. The questions on the task cards will help students understand the components of a calendar and how to use and read one.
The 7 Blank Calendar Worksheets have a small calendar to fill in dates and days. Since it is smaller, students might want to use abbreviations when adding the days of the week. Each worksheet has 6 generic questions to ask for any month.
This pack has 10 silent e games to practice the vowel sounds of: a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e
All you need to do is print and play. 1 die and some game tokens to cover words are needed too. The game boards can be played with 2 Players. They are perfect for small groups or reading centers. Game boards include each vowel sound (a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e) and a review of them mixed. Students will have great practice reading silent e words.
How to play the game: Players roll a die two times to reveal a word. If a word can be made, the word is covered with a game token. The first player to cover 5 words is the winner.
Story Writing Centers include 3 centers to help generate or spark some creativity in writing for students. The three centers include:
Center 1: List Writing- Use all the words on the notebook to write a story. There are 16 Lists included.
Center 2:Story Element Cards- Each card includes two characters, a setting, and the plot. There are 18 Lists included.
Center 3: Mix and Match Stories- Pick 1 character, 1 setting, and 1 plot. Use the three story elements to write a story.
This pack also includes graphic organizers to help students get started. Use these centers and ideas for your writing centers or for early finishers.
Halloween Theme Centers and Activities are perfect for 2nd and 3rd Grade Classrooms. It has over 50 pages of reading, math, writing, and science activities and centers to use for the month of October. The ideas in this pack are intended to reinforce the skills you are already learning in the classroom. Here is what’s included in this pack:
Math:
Coordinate Grid and Ordered Pair
Left, Right, Center with addition or multiplication
Pumpkin Sticks -addition or multiplication
Catch A Snack - addition or multiplication
Odd/Even Game
Combination Pumpkins
M&M Activity using addition/multiplication
Pumpkin Math-use a real pumpkin to estimate, weigh, and measure
Freaky Frank Math
Reading/Writing:
Syllable Game or Center-Use Halloween words to find how many syllables are in the words
ABC Order Race
It used to be a pumpkin seed…
Boggle Board
Noun/Verb/Adjective Game
Science:
How many Candy Corns can you stack before it falls?
Will the candy sink or float?
What happens when you put a piece of candy in water?
Other:
Game Board for any subject. Use the game boards for other games using spelling words, math facts, and/or reading comprehension questions.
A recipe for Roasting Pumpkin Seeds.
Many activities to keep students busy all month long!
Bone Chilling Stories has your students writing creative stories this season. It includes 3 Writing Centers.
Bones- Use all the Halloween words on the bone to make a story.
Candy Corn- 1 candy corn to write a character, setting, and plot.
Make A Story- Pick from a can 1 character, 1 setting, and 1 plot.
Plural Pack has games, centers, and worksheets that use the plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves, and irregular,
This pack includes:
A Visual-Aid Poster - to help learn plural rules.
54 task cards to play games and use at centers. Task cards can be used to spell plural nouns or review their rules. 3 game boards are included with directions, recording sheets, and answer keys.
20 worksheets with answer keys. These worksheets are also uploaded into Google Slides. Copy the link into your Google Classroom to share with students learning at home.
4 Kinds of Sentences Activity Pack is loaded with ideas to use for : Statements, Commands, Exclamations, and Questions.
It includes:
thirty-six task cards to use with centers or games in this pack.
A visual-aid poster or anchor to hang in your classroom
Writing Centers
5 worksheet to use as practice or assessments
Games and Centers
Many ideas and activities to reinforce the meaning of the 4 Kinds of Sentences.
See the PREVIEW for a closer look.
Black and White copies are included in this pack.