Illustrated Synonym Word Cards: This is a kid-appealing candy themed set of synonym cards for introducing synonyms to your kiddos. There are pairs of synonyms depicted by the same picture so that they will get familiar with the concept. They can match cards or use as a visual to brainstorm other words that mean the same as the picture given.The cards can also be used to spark their writing. **************************************************************************** For a bright candy colored theme version of this set check Candy Themed Illustrated Synonym Word Cards **************************************************************************** There are a total of 64 illustrated synonym word cards which depict the following: middle – center laugh – giggle idea – thought end – finish drop – fall like – enjoy happy – joyful large – big make – create bad – naughty good – perfect jump – leap kid – child hard – difficult choose – select neat – tidy nice – kind loud – noisy gift – present pretty – beautiful push – shove quiet – silent tired – sleepy sniff – smell sad – unhappy smelly – stinky talk – say trash – garbage look – watch tiny – small write – record slim – thin

Syllable Clip Cards Meet the Syllabication Team, the kids who know all about finding how many beats in words- Sill, Abbi, Kay and Shawn. This set is a colorful set of handy cards that your kids will have lots of fun clipping and clapping to the rhythm or beat. This syllabication activity is made simple by the expert beat matchers- Sill, Abbi, Kay and Shawn. These four darlings would help your kiddos remember the meaning of the word syllabication plus they also help them find the number of beats in words. The cards are versatile in as they can be used with students later on when they are ready to break (syllabicate) written text. This set of clip and clap cards contain 108 bright and colorful illustrations (18 full pages) that makes it easy for those students who may have difficulties with reading the words. *************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************

The Real Easter Story is a two-in-one mini book (you get two copies per page) created with images that should appeal to young children. The sentences are simple, however, the vocabulary may pose a challenge to some. Therefore I would recommend that some assistance be given to students. This product comes in black and white only to facilitate easy printing and of course to allow students to color the pages themselves. The pages are set for double sided printing. I also included both a colored and a black and white version of the mini-book cover page for you. Enjoy! Nicole

Vowels: Consonants: Vowels and Consonants Posters: These posters are great for your literacy centers, word walls, focus walls or anywhere that you want your kids to remember the vowels and consonant sounds. The explanation for each term is catchy and helps kids to pay attention to their breath which is what vowels and consonants are all about. The letters are graphical representations of those speech sounds so this set will help them tie the sounds with the letters too. Hope that this is helpful to you!

Alphabet Letter Writing: Alphabet Letter writing Visual Cues Posters and Cards: My students had a little difficulty with the formation of some letters so I did some sketches on the whiteboard to help them remember the directions and start points. I decided to transfer those sketches in the form of visual cue cards and posters to help other teachers who may face similar problems. Alphabet Letter Writing Visual Cues Poster and Cards is what I came up with for that purpose. This resource contains cards for the letters that pose a challenge to our young and budding writers; These are w, m, u, n, h, t, f and z only . I hope it proved helpful to you as it is for me and my kiddos. A Teacher's Idea *************************************************************************** Alphabet - Letter Writing Starter Sheets (From A to Z). -This is a set of alphabet writing sheets, tracing mats and playdough learning mats for your young learners. Letters - Formation Visual Aids. These are a handy set of printables that serve as visual cues and reminds of the formation of letters for your beginning writers using the giraffe, chicken and monkey method. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************

Fry Words: Dare you students to read like these daring dinosaurs. Daring Dinosaurs is the first in a set of printables created for sight word focus.This set includes sight word resources for work with the first 100 words: My Daring Dinosaurs Sight Words Booklet (The First 100 Fry words) with three (3) cover options 100 Word Cards (with four blank cards) 81 Instant Phrase Cards (with seven blank cards) Two Certificates (for Sight Word and Phrase reading achievement) Two sets of Reward Badges (for Sight Word and Phrase reading achievement) The words and phrase cards can be used in literacy or word work centers. The sight word booklet can be given to students for either independent work at school or for home practice either in word recognition or spelling activities. Stay tuned for more of Daring Dinosaurs!

This set of colorful display posters or visual aids were designed around the holiday song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas", which was first published in 1780. They depict each of the Twelve Days of Christmas in cute and kid-friendly graphics. This is a lovely resource that can be used in a sequencing activity or to simply share this song with your children. Included in this download are both the COLORED version and a BLACK AND WHITE version for ink economy.

** Fishing for Multiple Meanings** is the perfect addition to your literacy centers for both word work and writing focus. This handy set of 135 dual picture cards can be used to spark sentence writing and for your Homonyms | Homographs | Multiple Meaning Words unit. These words represent some of the many common words that can be used in different context. With multiple meaning words the spelling is the same and pronunciation are the same. However, some pronunciations may vary slightly. I included two graphic organizers for extended writing purposes.

Homophone Memory Sheets are a fantastic way to get your students to remember the spelling of confusing homophones. Research has shown that when students use drawings and illustrations with words they make meaningful associations thus facilitating easy recall. Let your kiddos draw their own pictures to remember the homophones. In the case of low imagery words that cannot be depicted students can either find their own unique way to remember the word or simple leave it blank. The trick is that the other word in the pair would help them to make that distinction in spelling. Students can compile the sheets and form their own homophone dictionary for future reference. Included in this set is a blank template for adding more pairs to the set.

Comprehension Strategies: Reinforcing Reading Comprehension and Word Attack Strategies Posters: Reinforcing Reading is a set of kid-friendly Comprehension and Word Attack Strategies posters to adorn your literacy centers all year round. This bright and colorful set was created with eye-catching images and simple “I” statements and stems to give your kids the added assistance they need to work independently. The set contains the following:- 12 Word Attack Strategies Posters- When I get stuck on a word… 10 Comprehension Posters- To help me understand what I read I… 1. Activate Prior Knowledge 2. Make Predictions 3. Determine the Importance 4. Ask Questions 5. Make Connections 6. Visualize 7. Synthesize 8. Summarize /Summarise 9. Infer 10. Use Fix-Up Strategies

Homophones This fantastic homophone pack is over 100 pages full of ideas. It contains 154 cards, 17 posters and 2 writing activities total. This pack features a range of 14 different homophone pairs for your kiddos. The pairs are: won/one nose/knows bear/bare blue/blew ball/bawl toe/tow see/sea flour/flower hair/hare mail/male pair/pear sale/sail night/knight ate/eight This resource contains the following: 28 picture cards (4 per print) 28 picture cards with labels (4 per print) 14 paired cards (4 per print) 28 Cards-Words only (8 cards per print) 3 Homophone Posters (with definition and Word lists up to Grade 6) 14 Homophone Pair Posters- Each poster features a different word with a colorful illustration and a helpful example to put the word into context 1 Concentration Game 1 My Pear of Pairs Student Book- Writing words activity 1 Homophone Fun Mini Book-Writing sentences activity 28 Popsicle Picture Cards 28 Popsicle Word Cards 2 Bonus Worksheets

Alphabet Matching: Here's a sea themed alphabet matching cards set for your literacy centers. Match lowercase and uppercase letters using the wonderful sea life graphics for clues. This would be a very good resource for teachers of students who need more practice with the identification of upper- and lowercase letters. Simply print, cut and have your kiddos matching. It's as easy as A, B, C! © 2014 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea

Writing Process Posters- The 5 Steps to Writing Success: Here are the 5 steps to writing success. These posters will be great for your writing centers or your literacy centers. These kid-friendly posters would give your students key reminders of the steps toward their writing success. © 2014 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea

Word Families: 21 Word Family Trifold Mini Book Bits with Posters and Picture Cards: These Word Family Trifold Mini Book Bits are super fantastic reading and writing bits for your kiddos. Each little book has a little bit of everything; a little bit of reading, a little bit of writing and little bit of coloring. These Trifold Mini Book Bits can be used to promote and encourage your young readers as they begin to put sounds together. Simply print and cut out the selected trifold mini book (there are two per print). They go away reading the list as a way to review the particular family. Also included in this set are: 21 Word Family Posters 78 Picture Cards (with labels) 78 Picture Cards (without labels) ***If you are unclear about this product, please take time to read over the description and use the Question/Answer tab and I will reply as soon as I can.*** © 2014 Nicole Hernandez A Teacher's Idea

Irregular Verbs: Irregular Verbs: Color Coded Irregular Past Tense Verb Cards For Literacy Centers: Irregular Past Tense Verbs are so diverse that they should be learnt by memory. That means, to avoid making mistakes your students must spend time exploring them in unique ways to facilitate learning.What a better way to get your kiddos to memorize them than with these illustrated word cards and memory game. The cards can be sorted and matched, or they can be categorized according to similarities in spelling patterns. This resource is aligned to the following CCSS ELA standards for Grades 1, 2 and 3: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1e Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1d Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1d Form and use regular and irregular verbs. *************************************************************************** This wonderfully crafted resource pack contains the following: 7 Posters -Verbs Tell Time -Regular Verbs -Irregular Verbs -Irregular Verb Patterns 64 pairs of Irregular Past Tense Word Cards with Illustrations (4 per page). That makes 126 individual cards total. 63 Future Tense Word Cards with illustrations to match (4 per page). Irregular Past Tense Memory Game Cards- 17 pairs 76 pairs of Past and Present Tense Time Cards to match. ( 6 per page) That makes 228 individual cards total. These cards can be used in many different ways for your students to have fun learning. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ I pride myself on creating quality resources for teachers and students alike. Every effort has been made to make this resource error free. Should you find a mistake please let me know in the "Ask a Question" section or email me prior to feedback and I will quickly fix it. You can then redownload the corrected version for free! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊ All Rights Reserved by © Nicole Hernandez . This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. No part of this resource maybe posted on a blog (personal or commercial), webpage/site, server, or other location that is accessible by multiple people. Violations of this notice are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. Thank you for respecting my work!

This is a mini book that serves as a template for any animal research for young researchers, kindergarten to grade 2. I included pages with headings and lines along with a blank page for drawings. The following headings are included: *are/can/have pages ………………..5-7 *Picture/Drawing …………………... 8 *Physical Characteristics ……………9 *Locomotion/ Movement ……………10 * Unusual Features …………………11 * Behavior …………………………..12 *Habitat ……………………………. 13-16 *Living Habits ………………………. 17 * Diet …………………………….....18 * Life Cycle (lined page and graphic organizer)…19-20 *Food Web (lined and blank page)..21-22 * Special Facts …………………..23 *Adaptations (lined and blank page) ..24-25 * Enemies …………………………26 * Defence/Offence ……………….27 * Glossary …………………………28 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This mini book template is formatted as 2 mini books per print. I also included both a colored and a black and white cover pages. The pages are not numbered so that you create your own set. To create this mini book simply select the pages that you want included then print. Guide your students into completing each page that you included. At the end of this exercise you can staple all the pages together to form multiple mini books for each animal that you choose. In the end your students will have a keepsake as well as a great little mini book that they created themselves.

Classroom Jobs 48 JOBS (EDITABLE)★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ There's a job here for every child in your class! In this EDITABLE set the following 48 jobs are depicted with kid-friendly illustrations on a black and white chevron background: It contains two different sizes of headers. JOB TITLES (Editable) ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 1. Attendance Monitor 2. Banker 3. Bathroom Monitor (Male) 4. Bathroom Monitor (Female) 5. Board Cleaner 6. Book Collector 7. Caboose 8. Calendar Monitor 9. Center Inspector 10. Chair Stacker 11. Class Reader 12. Clean Sweeper 13. Computer Technician 14. Computer Helper 15. Dismissal Helper 16. Door Monitor 17. First Aid Helper 18. Hand Sanitizer Monitor 19. Homework Monitor 20. Journal Helper 21. Letter Vest Helper 22. Library Helper 23. Light Technician 24. Line Leader 25. Litter Monitor 26. Lunch Monitor 27. Material Manager 28. Mat Helper 29. Message Board Helper 30. Messenger 31. Nurse’s Aide 32. Paper Supply Manager 33. Pencil Patrol 34. Pet Helper 35. Plant Monitor 36. Pledge Leader 37. Recycling Monitor 38. Scrap Monitor 39. Sink Monitor 40. Snack Helper 41. Substitute Helper 42. Table Captain 43. Table Wiper 44. Teacher Assistant 45. Timekeeper 46. Water Fountain Monitor 47. Weather Reporter 48. Zoo Keeper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can edit the job titles using the embedded font. Simply click in the text box and rename the classroom jobs. I also included two extra card templates without images that you can customize at will. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TIPS: To ensure that every child has an opportunity and responsibility assign two students per job. This also encourages job-sharing or working together as a partnership. You can either designate the jobs to students, have them choose or apply for a position A good idea is to rotate the jobs either daily, weekly, or quarterly, it’s your choice. You can make the transitions easier by having a “training” session by the previous student to help the next student to do the job efficiently. If you want your students to become responsible while building a community spirit, give them responsibilities. Classroom Jobs are a great way for students to take responsibility for their classroom.

This simple mini book allows young students to write simple sentences that capture the true meaning of Christmas. Each page contains engaging graphics that makes writing both fun and engaging as they color and write about different Christmas elements that can be quite familiar to them. This makes a great activity for students ages 5 to 7.

These cards can be used to assist young students to visually grasp this somewhat difficult concept. They would be able to trace their own sequencing ideas in which stories and events can occur. Students get an opportunity to:- -Follow directions -Discriminate between pictures -Improve visual awareness -Retell stories and events in sequence -Build oral vocabulary skills -Build narrative (story) skills -Improve sequencing skills -Ask and answer “wh” questions themselves for clarity SUGGESTED USE: These simple picture cards are lots of fun to sequence! Kids will arrange them in logical order to complete each sequence. Use these simple COLOR-CODED picture sequencing cards to practice sequencing in 4-scene sets with your young detectives. DIFFERENTIATION/EXTENSION: For students having difficulty with sequences it is suggested that you scaffold learning by working individually with them as a guide on the side, gradually releasing support as time goes by. To start, simply select one sequence set and present the final picture first to allow him or her to see the BIG PICTURE. Then have the student place the remaining pictures in the correct order back up to the beginning to complete the sequence. For the stronger students you can challenge them to write the story in sequence using the cards as a guide. They can write two or three sentences about each card then ultimately putting sentences together to create their own piece. CONTENTS OF RESOURCE: This set includes: –>4-Scene Sequencing Cards There are 80 cards that form 20 sequences Each card measures 2.83" x 3.5". Each set is COLOR-coded to facilitate easy ordering. –>2 four-scene mats –>1 Story/Event Sequencing writing sheet Simply print the cards and mats and laminate for longevity. This set makes a great center activity. Picture Sequencing Cards for Young Learners (Set 2)Picture Sequencing Cards for Young Learners (Set 2)

Christmas Around the World. This is a mini writing unit for students to focus on Christmas around the world. ******************************************************************************* It includes a research question guide sheet plus BLANK writing sheets for 14 countries including my own country of Trinidad and Tobago. This product does not contain facts. ******************************************************************************* I included 3 sets of sheets for your drawing and writing needs. Your kids will have fun completing this unit and most of all they will learn a lot more about Christmas in different parts of the world.