Summarizing is one of the key Reading Comprehension and Writing Strategies. If students can use the summarizing strategies of identifying keywords, recognizing the big idea and then writing a summary of what they have read, then that enables you to see how well the student comprehends the written text. This is an important research strategy as well, so at the same time you will be teaching your students valuable research skills. This activity pack is designed to help students to make sense of the summarizing strategy through informative posters and interesting activities. The Summarizing Reading Strategy Activity pack can be printed out, posters and some of the worksheets can be laminated, and worksheets printed and shared with students. As an added bonus, teachers and students who have (Google Apps for Education) Google accounts can click on the shared links and use the worksheets and Graphic Organizers in Google Slides.

Use the graphics, picture labels and the 4 steps to writing a haiku to motivate students to write Easter haikus. Print out the blackline masters for students to publish their writing. Teachers can use the labels as motivation for writing haikus, by sticking magnetic tape on the back of labels to use on magnetic whiteboards. Add the Easter storybox to a Writing (Literacy) center for independent students to plan, write and publish their Easter Haikus. Use the teaching PowerPoint ‘Writing a Haiku’ to show students how to write a haiku. This can also be printed out and added to classroom walls as a teaching display or presented through a projector or Interactive Whiteboard. This Storybox contains 12 Picture labels of characters and settings with vocab words 4 copies of each graphic label 1 Writing framework, haiku 1 page of ‘4 stages of writing a haiku’ 21 blackline masters for publishing 35 graphics, labels, Black and White, no white background 1 teaching Slideshow ‘Writing a Haiku’

Students match the letter card to a picture. Play it like a Bingo, with one person showing the letters and saying the sound. Or students could just match the letters to the cards. Students should be saying the sounds as they match the letters to the pictures.

Children match the jigsaws together, sounding out the initial letter. Print out, cut up (cut the zig zag line before laminating), then laminate.

Print these cards, cut out and fold on the double black line, laminate and use as Flash Cards for sounding out the sounds and letter names.

Print these cards out, laminate and use as Flash Cards. Students say the sound, the name of the letter and the name of the picture.

Print out, cut and laminate these cards. Mix the cards up and get students to match the letter sound to the pictures.

Students have to find the assigned letter in the grid and colour each one. If they find them all then the coloured pattern will become the letter. Students can then colour in the pictures that relate to the sound and letter. Encourage students to say the sound and the name of the letter. Use these as followup activities when you are focussing on certain letters. Print these as a handout or laminate for students to use whiteboard markers.

This pack consists of a series of alphabet and phonic cards designed to develop letter recognition and letter sound relationships. The pack includes posters and games showing alphabet (upper and lower case letters) blends, consonant clusters and digraphs. All can be printed out and laminated, some could be used as an interactive slideshow or inserted into a workshop. These cards have upper and lower case letters. All graphics by Jacqui Sharp. This package contains 4 files (87 pages in all) Alphabet Word bank. Print this out, laminate and use by adding more words and pictures. Or use the Google Slide version to project up on to the screen and add more words and pictures to it Alphabet Phonics Cards: Print these cards out, laminate and put up on your wall or use them in your group teaching. Project these cards up onto a screen and use them for letter recognition practice. Phonics Matching Game: Print out, cut and laminate these cards. Mix the cards up and get students to match the letter sound to the pictures. Alphabet, blends and vowels: Print out, cut and laminate these cards. Students use them for reference when they are writing. Play the alphabet and blend games. RF.K.1.D; RF.K.2; RF.K.3; RF.K.3.A; RF.K.3.B

Students use these cards when they are writing their stories. The pictures and words all start with the same beginning phonics sound. These can be used in teaching sessions and independently by students. You can print slides 2 and 3 back to back or slides 2 and 4 back to back.