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Bear Themed Rhyming Words
, Not Grade Specific,
Students sort word cards onto two cave mats, one for words that rhyme with bear, such as chair, pear and square, and one for words that do not, such as ball, shoe and mail.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Preschool Literacy Center, Kindergarten Literacy, Rhyming Words, Rhymes With Bear, EAR Words
BL Words Beginning Blends Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Words such as blow, block, blizzard and blender make up the bl word mat, and a second mat has eight short sentences like He blew the bubbles; students match a picture card to every word and sentence.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, BL Words, Beginning Blends
BR Words Beginning Blends Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Two BR blend matching mats: on one, students match picture cards to eight words such as brush, brain and branch; on the other, they read eight short sentences, such as I like to eat broccoli, and find the picture.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, Beginning Blends, Br Words
Busy Learning Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Activity Packet
, Not Grade Specific,
Alphabet matching and tracing packet: students cut out lowercase letters and match them to uppercase letters, then trace both forms of every letter.
Author KD's Kids School Shop
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Tags Uppercase Letters, Reading Center, Literacy Station, Lowercase Letters, Activity Packet, Reading Small Group, Early Finishers, Tracing, Handwriting, Learning Lowercase Letters
Cat Themed Rhyming Words
, Not Grade Specific,
Rhyming sort built around the word cat: students place cards such as bat, hat and sat under Rhymes with cat, and words such as bed, sun and van under Does not rhyme with cat.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Preschool Literacy Center, Kindergarten Literacy, Rhyming Words, Pet Rhyming, Rhymes With Cat, AT Words
CVC Word Builder Activity #1
, Not Grade Specific,
Spinner-based CVC word builder: students spin a wheel of consonants (t, b, c, n, f, r, m, p), combine them with a set vowel, and write the words they make for each of a, e, i, o and u.
Author KD's Kids School Shop
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Tags CVC Word Builder, Phonics Activity, Spelling Activity, Small Group, Special Education, Literacy Center, Consonants, Vowels, Ending Sounds
ED Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Short -ed words like bed, fed, shed and Ted appear on a word mat and a sentence mat, and early readers match cut-out picture cards to each word or sentence.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, ED Words, ED Word Family
EN Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Short e words in the EN family, such as den, hen, pen and ten, for students to read and match with cutout cards on a word mat and a sentence mat.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, EN Words, EN Word Family
ET Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Word family mats for -et words such as net, jet, pet and vet, where students read each word or short sentence and match it to its cut-out picture card.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, ET Words, ET Word Family
Autumn Beginning Sound Clip Cards
, Not Grade Specific,
Beginning sound clip cards with autumn words, from leaf and pumpkin to squirrel, where students clip the letter, blend, digraph or trigraph that starts each pictured word.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Beginning Sounds, Fall Beginning Sounds, Autumn Literacy Center, Literacy Task Cards, Phonics Clip Cards
Flower Craft: AD Word Family
, Not Grade Specific,
Students colour, cut out and put together a flower craft with the -ad words bad, dad, lad, mad, pad and sad on its petals. A second template has them match the same six words to pictures.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Phonics Craft, Craftivity, CVC Words, Flower Craft, Literacy Center, AD Word Family, AD Words, Spring Craft, Kindergarten Phonics, Kindergarten Literacy
Ghost Themed Rhyming Words
, Not Grade Specific,
Eleven ghost picture cards, six that rhyme with ghost and five that don't, are sorted onto two haunted house mats in an Early Years and Foundation phonics word sort.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Preschool Literacy Center, Kindergarten Literacy, Rhyming Words
IG Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Matching mats for the IG word family, with eight words from big and fig to twig: students place a picture card on each word, then match sentence cards to eight sentences on the sentence mat.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, Ig Word, IG Word Family
IN Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
IN word family matching mats: students read the eight words on the word mat, such as bin, fin, twin and spin, and place the matching picture card on each, then do the same with eight short -in sentences on the sentence mat.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, In Words, In Word Family
Let's Talk About Music – ESL Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Music talk fuels an ESL conversation board game whose path from Start to Finish is paved with around thirty discussion squares - favourite bands, instruments, concerts, genres, and challenges like humming a song for others to guess.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Board Game, Speaking Games, Speaking Skills, Writing Prompts, ESL Activity, Partner Activity, Literacy Center, Dice Game, Small Group
Let's Talk About Spring Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,
About two dozen spring-themed conversation prompts line a winding path from START to FINISH, giving ESL and ENGLISH students a speaking game about weather, food, and seasonal traditions.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Board Game, Dice Small, Partner Work, Small Group, Literacy Center, Assessing Mastery, Writing Prompts, Spring, April, May
Let's Talk About the Weather – ESL Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Over twenty weather-themed conversation questions line a path from Start to Finish, turning small talk about rain, snow, and storms into a speaking-practice board game for English learners.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Weather, Board Game, Literacy Center, Game Board, Dice Game, Writing Skills, Writing Prompts, Environment, ESL Activity, Partner Work, Weather Games For Middle School
Letter A Beginning Sound Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Letter A beginning-sound board game: children roll a die, move around the board and cover the matching picture, winning when every picture is covered. Pictures include an apple, ant, alligator and astronaut.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter A, Beginning Sounds, Beginning Sounds Game, Letter A Game, Alphabet Game, Letter A Activities, Literacy Center, Partner Activity, Small Group Activity, Single Player Game, Beginning Sounds Games
Letter A Sorting – Capital & Lowercase Apple Theme
, Not Grade Specific,
Twelve capital and lowercase A cards are sorted onto two labelled mats, isolating letter-case recognition for a single letter.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter A, Alphabet Sorting, Capital And Lowercase Letters, Apple Sorting, Letter Recognition, Apple Themed, Preschool Literacy, Literacy Center, Fine Motor Center, Sorting Activity
Letter B Beginning Sound Sort - Bakery Themed
, Not Grade Specific,
Bakery-themed sorting activity in which children place picture cards on a Starts with Bb mat or a Does Not Start with Bb mat, giving practice hearing /b/ at the start of a word.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter Of The Week, Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Centers, Beginning Sounds, Literacy Center, Preschool Literacy Center, Initial Sounds, Letter B Activity, Letter B, Community Helpers
Letter B Beginning Sound Sort - Sports Themed
, Not Grade Specific,
Basketball picture cards to sort by first sound onto two hoop mats, Starts with Bb and Does not start with Bb, for practice picking out words that begin with /b/.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter Of The Week, Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Centers, Beginning Sounds, Literacy Center, Preschool Literacy Center, Initial Sounds, Letter B, Letter B Activity
Letter B Capital and Lowercase Letter Sorting
, Not Grade Specific,
Students cut apart 12 letter cards showing capital and lowercase B and sort each one onto the matching capital or lowercase sorting mat.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter B, Letter B Activity, Capital And Lowercase Letter Sort, Alphabet Sort, Alphabet Center, Alphabet Activity, Letter Recognition, Identifying Letters, Preschool Literacy, Literacy Center
Letter B Games
, Not Grade Specific,
Roll a die, move around the track and cover the matching picture - two letter B game boards carry that rule across the top, and a round ends when every picture on the board is covered.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter B, Letter B Activities, Letter B Games, Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Game, Initial /b/ Sound, Beginning Sounds, Literacy Center, Phonics Games, Beginning Sound Game
Letter C Beginning Sound Sort - Summer Themed
, Not Grade Specific,
Summer crab picture cards to sort by beginning sound, onto one mat for words that start with Cc and another for words that do not.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter Of The Week, Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Centers, Beginning Sounds, Literacy Center, Preschool Literacy Center, Letter C, Letter C Activity