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AN Word Dice Games - A CVC Phonics Centre

AN Word Dice Games - A CVC Phonics Centre
, Not Grade Specific,

Students roll a consonant die (c, f, m, p, r, t or v) and an -an rime die to make words such as can, fan and van, then colour, trace, cover, graph or write each word on a recording mat.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Dice Games, Literacy Game, Phonics Games, Literacy Center, Small Group Activity, CVC Words, AN Words, AN Word Family

AN Word Family Flower Craft

AN Word Family Flower Craft
, Not Grade Specific,

Spring flower craft for the -an word family: one flower has petals showing can, pan, ran, van, fan and man, and a second has picture petals to match to those same CVC words in its centre.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Phonics Craft, Craftivity, CVC Words, Flower Craft, Literacy Center, Spring Craft, Kindergarten Phonics, Kindergarten Literacy, AN Words

AN Word Family Sentence Matching

AN Word Family Sentence Matching
, Not Grade Specific,

Students read 15 decodable -an sentences, such as "Dan will get a tan" and "I see a man in the van," then pair every sentence card with its picture.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Sentence Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Literacy Center, CVC Words, Kindergarten Literacy, Literacy Station, Phonics Station, AN Words, AN Word Family

AN Word Family Sorting Activities

AN Word Family Sorting Activities
, Not Grade Specific,

Three -an word family sorts: picture cards such as can, van and fan against bag, jam and crab; word cards such as pan and tan against bed and cub; and real -an words against nonsense ones such as kan, xan and zan.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags CVC Words, Real And Nonsense Words, Phonics Sort, Nonsense Words, Literacy Centers, Hands On Center, AN Words, AN Word Family

Animal Word Search Grades 2–5 Worksheet Activity

Animal Word Search Grades 2–5 Worksheet Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Animal word search with a 50-word bank that mixes familiar names like rabbit and zebra with less common ones such as ocelot, dugong and tamarin.

Author Classsim

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Tags Animal Word Search Printable 2nd Grade, Animal Word Search 3rd Grade Worksheet, Animal Vocabulary Word Search 4th Grade, Animal Word Search 5th Grade Classroom Activity, No-prep Animal Word Search Printable, Animal Word Search Homework Pdf, Animal Word Search Center Activity Elementary, Colored Animal Word Search Printable, Black And White Animal Word Search Answer Key, Animal Word Search NGSS CCSS Literacy

AP Word Family Sentence Matching

AP Word Family Sentence Matching
, Not Grade Specific,

Sentence cards with -ap words, such as "He can rap." and "This is my map.", give beginning readers short decodable sentences to read and match to the right picture.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Sentence Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Literacy Center, CVC Words, Kindergarten Literacy, Literacy Station, Phonics Station, AP Words, AP Word Family

AP Words Matching Mats

AP Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,

AP Family Word Mat and AP Family Sentence Mat: students read eight -ap words (cap, map, gap, lap, sap, nap, rap, tap) and eight -ap sentences, then place the matching picture card on each one.

Author The Connett Connection

Rating

Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, AP Words, AP Word Family

Apple Counting Syllables Sorting Activity

Apple Counting Syllables Sorting Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Syllable sorting with an apple theme: students count the syllables in each picture card's word and place the card on the mat for 1, 2, 3 or 4 syllables.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Hands-on Literacy Center, Apple, Apple Syllables, Fall Syllables, Autumn Syllables, Counting Syllables, How Many Syllables

AT Words Matching Mats

AT Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,

Matching mats for the AT word family: students match cards to a mat of -at words and to a mat of simple -at sentences, reading each word on its own and in context.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, AT Words, AT Word Family

Back to School Letter Recognition Seek and Find Mats

Back to School Letter Recognition Seek and Find Mats
, Not Grade Specific,

Young learners hunt for target letters on school bus seek-and-find mats, practicing uppercase A-Z and lowercase a-z identification at the start of the year, with letter cards to match.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Back To School, Letter Recognition, Seek And Find Mats, Hands-on Literacy Center, Handwriting Practice

Bar Graphs Worksheets Data and Graphing Column Graphs Tally Marks

Bar Graphs Worksheets Data and Graphing Column Graphs Tally Marks
, Not Grade Specific,

Learners first visit the designated observation area with a teacher and record car colours using tally marks and totals. They transfer the collected counts to a vertical graph scaled from one to twenty, labelling colour categories along the horizontal axis. A separate interpretation page asks about greatest and least frequency, differences, ties, and total observations. Because the data come from the local setting, valid graphs and responses vary rather than following one universal completed answer.

Author Teach2Tell

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Tags Bar Graphs Worksheets, Data And Graphing Activities, Bar Graph Math Center, Graphing Data For 2nd Grade, Graphing Data For 3rd Grade, Math Worksheets Bar Graphs, Real-world Math Project, Picture And Bar Graph Worksheets, Common Core Graphing Lesson, Math Graphing Printables

Bear Themed Rhyming Words

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

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

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

Rating

Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, Beginning Blends, Br Words

Busy Learning More Shapes Activity

Busy Learning More Shapes Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Shape names from circle and oval up to heptagon, nonagon and decagon, for students to trace and then match to the correct shapes.

Author KD's Kids School Shop

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Tags Shapes Activity, Tracing Shapes, Handwriting Practice, Shapes Printable, Shape Attributes, Math Center, Math Activity, Geometry, Tracing

Busy Learning Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Activity Packet

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

Cinderella ABC Order

Cinderella ABC Order
, Not Grade Specific,

Cinderella ABC order practice with two 10-word lists, including godmother, pumpkin, slipper and palace, in both printable and digital typing versions.

Author Good Human Project

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Tags Reading Activity, Literature Center, Reading Stations, ABC Order, Cinderella, Abc Cinderella, Cinderella Abc

Commutative Property of Addition Activity

Commutative Property of Addition Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Popcorn-themed commutative property practice: students match each addition equation, such as 8 + 3 = 11, to its turned-around partner, 3 + 8 = 11, then fill in sums on a worksheet.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Have Fun Teaching, Commutative Property, Addition Properties, Properties Of Addition, Popcorn Math, Math Center, Independent Work, Addition Worksheet

CVC Word Builder Activity #1

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

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

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

Fall Beginning Sound Clip Cards

Fall Beginning Sound Clip Cards
, Not Grade Specific,

Beginning sound clip cards with fall 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

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 Poop Making 10 Math Game

Ghost Poop Making 10 Math Game
, Not Grade Specific,

Students spin a number, find its partner to 10 on their haunted-house mat, and cover it with a mini-marshmallow in this making-10 spinner game for practicing addition facts.

Author Easy Peasy Primary Resources

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Tags Halloween, Math Sensory, Partners Of 10, Making 10, Partner Games, Ghost Poop, Ghost Turds, Do Ghost Poop, Ghost Poopie, What Is Ghost Poop?, Gost Poop, What Is A Ghost Poop, What Is Ghost Poop, Poop Ghost, Math Game, Addition Game, Math Center, Halloween Math, First Grade Math