Search results for Centre Activities
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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 a kindergarten phonics word sort.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Preschool Literacy Center, Kindergarten Literacy, Rhyming Words
Hansel and Gretel | Character Sort Activity
, Not Grade Specific,
Cut-and-glue sort for the Hansel and Gretel tale: students match trait cards such as 'Scared' or 'Pushed the witch into the oven' to the right character column.
Author Good Human Project
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Tags Character Sort, Reading Activity, Hansel And Gretel, Reading Station, Center Activities
ID Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
-id word family practice with CVC words (bid, hid, lid, rid, kid) and CCVC words (grid, skid, slid): students read each word on the word mat and each sentence on the sentence mat, then place the matching cut-out picture card on it.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, ID Words, ID 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
IP Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Eight -ip words, from dip and hip to ship and zip, sit on a word mat, and eight short sentences such as I put my chip in the dip sit on a sentence mat; students cut out picture cards and match one 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, Ip Words, Ip Word Family
IT Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Matching mats for the -it word family: a word mat listing bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit and knit, and a sentence mat of eight short sentences such as "Can you hit it?" and "I can knit a cap."
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, It Words, It 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 ELA 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: students 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 A Dab It Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,
Three learner worksheets isolate different stages of letter recognition. The first asks children to locate uppercase A, the second focuses on lowercase a, and the third mixes both forms in the same field. Dot-marker responses add a simple fine-motor component without requiring handwriting. Teachers can assign the pages in sequence or select the case that matches current instruction, using errors to identify visually confusable letters.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter A, Dab It Activity, Dot Painting, Letter Recognition, Alphabet Center, Letter A Activities, Alphabet Activity
Letter A Handwriting Pages
, Not Grade Specific,
Handwriting practice for capital A and lowercase a: students trace dotted rows first, then write each letter on their own in blank rows.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter A Handwriting, Writing The Letter A, Letter A Writing, Writing Center, Handwriting Practice, Letter A Activities, Writing Practice, Fine Motor Skills, Tracing Letters, Letter Formation
Letter A Playdough Mats
, Not Grade Specific,
Two letter A playdough mats, 'A is for acorn' and 'A is for apple', where children press playdough into the acorn or apple picture above each phrase.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter A, Playdough Mats, Letter A Playdough Mats, Fine Motor Skills, Alphabet Center
Letter B Beginning Sound Sort
, Not Grade Specific,
Letter B sound sort with two beach mats, Begins with B and Does not begin with B: students say the name of each beach ball picture and place it on the mat that fits its first sound.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter B, Letter B Activities, Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Center, Beginning Sounds, Initial Sounds, Phonics Center, Literacy Center, Kindergarten Literacy, /b/
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 - Bear Themed
, Not Grade Specific,
Students sort bear-themed picture cards onto two cave mats: one for pictures that start with Bb, such as banana, bee and book, and one for pictures 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, Initial Sounds, Letter B, Letter B Activity
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 B Handwriting Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,
Letter B handwriting practice: rows of capital B and lowercase b to trace, pages with numbered stroke arrows and rows to copy, and tracing cards for a write-and-wipe centre.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter B, Letter B Worksheets, Handwriting Practice, Writing Letters, Penmanship, Writing Center, Alphabet Activities, Alphabet Worksheets, Handwriting Worksheets, Writing The Letter B
Letter B Reading Strips
, Not Grade Specific,
Sentence strips for the /b/ sound, each reading 'B is for ___' with a word such as banana, basket, bird, bell or button.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter B, Letter B Activities, Simple Sentences, Reading Center, Alphabet Activities, Learning To Read, Phonics Activities, Reading Strips, Beginning Sounds, Initial /b/ Sound
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
Letter C Capital and Lowercase Letter Sorting Activity
, Not Grade Specific,
Students sort a mix of capital and lowercase C's onto matching caterpillar mats to build letter-recognition skills.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Letter C, Letter C Sorting, Letter C Activity, Alphabet Sorting, Capital And Lowercase Letters, Alphabet Center, Literacy Center, Sorting Activity, Preschool Sorting, Caterpillars