Search results for Literacy Centre Activities
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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
, 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
, 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
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
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
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
, 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 a kindergarten phonics word sort.
Author The Connett Connection
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Tags Preschool Literacy Center, Kindergarten Literacy, Rhyming Words
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 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