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Post Office: A Complete Theme Unit Including Learning Centers teaching resource preview

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Post Office: A Complete Theme Unit Including Learning Centers

A complete post-office-themed classroom unit that teaches how to design and run integrated learning centers (language, math, science, social studies, art, dramatic play, construction) built around a post office theme, including a field trip and culminating assessment.

Includes: Using a Theme to Integrate the Curriculum with Learning Centers (teacher guidance) · Developing a Theme with Learning Centers (teacher guidance) · Designing Meaningful Starting Points for Themes (teacher guidance)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

Penguins Early Reader Nonfiction Book teaching resource preview

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Penguins Early Reader Nonfiction Book

Students read (or have read to them) an 8-page illustrated nonfiction booklet about penguins, answer comprehension questions (open-ended and multiple-choice), practice sounding out vocabulary words, learn glossary/vocabulary definitions, and in the 'Writing Book' version write and draw their own facts about penguins on blank lines.

Includes: parent/helper guide (ABC's of helping a child read nonfiction) · print/fold/staple instructions for an 8-page foldable reader booklet

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

The Road to Reading A - Letter Names teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

The Road to Reading A - Letter Names

Play alphabet games and complete hands-on activities across 10 lessons (e.g., 'What's in a Name?', sorting letters, matching look-alike letters, Letter Lotto, Letter Match-Ups, Go Fish, the Alphabet Song, Wacky Letters); read an alliterative 'Tongue Twisters A-Z' book in full-page and mini-booklet formats; use labels, lotto boards, and…

Includes: 'About The Road to Reading' program overview · 10 lessons with objectives, materials lists, and activities (letter names, sorting, look-alikes, Letter Lotto, LetterLand, Letter Match-Ups, Go Fish, Alphabet… · 'Tongue Twisters A-Z' alliterative reader (full-page version and booklet version)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–5

Beginning Language Arts Workbook teaching resource preview

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Beginning Language Arts Workbook

Alphabet-based language arts workbook ('Teacher's Creatures', a companion to Teacher's Creatures Phonics Puppets and component of The Monaco Method for Early Literacy) teaching phonics, handwriting, reading, and spelling for letters A-Z.

Includes: Introductory 'About This Book' and 'Students and Teachers Should Know' pages explaining the Monaco Method's handwriting/phonics cues · review lessons every 3 lessons (phonemic awareness/letter recognition) and every 6 lessons (spelling/reading with…

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

Social Emotional Learning Unit: Independence Activities teaching resource preview

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Social Emotional Learning Unit: Independence Activities

A social-emotional learning unit teaching kindergarten independence: doing tasks without adult help, practicing classroom jobs, and using the 'Ask 3 Before Me' strategy, combined with worksheets and an emergent reader about morning routines.

Includes: teaching points page (doing things independently, 'Ask 3 Before Me', classroom jobs) · read-aloud book list (e.g. All By Myself, There's an Ouch in my Pouch!, The Thing Lou Couldn't Do, The I'm Not Scared Book, It's Okay to Make Mistakes, Howard…

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

I Need a Hug: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

I Need a Hug: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Engage in a picture walk and repeated readings of the book, identify and write the letter 'i', use core/fringe vocabulary word strips (including AAC-style aided language input), sequence and retell the story with cut-out props, answer WH comprehension questions, complete letter-identification, rhyme-exclusion and…

Includes: contents/table of pages · letter focus activities (letter i)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

Kindergarten Health and Safety: I Control Me! teaching resource preview

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Kindergarten Health and Safety: I Control Me!

Trace and color pictures illustrating responsible behavior (e.g., walking a dog, cleaning a room/cubby, dressing for weather), identify emotions (happy, sad, mad, tired), and practice calming strategies (deep breathing, doodling) with a teacher-led answer/discussion page included.

Includes: one teacher-directed answer/discussion page

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K

The Road to Reading B - Beginning Sounds teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

The Road to Reading B - Beginning Sounds

Complete 9 lessons of hands-on activities (Match the Sounds, Letters for Sounds, Tricky Consonants, Sound Sorting, ABC Picture Book, Picture Lotto, Where Is the Sound?, Fun Phrases, Read Along with Me) using letter lotto boards, ABC pictures, picture lotto boards, and sound boxes; read the 'Tongue Twisters A-Z' book…

Includes: 'About The Road to Reading' program overview · 9 lessons with objectives, materials, and activities (Match the Sounds, Letters for Sounds, Tricky Consonants, Sound Sorting, ABC…

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–5

Media Arts Workbook: Grades K-2 teaching resource preview

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Media Arts Workbook: Grades K-2

Students listen to or view stories/media, discuss and describe sounds, draw or write responses on activity pages, examine images/photographs, complete comic-book and photo-story pages, and discuss responsible technology/camera use.

Includes: 57-page workbook in 4 sections (Sound, Images, Photography, Responsible Practice), each with Teachers' Notes (recommended resources…

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

Social Emotional Learning Unit: Feelings & Emotions Activities teaching resource preview

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Social Emotional Learning Unit: Feelings & Emotions Activities

A social-emotional learning unit teaching students to identify, label, and cope with feelings and emotions ('easy' vs 'hard' feelings), including calming strategies, combined with sorting/matching worksheets and two emergent readers.

Includes: teaching points page (easy vs hard feelings, 'a bug and a wish' strategy) · read-aloud book list (e.g. Today I Feel Silly, How Full is Your Bucket?, A Bug and a Wish, My Magic Breath, The Feelings Book, The Way I Feel, When Sophie…

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

Kindergarten Health: Unit 6 teaching resource preview

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Kindergarten Health: Unit 6

Practice covering a sneeze/cough with a tissue or elbow, follow numbered hand-washing steps, cut-and-paste hand-washing steps in order (first/next/then/last), color a doctor/dentist-visit picture and explain to a peer how doctors help.

Includes: cover/objectives page · unit-series overview page

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

PIG the STINKER: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

PIG the STINKER: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Engage in a picture walk-through and repeated readings of the book; identify letter 'w' name/sound and practice writing it; use core/fringe vocabulary word strips during reading; interact with story props (cut-out story elements); retell the story by sequencing cut-and-paste pictures; complete a multiple-choice comprehension worksheet;…

Includes: letter focus activity (letter w) · writing support (keyboard-style letter grid)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

Simple and Fun Science A - Science Simplified teaching resource preview

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Simple and Fun Science A - Science Simplified

A full science workbook (Book A of the 'Simple and Fun Science' series, ages 4-6) teaching science process skills (observing, sorting, comparing, recording, classifying) through hands-on activities across life science, plants, animals, the human body, and weather topics.

Includes: introduction to science process skills

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

Kindergarten Curriculum teaching resource preview

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Kindergarten Curriculum

A year-long kindergarten curriculum planning guide with subject-by-subject skill checklists across ten subject areas.

Includes: Phonics (19pp) · Reading (27pp)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K

Book Companion: B is for BANANAS: AAC-Language-Literacy teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

Book Companion: B is for BANANAS: AAC-Language-Literacy

Identify the letter B and its sound, practice writing the letter, find letter B in the book, use core/fringe vocabulary cards during shared reading, manipulate story prop cutouts, cut and paste pictures to retell the story in order, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, dot/highlight the letter b in isolated letters and words,…

Includes: letter focus activities page (letter b) · writing support/keyboard reference page · picture walk-through and repeated reading guidance

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–1

Transportation: A Complete Theme Unit Including Learning Centers teaching resource preview

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Transportation: A Complete Theme Unit Including Learning Centers

Students rotate through and complete activities in Language, Math Manipulatives, Social Studies, Science, Art, Dramatic Play, and Construction learning centers; participate in a themed field trip with a log and name tags; and complete a culminating activity assessed with a rubric.

Includes: theme/learning-center teaching background (using a theme to integrate curriculum, developing themes, designing starting points) · transportation-specific theme starting point activity (car brochures/chart activity) · room arrangement guidance

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

Fill in the Missing Letters and Numbers teaching resource preview

Counting & shapes

Fill in the Missing Letters and Numbers

Write missing uppercase letters into an alphabet grid, write missing numbers into a 1-20 number grid, trace lowercase letters and matching words to practice letter sounds, trace numbers 1-20 while counting dots, and trace/draw basic shapes.

Includes: 1 missing-uppercase-letters alphabet grid worksheet · 1 missing-numbers (1-20) grid worksheet · 3 pages of trace-the-letter/trace-the-word letter-sound practice (a-z with an example word each)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

The Easy English Series Book 4: Easy Punctuation teaching resource preview

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The Easy English Series Book 4: Easy Punctuation

Practice the alphabet, computer keyboard layout, starting/ending sentences, capital letters, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, speech marks (quotation marks), and apostrophes through guided worksheet exercises, with periodic revision pages; check answers against an answer key.

Includes: Teachers' Notes · Alphabet and computer keyboard pages

Answers included

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–4

The Good Egg: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

The Good Egg: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Students identify a target letter (g) and its sound, practice writing it, participate in a picture-walk and repeated readings, use core/fringe vocabulary strips, manipulate story props to retell the story, answer WH comprehension questions, sort good-choice/bad-choice scenario cards, answer CROWD shared-reading questions, complete…

Includes: letter focus page · writing support (keyboard/letter tracing) · picture walk/repeated reading guidance

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

The Little Red Hen: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

The Little Red Hen: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Identify the target letter 'h' (name, sound, and in text), practice writing letters, use core/fringe vocabulary words and AAC symbol strips during shared reading, retell the story using sequenced picture cards, answer WH comprehension questions, complete rhyme exclusion/generation worksheets, match vocabulary words to…

Includes: letter focus activities (letter h: name, sound, writing, finding in book) · writing support (keyboard/letter reference)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

Raccoons Early Reader Nonfiction Book teaching resource preview

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Raccoons Early Reader Nonfiction Book

Read the raccoon nonfiction booklet (independently or with a helper); answer teacher-guide comprehension questions; complete a multiple-choice comprehension quiz; write their own version of the book in a blank 'Writing Book' template; practice vocabulary and sight-word cards; complete a take-home 'Reading Homework' page with a…

Includes: parent/helper guide ('The ABC's of Helping Your Child Read Non-Fiction') · raccoon-booklet assembly instructions (print double-sided, fold, staple) · teacher guide with comprehension questions and a glossary (forage, fur, mammal, mask, kits, omnivore, rodents, solitude)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

The Great Monster Hunt: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

The Great Monster Hunt: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Students identify a target letter (e) and its sound, practice writing it, participate in a picture-walk and repeated readings, use core/fringe vocabulary strips, manipulate story props and a storyboard to sequence/retell the story, answer WH comprehension questions, complete a letter-identification dot/highlight worksheet, answer CROWD…

Includes: letter focus page · writing support (keyboard/letter tracing) · picture walk/repeated reading guidance

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

High-Frequency Sight Words: Sight Word Stories teaching resource preview

Letters & early reading

High-Frequency Sight Words: Sight Word Stories

Read and work through sight-word-based stories and related activities (matching, sentence completion, mixed-up/boxed words, writing tasks, puzzles), using flash cards for word recognition practice.

Includes: flash cards · sight word stories

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1

George Washington and the General's Dog (A Story Companion) teaching resource preview

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George Washington and the General's Dog (A Story Companion)

Complete an anticipation guide, vocabulary pages (picture and definition versions), an author's-purpose activity, story comprehension questions, a SWBST summary organizer, a sequencing activity, a biographical read-and-color passage on George Washington, an opinion-writing piece (with rough draft) on whether Washington was a good…

Includes: Anticipation guide · 2 story vocabulary pages (picture-based and definition-based) · Author's purpose activity

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2