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Literacy Activities

Enrich your students' library experience with activities designed to promote a love for reading. This collection includes scavenger hunts, book discussions, and research projects that make library time engaging and interactive. Encourage students to explore literature, develop information literacy skills, and discover the joy of reading through these creative activities.

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Beginning Digraphs Game

Beginning Digraphs Game
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Grade 1, 2, Activities, Games

This resource is a Beginning Digraphs Game. Directions for how to play this game are included. This is a great whole group or small group game to review and reinforce the concept of digraphs.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Vowel Sounds, Digraphs, Blends, Phonics, Language Arts

Gingerbread Beginning Sounds Game

Gingerbread Beginning Sounds Game
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Activities, Games

This resource is a Gingerbread Beginning Sounds Game . This activity allows students to distinguish the beginning sounds in words. This can be used as a simple matching/concentration game where students match the beginning sounds pictures. It includes all consonants and vowels, but you can use only the cards you need for your group.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Phonics, Winter, Beginning Sounds, December, Gingerbread

Groundhog Day | Emergent Reader and Activities

Groundhog Day | Emergent Reader and Activities
ELA, Reading, Preschool, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities

This resource is a Groundhog Day | Emergent Reader and Activities. These activities can be used before, during and after reading the emergent reader. There are games to be played such as concentration and compound words game . Answer key included. Students will complete a class survey and make predictions.

Author Literacy Life

Tags February, Groundhog Day, Emergent Reader, Concentration Game, Compound Words

Ladybug Sight Word Phrase Game

Ladybug Sight Word Phrase Game
ELA, Language Development, Vocabulary, Grade 3, 4, 5, Activities, Games

This resource is a Ladybug Sight Word Phrase Game . The game includes: - 42 sight word phrase cards - 6 alternate direction cards - sentence type cards - a page of blank cards Students will take turns drawing a card and reading the phrase on the card. If a student reads the phrase correctly, they keep the card. The student with the most cards at the end wins the game . Detailed instructions are included in this download.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Ladybugs, Sight Words, Phrases, Language Game, Task Cards, Word Phrase Games

Syllable Division Phonics Game

Syllable Division Phonics Game
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities, Games

This resource is a Syllable Division Phonics Game. Students will learn six different ways for syllables to be divided. You'll be able to print these rules for student reference. This game can be played with or without the game board. Directions are included for the different ways to play.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Phonics, Syllables, Literacy Center, Task Cards, Game Board

Welded Sounds Game

Welded Sounds Game
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Grade 3, Games, Activities

Students will have fun as they play a board game to practice the welded sounds (blends and digraphs) for -ng and -nk, using emojis as a fun theme. It is perfect for working in small groups, literacy center, or tutoring sessions. It follows the Orton-Gillingham model for learning sounds. The game includes word and sentence cards for students to read to take them around the game board. The fun emoji characters make it a fun game to play. I have included everything in color and black and white for your printing needs.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Phonics, Syllables, Orton-Gillingham, Game, Sound Practice, What Are Welded Sounds, Glued Sounds Activities, Welded Sounds Worksheets

Snowflake Flurries Sight Word Game

Snowflake Flurries Sight Word Game
ELA, Language Development, Spelling, Preschool, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities, Games

Snowflake Flurries Sight Word Game Snowflake Flurries Sight Word Game is an exceptional learning resource, merging education and play for students in a compelling way. Crafted specifically to assist educators in teaching spelling effectively, this product caters to students from Kindergarten up to Grade 3. Key Features: Inclusivity: The game includes words from pre-primer level up to 3rd grade levele, accommodating every student's learning pace. Different color snowflakes are used for each word set for easy recognition of differring levels. Versatility: Two distinct modes of play are provided with the game permitting teachers the flexibility in choosing an approach that harmonizes with their style and their students' leaning preference. Downloadability: Upon purchase, access instantly your product comprised of over 45 pages neatly arranged in a PDF format ready for immediate printing. Efficacy: Keeping economy into consideration, an option has been integrated offering a set of black-and-white cards designed especially for ink-saving prints. Purpose This one-of-a-kind resource aids educators aiming at enhancing Language Arts sessions dealing with spelling. With this tool at your disposal, make lessons interactive and establish vocabulary among young learners enticingly. Snowflake Fluries - The perfect edutainment tool designed keeping primary grade educators foremost!

Author Literacy Life

Tags Spelling Game, Sight Words, Interactive Learning, Language Arts, Vocabulary Expansion

Ninja Syllables Puzzle and Game

Ninja Syllables Puzzle and Game
ELA, Language Development, Spelling, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities, Games

This resource is a Ninja Syllables Puzzle and Game. Puzzles are included for 2, 3, and 4 syllable words. Students can write the words as they create puzzles on the recording sheets. These are perfect for small group or literacy centers . Two sorts are included for students to complete. Your students will have fun playing as they read words with syllables on them.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Reading Puzzles, Spelling, Syllables, Ninja, Small Group

Jelly Bean L-Blends Game

Jelly Bean L-Blends Game
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Grade 1, 2, Activities, Games

This resource is a Jelly Bean L-Blends Game. There are 2 games to play: 1. Game board with blends on it 2. Blank game board Directions are included for both of these.

Author Literacy Life

Tags L-blends, Jelly Bean, Phonics Game, Literacy Center, Game Boards, L Blends Games, Blends Game, Blends Games, Jelly Bean Blanks

Poppin' Fact or Opinion Game

Poppin' Fact or Opinion Game
ELA, Reading, Grade 2, 3, 4, Activities, Games

This resource is a Poppin' Fact or Opinion Game. Students will: - Read the card - Decide if it is a fact or opinion about popcorn - Roll the number cube, then pick up a card and read it - If they are correct, they can move forward the number of spaces on the game board. Full directions are included for playing this game. This is a great way to introduce and review this skill.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Reading Games, Board Game, Fact, Opinion, Literacy Center, Facts And Opinions Game, Facts And Opinions Games

CVC Literacy Centers

CVC Literacy Centers
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Preschool, Centers, Activities

This is a set of print and go CVC Literacy Centers that is perfect for early kindergarten students. It is a PDF of 42 pages. Your students will practice beginning sounds, middle sounds, ending sounds, rhyming words, and building CVC words. The cards are fun, bold pictures that are easy to understand. Students will match letter cards to picture cards and build CVC words with boxes showing a picture. It includes three worksheets that could be used for assessments. It does not include an answer key. Implementation Format: These activities could be used in a small group or partner activity or as an individual activity . It is perfect for literacy centers because the activities can be completed in about 10-15 minutes. You can have students complete more than one activity if you want a longer literacy session. Suggestions for use: The center activities include cards that can be used in a pocket chart or sorted on the floor, desk, or table. You could also attach velcro or magnets for sorting on white boards, cookie sheets, etc. Students can use magnet letters or dry erase markers to build CVC words in word building boxes. Standards: CCSS RF.K.2a: recognize and produce rhyming words CCSS RF.K.2d: isolate and produce the initial, medial vowel, and final sound (phonemes) in the three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.

Author Katie Maurice

Tags Rhyming, Matching, Beginning Sounds, Ending Sounds, Middle Sounds, Phonics, Literacy Station, Cut And Paste, Small Group, CVC Word Building

Letter Writing Activities

Letter Writing Activities
ELA, Writing, Grade 2, 3, 4, 5, Activities

This resource is a set of Letter Writing Activities. There will be posters, templates and activities to cover: - Parts of a letter - Reasons for writing a letter - Letter planning - Letter writing templates Students will love these engaging activities as they learn to write letters in a fun way!

Author Literacy Life

Tags Letter Writing, Creative Writing, Literacy Center, Reading Poster, Parts Of A Letter

Sentence Maker Match Activity

Sentence Maker Match Activity
ELA, Grammar, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities

This resource is a Sentence Maker Match Activity. Students will use this activity to review subjects and predicates by making serious and silly sentences. Students will use the recording sheet to write their sentences and sort them. This makes a great center or small group activity.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Puzzles, Subject, Predicate, Silly Sentences, Grammar Center

See the Sea | A Homophones Board Game

See the Sea | A Homophones Board Game
ELA, Language Development, Vocabulary, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities, Games

This resource is a See the Sea | A Homophones Board Game. The goal is for students to make it to the beach before any of their friends!! Students will choose the correct homophones on the card and then roll the die and move that number of spaces on the game board.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Homophones, Board Game, Vocabulary Activity, Task Cards, Reading Center, Homophones For Seas, Homophones Board, Homophones For Sea, Homophone Of Board, Homophone Of Sea, Homophone For Board, Homophones Of Sea, A Homophones, Sea Homophones, Homophone Board, Homophones For Board, Homophones Of Board, Homophone For Seas, See Homophones

Poetry Analysis Activities

Poetry Analysis Activities
ELA, Literature, Poetry, Grade 2, 3, 4, Activities

Poetry Analysis Activities Poetry Analysis Activities is an invaluable educational tool for both public school teachers and homeschooling parents. It caters to grade levels 2, 3, and 4, providing a comprehensive set of activities that nurtures students in understanding the essence of poetry across various topics within language arts. Fundamental Functions This curriculum resource aids instructors in exposing students to poetry analysis applying learning mechanisms such as task cards, scavenger hunts and critical reading skills. These exercises are universally applicable - rendering them a dynamic supplement to your current poetry unit plans or as groundwork for starting fresh units of study. Purpose & Potential At its core, this product aims at promoting comprehension by presenting straightforward concepts that simplify the intricacies of poetic forms for young minds. In practice, these activities will empower children to independently interpret poems - enhancing their abilities in critical thinking considerably. A Single Comprehensive File: This package contains print-ready materials assembled suitably in one PDF file composed of 16 pages filled with numerous learning prospects. Versatile Utility: The exercises can adapt fluidly across diverse circumstances – from whole-classroom instruction to small group work stations or even homework assignments- ensuring there’s always a teaching aid readily available fitting into any teaching plan. Universal Appeal: An outstanding aspect about Poetry Analysis Activities is its widespread relevance – it doesn’t enforce any specific poem rather inspires inventiveness by allowing versatility in choosing which verse aligns best with individual preferences or curricular goals. In Conclusion, In recapitulation, Poetry Analysis Activities provides the perfect gateway for pupils attending second to fourth grades to delve into the allure of poetic compositions – laying robust foundations for their future literary explorations.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Poetry Analysis, Educational Resource, Language Arts, Comprehension, Critical Thinking

Spider Compound Word Matching Activity

Spider Compound Word Matching Activity
ELA, Language Development, Vocabulary, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities

This resource is a Spider Compound Word Matching Activity . Students will match the spider to its correct web by forming a compound word. They will write their answers on the recording sheet. An answer key is included.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Compound Words, Spelling, Vocabulary, Literacy Center, Spider

Football Sight Word Compound Match Up

Football Sight Word Compound Match Up
ELA, Language Development, Vocabulary, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities, Games

This resource is a Football Sight Word Compound Match Up. These cards can be placed in a literacy center for students to work on independently with a recording sheet. You may also choose to utilize these cards as a game in which students play as pairs. Directions are included for how to play as a game . There are a total of 18 cards, printed 6 per page.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Football, Sight Words, Vocabulary, Compound Words, Literacy Center

Boo! An |oo| Sounds Decodable Reader

Boo! An |oo| Sounds Decodable Reader
ELA, Reading, Preschool, Grade 1, Activities

This resource is an oo Sounds Decodable Reader Packet. Students will enjoy their 8-page mini reader that comes with a cover page. The pictures can be colored as students get ready for the spooky season! Then there is a word card sort activity for the two different sounds that |oo| makes. Next there is a cut and paste word sort activity. Answer key included. Students will also complete a fill in the blank. Answer key included. Finally, there is a board game for students to enjoy in small groups. Directions for how to play are included.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Decodable Reader, Emergent Reader, Halloween, October, Autumn

Phonics Flippies Level 1

Phonics Flippies Level 1
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Preschool, Grade 1, 2, Activities

This resource is a Phonics Flippies Level 1 Activity. Students will make these fortune teller style crafts then use them to review various spelling words with certain phonics features. Directions are included for how to assemble and implement this activity.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Phonics, Literacy, Reading, Fortune Tellers, Short Vowels

Warm Fuzzies Adjectives and Nouns Activity

Warm Fuzzies Adjectives and Nouns Activity
ELA, Grammar, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities

This resource is a Warm Fuzzies Adjectives and Nouns Activity. This is a great literacy/grammar center . Students will choose an adjective and noun card to create a phrase. They will draw a picture of their phrase and write a sentence to match. Full directions are included for completing this activity.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Warm Fuzzies, Adjectives, Nouns, Task Cards, Literacy Center

Snowball Fight Long Vowel Card Game

Snowball Fight Long Vowel Card Game
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Grade 1, 2, Activities, Games

This resource is a Snowball Fight Long Vowel Card Game . These cards make for a great literacy center, whole group or small group intervention. Game options are: - Snap - Snowball fight - Board game Directions are included for however you choose to utilize these cards.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Card Game, Literacy Center, Phonics, Snowball Fight, January, Flash Snowball Fight Game

Main Idea and Details Concentration Game

Main Idea and Details Concentration Game
ELA, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Grade 2, 3, 4, Activities, Games

This resource is a Main Idea and Details Concentration Game. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut to prepare this game! Students will match a main idea and detail card to win. Answer key included.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Main Idea, Supporting Details, Concentration Game, Comprehension, Literacy Centers, Concentration Topics Game, Topics For Concentration Game

Spring Literacy and Math Activities Bundle

Spring Literacy and Math Activities Bundle
ELA, Math, Time, Early Math, Addition and Subtraction, Addition, Subtraction, Numbers, Graphing, Writing, Creative Writing, Grammar, Preschool, Grade 1, 2, Activities, Games

This spring literacy and math bundle has everything and anything you will need for this spring in first grade! It is perfect to use for substitutes, literacy centers, math centers, seat work, or even as review for lesson taught during spring! I like using them during literacy and math centers so that students have a variety of topics covered. Recommended grade: 1

Author Mrs. Frog

Tags Spring Literacy And Math Activities, Spring Worksheets, Spring Literacy Worksheets, Spring Math Worksheets, Spring Addition, Spring Grammar, Spring Word Work, Spring Time

Hot Shots | Multi-Syllabic Card Game

Hot Shots | Multi-Syllabic Card Game
ELA, Reading, Grade 1, 2, 3, Activities, Games

This resource is a Hot Shots Multi-Syllabic Card Game. There are many ways you can use these cards: - Snap - Hot Shots - Board Game Directions are included for each way of playing.

Author Literacy Life

Tags Syllables, Card Game, Hot Shots, Multi-syllabic, Task Cards