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"Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingFluency & read-aloud

"Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" | Picture Book Study

A picture-book study companion for William Steig's Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, offering a large set of literacy, comprehension, and craft activities to use alongside a read-aloud of the book.

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Pre-K, 1
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Kindergarten teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingFluency & read-aloud

Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Kindergarten

A guided-reading lesson plan for Kindergarten built around a simple beginner-level book (referenced as "The Cat and the Hat" or similar), focused on phonics, sight-word recognition, and reading comprehension.

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5 pages
Level
Pre-K–K
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"Make Way For Ducklings" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

"Make Way For Ducklings" | Picture Book Study

A no-prep picture book study companion for Robert McCloskey's 'Make Way for Ducklings,' providing discussion questions, extension activities, crafts, and literacy worksheets tied to the book.

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Pre-K–1
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Letter P Activities Alphabet Worksheets & Kindergarten Phonics Pack teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingResponse & discussion

Letter P Activities Alphabet Worksheets & Kindergarten Phonics Pack

A comprehensive letter-of-the-week activity pack for uppercase/lowercase P, covering recognition, tracing, phonics sorting, and craft-style review activities, provided in a US edition (British English edition also present per scan_meta).

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Pre-K–1
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"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" | Picture Book Study

A print-and-go picture book study companion for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle, combining discussion questions, hands-on crafts, and early literacy practice.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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Letter S of the Week Alphabet Activities Hands-on Phonics Printables teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingResponse & discussion

Letter S of the Week Alphabet Activities Hands-on Phonics Printables

Provide a large multi-activity letter-S practice pack covering recognition, tracing, sorting, phonics and fine-motor skills, in both a US-spelling and a British-English-spelling printable set, plus supplementary crafts and a digital activity.

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Multiple File Types
Level
Pre-K–1
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Sight Words Digger and Sand Matching Game teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingVocabulary & language

Sight Words Digger and Sand Matching Game

Practice recognizing and matching 100 high-frequency ('pre-primer' through common Dolch/Fry-style) sight words using a construction-themed digger/sand matching activity for a literacy center.

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Level
Pre-K–2
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CCVC Words Activity Packet teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingGames & puzzles

CCVC Words Activity Packet

A phonics activity packet teaching CCVC (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant) words through posters, worksheets, and games.

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PDF
Level
1–3
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"The Little Red Hen" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingFluency & read-aloud

"The Little Red Hen" | Picture Book Study

A pick-and-choose activity set to accompany a read-aloud of the folktale 'The Little Red Hen', covering discussion, crafts, a printable mini-book retelling of the story, and literacy/fine-motor practice pages

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Level
Pre-K–1
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1st Grade End of Year ELA Review Worksheets & Games teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

1st Grade End of Year ELA Review Worksheets & Games

End-of-year Grade 1 ELA review workbook covering phonics, sight words, reading comprehension, grammar, and writing, aligned to Common Core (CCSS references shown, e.g. RF.1.2, RF.1.3).

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1
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Grey Squirrels: Kindergarten Science Projects teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

Grey Squirrels: Kindergarten Science Projects

A UK-curriculum-aligned science unit on grey/red squirrels for Reception and Year 1 children, combining nature observation with literacy (phonics, vocabulary, writing, reading comprehension).

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Pre-K–1
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Letter of the Week Letter H Printables Phonics Activities Pack teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingResponse & discussion

Letter of the Week Letter H Printables Phonics Activities Pack

A comprehensive letter-of-the-week activity pack for uppercase/lowercase H, covering recognition, tracing, phonics sorting, and craft-style review activities, provided in parallel US and British English spelling editions.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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Social Studies (First Grade C–I) 30 books teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

Social Studies (First Grade C–I) 30 books

A collection of 30 leveled early-reading passages (Levels C-I) that pair beginning-reader phonics/sight-word practice with short social studies topics (US civics, history figures, holidays, geography terms).

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1–2
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Sammy Snake and His Good Friend Sally Spider | Literacy Resource Bundle teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingFluency & read-aloud

Sammy Snake and His Good Friend Sally Spider | Literacy Resource Bundle

A three-part literacy resource bundle (story book, snake/spider fact summaries, and a differentiated 128-page activity booklet) built around the Sammy Snake and Sally Spider story, providing tiered reading, writing, vocabulary and comprehension activities for Prep through Year 6.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1–3
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Letter of the Week Letter O Printables Alphabet Worksheets teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingResponse & discussion

Letter of the Week Letter O Printables Alphabet Worksheets

A comprehensive letter-of-the-week activity pack for uppercase/lowercase O, covering recognition, tracing, phonics sorting, and craft-style review activities, provided in a US edition (British English edition also present per scan_meta).

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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Back to School ELA Review for 1st Grade | 20 Daily Lessons teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

Back to School ELA Review for 1st Grade | 20 Daily Lessons

A 1st-grade back-to-school ELA review workbook that revisits kindergarten-grade reading, grammar, phonics/word study, vocabulary, and writing skills across 20 structured daily lessons, plus print-and-play literacy games, to rebuild routines and confidence at the start of the year.

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PDF
Level
1
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Burger and Fries Sight Word Matching teaching resource preview
Phonics & word reading

Burger and Fries Sight Word Matching

A hands-on pre-primer sight-word recognition matching activity using burger and fries themed counters, for phonics/literacy centers, aligned to CCSS RF.K.3 and RF.K.3c.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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My First Phonics Adventure Workbook 109 Fun Lessons to Master Letters teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

My First Phonics Adventure Workbook 109 Fun Lessons to Master Letters

A 109-lesson phonics workbook teaching early reading skills sequentially: letter recognition/sounds, short vowel CVC words, consonant blends, digraphs, long vowel patterns, r-controlled vowels, diphthongs, sight words, and simple story reading with comprehension.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–5
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"Are You My Mother?" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingComprehension & inference

"Are You My Mother?" | Picture Book Study

A comprehensive, multi-activity picture book study built around 'Are You My Mother?' by P.D. Eastman, covering discussion questions, craft/project ideas, non-fiction extension reading, retelling, phonics/letter practice, and writing activities for preschool through grade 1.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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AN Word Family Sentence Matching teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingFluency & read-aloud

AN Word Family Sentence Matching

A sentence-and-picture matching literacy center using decodable sentences built from 'an' word family (CVC) words and early sight words, for reading comprehension and fluency practice.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1
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Letter of the Week Letter C Printables Activity Pack Phonics teaching resource preview
Phonics & word readingVocabulary & language

Letter of the Week Letter C Printables Activity Pack Phonics

A comprehensive letter-of-the-week activity pack for uppercase/lowercase C, covering recognition, tracing, phonics sorting, and craft-style review activities, provided in parallel US and British English spelling editions.

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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