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Support early reading with alphabet references, beginning-sound charts, pocket-chart pieces and shared-reading displays. Choose visuals that children can point to and use during instruction.

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Alphabet and Beginning Sounds Chart – Phonics Reference teaching resource preview
Alphabet referencesBeginning sounds

Alphabet and Beginning Sounds Chart – Phonics Reference

Students (or parents) use the chart as a reference for practicing consonant sounds and short/long vowel sounds; the practice-version charts include blank letter boxes.

Includes: Beginning Sounds Alphabet Chart (color + blackline) · Letter Sound Chart practice version (color + blackline)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–1
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Food Version Alphabet Posters teaching resource preview
Alphabet references

Food Version Alphabet Posters

Identify and recognize uppercase/lowercase letters and beginning sounds using the paired food picture and word; view as classroom decor or an alphabet strip.

Includes: 26 alphabet posters (one letter per page) pairing capital/lowercase letters with a food picture and word (e.g., Cheese, Donut, Egg…

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–2
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear Interactive Chart teaching resource preview
Rhymes & shared reading

Polar Bear, Polar Bear Interactive Chart

Listen to or read the repetitive call-and-response story, then place the correct animal picture in each box to match the animal named and the sound it makes.

Includes: repetitive-pattern story text pairing animals (lion, hippo, flamingo, zebra, boa constrictor, elephant, leopard, peacock, walrus… · picture-matching boxes for an interactive chart activity

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–K
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Letter U Pocket Chart Cards teaching resource preview
Pocket-chart matching

Letter U Pocket Chart Cards

Place/match letter U cards (various fonts, capital and lowercase) in a pocket chart for matching practice.

Includes: letter U pocket chart header card · alphabet matching card set 1 (U/u grid)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–K
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Baa Baa Black Sheep Nursery Rhyme teaching resource preview
Rhymes & shared reading

Baa Baa Black Sheep Nursery Rhyme

Sequence and color rhyme book pages, retell the rhyme using magnet-board and popsicle-stick puppet characters, do a letter hunt and search for rhyming words using the rhyme chart.

Includes: nursery rhyme book pages (for sequencing, coloring, take-home) · magnet board character cutouts

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–3
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Write the Room - Five Senses! teaching resource preview
Rhymes & shared reading

Write the Room - Five Senses!

Roam the room to find posters/vocabulary strips for the five senses and related body parts, then copy/trace or write the matching words on worksheets; match pictures to words.

Includes: intro/instructions page (12 beginning-sound posters, 12 vocabulary word strips, 4 worksheets, described as a 'write the room' literacy… · picture-to-word matching/tracing worksheet pages

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1–2
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Letter W Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs teaching resource preview
Beginning sounds

Letter W Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs

Help students recognize, write, and identify the sound of letter W using real-photograph picture cards across multiple center activities.

Includes: printing-instructions page · full-page alphabet posters/cards (pages 3-18) with real-photo words: waffles, wagon, wallet, wand, watch, watermelon, well, wilt…

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–K
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Letter S Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs teaching resource preview
Beginning sounds

Letter S Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs

Trace uppercase/lowercase S and S-words on laminated tracing cards; use beginning-sounds clip cards; match/sort small picture cards (including a 'Starts with S / Does not Start with S' sort).

Includes: 16 full-page alphabet posters/cards with real photographs of S-words (safe, sage, salad, sandwich, sausage, saxophone, sea lion… · Tracing cards for writing-center use

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–K
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Jack Be Nimble Nursery Rhyme teaching resource preview
Rhymes & shared reading

Jack Be Nimble Nursery Rhyme

Read/recite the rhyme, sequence and color a mini-book, retell the rhyme using magnet-board or popsicle-stick puppet characters, read a large rhyme chart to find rhyming words and text elements, and (optional) personalize a class book by substituting their own name into the rhyme.

Includes: Jack Be Nimble mini-book (sequencing/coloring) · one-page rhyme chart/poster

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–3
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Boost Alphabet Learning with Engaging Classroom Posters! | Colorful. teaching resource preview
Alphabet references

Boost Alphabet Learning with Engaging Classroom Posters! | Colorful.

Students view/reference the displayed alphabet posters to associate each letter with its corresponding picture word; no active worksheet task is present in the file itself.

Includes: 26 individual A-Z letter posters, each pairing an uppercase/lowercase letter pair with one picture-word example (e.g., 'Aa - APPLE'…

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–2
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Under the sea alphabet posters wave edition teaching resource preview
Alphabet references

Under the sea alphabet posters wave edition

Printable under-the-sea themed alphabet posters/decor to teach letter recognition and letter-sound association.

Includes: Teacher notes / how-to-use page ('Wave Edition' variant designs) · A-Z letter posters (upper/lowercase, e.g. Aa-Zz)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–3
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Under the sea alphabet posters pattern edition teaching resource preview
Alphabet references

Under the sea alphabet posters pattern edition

Printable under-the-sea themed alphabet posters/decor to teach letter recognition and letter-sound association.

Includes: Teacher notes / how-to-use page · Under-the-sea animal alphabet keyword list (Angelfish, Barracuda, bass, clam, cod, crab, dolphin, eel, fish, giant squid, hake…

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–3
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Back to School Alphabet teaching resource preview
Alphabet references

Back to School Alphabet

No active student task; this is a classroom display resource. Students would view the posters (e.g., in a word wall or alphabet display) rather than complete an activity themselves.

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PDF
Level
1–3
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Nursery Rhyme: There Was an Old Woman teaching resource preview
Rhymes & shared reading

Nursery Rhyme: There Was an Old Woman

Sequence and color/assemble a take-home rhyme book, retell the rhyme using magnet-board or popsicle-stick puppet characters, and read/point out text elements on a whole-group rhyme chart.

Includes: Nursery Rhyme Book (sequencing/coloring take-home book) · Mini Book (sequencing/coloring take-home book)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–3
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AB Word Family Activities with Real Photographs teaching resource preview
Phonics extensions

AB Word Family Activities with Real Photographs

Trace AB words, fill in the correct beginning sound for a pictured word, spell AB words from letter cards, sort pictures into AB-family vs. not-AB-family, and assemble word-family puzzles.

Includes: full-page word family posters/cards (pages 3-12) with real photographs: cab, crab, dab, gab, grab, jab, lab, slab, stab, tab · tracing cards (pages 13-14)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K, 1
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Alphabet Posters - Classroom Decor teaching resource preview
Alphabet references

Alphabet Posters - Classroom Decor

Make learning the alphabet fun and visual with this set of Alphabet Posters ! Each poster features an uppercase and lowercase letter, a clear image, and a matching word to help young learners connect letters with sounds and vocabulary. Perfect for preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, or early elementary classrooms, this…

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–5
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Alphabet Posters with Catholic Saints | ABC Classroom Signs teaching resource preview
Alphabet references

Alphabet Posters with Catholic Saints | ABC Classroom Signs

Alphabet posters that pair each letter with a Catholic saint (name, and for many letters a one-line 'Patron of ...' fact) to teach letter recognition through faith-themed content.

Includes: Title page: 'ALPHABET POSTERS Starring Catholic Saints - A saint for each letter of the alphabet plus 8 additional saints for… · A-Z key list of saint names (e.g. A-Anthony of Padua/Abraham of Kidunaia, B-Josephine Bakhita, ... Z-Zita)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–3
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Nursery Rhyme: One Two Buckle My Shoe teaching resource preview
Rhymes & shared reading

Nursery Rhyme: One Two Buckle My Shoe

Sequence and color/assemble a take-home rhyme book, retell the rhyme using magnet-board or popsicle-stick puppet characters, and read/point out text elements on a whole-group rhyme chart.

Includes: Nursery Rhyme Book (sequencing/coloring take-home book) · Magnet Board Characters (retelling center pieces)

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–3
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Letter T Pocket Chart Cards teaching resource preview
Pocket-chart matching

Letter T Pocket Chart Cards

Match letter T cards (various fonts, capital and lowercase) and picture cards of T-words in a pocket chart alphabet-matching activity.

Includes: letter T cards in multiple fonts, capital and lowercase (title page shows 3 capital T / 3 lowercase t styles) · 2 pages of picture/letter matching cards

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PDF
Level
Pre-K–K
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Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill teaching resource preview
Rhymes & shared reading

Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill

Sequence and color/assemble a take-home rhyme book, retell the rhyme using magnet-board or popsicle-stick puppet characters, and read/point out text elements on a whole-group rhyme chart.

Includes: Nursery Rhyme Book (sequencing/coloring take-home book) · Magnet Board Characters (retelling center pieces)

File
Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
Pre-K–3
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