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Animal Adaptations in the Rainforest Habitat

Animal Adaptations in the Rainforest Habitat
, Not Grade Specific,

A four-part rainforest bundle combines a slideshow, task cards, an animal-matching card game, and an 82-page workbook covering habitats, adaptations, reading, and writing.

Author Quail Trail Products

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Tags Animal Adaptations, Rainforest Habitat, Rainforest Animals, Ecology, Science Education

AP Word Dice Games - A CVC Phonics Centre

AP Word Dice Games - A CVC Phonics Centre
, Not Grade Specific,

Roll-and-build dice games for the -ap word family: students combine onset-letter cubes with the ap ending, then record each word they build or write the word for a pictured item they roll.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Dice Games, Literacy Game, Phonics Games, Literacy Center, Small Group Activity, CVC Words, AP Words, AP Word Family

AP Word Family Sentence Matching

AP Word Family Sentence Matching
, Not Grade Specific,

Sentence cards with -ap words, such as "He can rap." and "This is my map.", give beginning readers short decodable sentences to read and match to the right picture.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Sentence Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Literacy Center, CVC Words, Kindergarten Literacy, Literacy Station, Phonics Station, AP Words, AP Word Family

AP Words Emergent Reader: Nap Time

AP Words Emergent Reader: Nap Time
, Not Grade Specific,

Nap Time is a short emergent reader in which each page repeats "The cat will nap..." and ends on a picture word, mostly from the -ap family: lap, tap, cap and map.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Emergent Reader, Sight Words, CVC Words, Beginning Readers, AP Words, Decodable Readers

AP Words Emergent Reader: The Cap

AP Words Emergent Reader: The Cap
, Not Grade Specific,

The Cap emergent reader pairs -ap practice with colour words: each page reads "The cap is ___," naming one of seven colours, from black and red to blue and purple.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Emergent Reader, Sight Words, CVC Words, Beginning Readers, AP Words, Decodable Readers

AP Words Matching Mats

AP Words Matching Mats
, Not Grade Specific,

AP Family Word Mat and AP Family Sentence Mat: students read eight -ap words (cap, map, gap, lap, sap, nap, rap, tap) and eight -ap sentences, then place the matching picture card on each one.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Literacy Center, Phonics Activity, Kindergarten Literacy, Matching Mats, Simple Sentences, Reading Comprehension, CVC Words, AP Words, AP Word Family

Apple Counting Syllables Sorting Activity

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

Apple CVC Write the Room

Apple CVC Write the Room
, Not Grade Specific,

Apple-themed write the room for CVC words: children find eight numbered picture cards posted around the room, name each picture and write the short-vowel word on a recording sheet.

Author Glitter and Grace

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Tags Apple, CVC Words, Write The Room, Phonological Awareness, Language Arts

Apple Orchard Reading Passage - Reading Activity

Apple Orchard Reading Passage - Reading Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Short apple orchard story about a family trip, followed by comprehension questions, vocabulary matching, to-be verb practice, a cloze task and a drawing response.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Reading, Reading Passages, Reading Comprehension Passages, Vocabulary, Autumn Reading Passages, Fall Reading Passages, Apples, Fall Activities

ar/or Phonic Game Colour and B/W

ar/or Phonic Game Colour and B/W
, Not Grade Specific,

Picture cards such as shark, star, fork and storm drive a two-player phonics game in which children draw ar or or letter cards and claim pictures with the matching sound to fill their baseboard.

Author Lilibette's Resources

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Tags Ar, Or, Phonic Digraphs, Ar/or Game, Ar/or Phonic Game, RWI Speed Set 2 Phonic Game, R Controlled Blends, Phonics, Games, Home School

Asking Questions Activity

Asking Questions Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Who, What, Where, When, Why, How, Which and How Many cards for peer discussion, prompting students to ask questions that get information or clear up what they understand about a topic.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Speaking And Listening, Independent And Guided Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Response, Story Elements, Asking Questions Activities For Adults

AT Words Fluency Practice

AT Words Fluency Practice
, Not Grade Specific,

AT word family fluency pack: students reread word-list strips, circle -at words in sentences and illustrate one, read a short decodable passage three times, and build sentences one word at a time.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Reading Fluency, Phonics Practice, Comprehension Skills, Literacy Centers, CVC Words, AT Words

AT Words Matching Mats

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

Authors Purpose Matching Activity

Authors Purpose Matching Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Students decide why an author wrote a text and match it to one of eight purpose cards, including persuade, inform, entertain, explain and share a mood.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Statistics, Author’s Purpose

Author's Purpose Sorting Activity

Author's Purpose Sorting Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

After reading a book, students pick the author's purpose card that explains why the text was written, then discuss why the author wrote it that way.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Statistics, Author’s Purpose

Back to School Letter Recognition Seek and Find Mats

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, practising 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

Basic Needs of Animals Worksheets - Taking Care of Animals Activities

Basic Needs of Animals Worksheets - Taking Care of Animals Activities
, Not Grade Specific,

Eight worksheet formats build vocabulary around what animals need to survive through matching, fill-in-the-blank, true-or-false and crossword tasks.

Author Clever Crafters

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Tags Animals, Life Science, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension

Bats Alphabet Cards

Bats Alphabet Cards
, Not Grade Specific,

Bat-themed alphabet cards give children an uppercase and a lowercase card for each letter from A to Z to name and pair up.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Alphabet Activities, Letter Recognition, Bats, Nocturnal Animals

Beach Alphabet Cards

Beach Alphabet Cards
, Not Grade Specific,

Summer beach alphabet cards with 26 capital-and-lowercase pairs, from A and a to Z and z, for naming letters and matching the two forms.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Alphabet Activities, Letter Recognition, Beach Cards, Alphabet Games

Bee Alphabet Cards

Bee Alphabet Cards
, Not Grade Specific,

Bee alphabet cards for A to Z, with a capital-letter card and a lowercase-letter card for each letter, for letter naming and matching practice.

Author The Connett Connection

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Tags Alphabet Activities, Letter Recognition, Alphabet Games, Bee Cards

BL Words Beginning Blends Matching Mats

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

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

Brown Bear Brown Bear – Story Sequencing Activity

Brown Bear Brown Bear – Story Sequencing Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Nine numbered mini-book pages, each pairing an animal with a colour word from 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?', are coloured, cut, and glued into sequence.

Author Lauren DeSantis

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Tags Brown Bear Brown Bear, Emergent Reader, Preschool, Cut And Paste, Activities, Sequence, Sequencing, Book, Activity Book, Mini Book, Color Words

Brushing Your Teeth Sequencing Activity

Brushing Your Teeth Sequencing Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Brushing teeth sequencing activity: after reading a short story, students cut out seven sentence cards (six steps from grabbing the toothbrush to rinsing with mouthwash, plus a closing line) and put them in order.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Sequencing, Summarizing, How To Brush Your Teeth Sequencing Pictures, Sequence Brushing Teeth, Brushing Teeth Sequencing Pictures