Tips for Using a Sound Wall in Kindergarten, Early Elementary Grades
In my last post I shared tips on setting up a sound wall in your kindergarten or early elementary classroom. Now, it’s time to talk about ideas for using your sound wall. A sound wall is a valuable teaching tool that helps students connect speech to print and build the phoneme-grapheme correspondence needed for decoding […]
Engaging, Self-Checking Skills Practice & Easy Assessment with Boom Cards / Boom Learning
I have been trying to find new ways to incorporate technology into my lessons. I recently discovered Boom Cards™ and fell in love! Seriously, when I visited the Boom Learning℠ platform and found out that I could have NO PREP, INTERACTIVE, & FUN learning activities that are SELF-CHECKING plus have an ASSESSMENT RECORD of students’ […]
Letter & Letter Sound Match in the Pumpkin Patch (Print & Digital)
I love creating seasonal centers and activities for festive and fun learning since young students are very motivated by seasonal and holiday materials. I was in need of a fun way to assess my students’ letter and letter sound knowledge and since my students’ were very excited about visiting the pumpkin patch later in the […]
Summer Alphabet Worksheets
Summer Alphabet Worksheets These pages help students review and practice recognizing and naming all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet, printing all uppercase and lowercase letters, and identifying letter sounds and beginning sounds. These pages require no preparation or lamination – simply print and use. You receive 26 alphabet letter pages (one for […]
Brush Up on Beginning Letter Sounds Interactive PowerPoint
Brush Up on Beginning Letter Sounds Interactive PowerPoint Grade Level: Preschool – Kindergarten Assess or review beginning letter sounds with this fun, interactive PowerPoint presentation. It is similar in nature to Pictionary, but instead of guessing words the students guess the beginning letter sound. For each slide, a girl “paints” and names 3 pictures on […]
Valentine’s Day Alphabet Practice Pages and Beginning Sounds Center Activity
I like to always have alphabet review activities on hand because students need practice and exposure to the letters and their sounds because knowing the alphabet is fundamental for learning to read. I use them for morning work, extra practice, assessment, remedial instruction, or regular class work. Young students get very excited for holidays so I […]
Valentine Alphabet Practice: Letters & Letter Sounds Valentine’s Day Pages & Center
Valentine Alphabet Practice: I Love Letters and Letter Sounds Grade Level: Preschool – Kindergarten Sample Pages You will receive 26 Valentine’s Day themed alphabet printable practice pages plus a Valentine Chocolates Sweet Beginning Sounds Center Activity (28 heart-shaped valentine boxes & 56 chocolate pieces). They can be used for morning work, extra practice, assessment, remedial […]
Thanksgiving Turkey Common Core Literacy Center for Letters, Alphabet, Words
Use this Thanksgiving turkey literacy center to practice letter recognition (all uppercase & lowercase letters), matching uppercase letters with lowercase letters, letter sounds (phonics), spelling and reading cvc words, to decorate Thanksgiving bulletin boards, and more. Blank feathers are included which allow you to customize the center to your students’ needs. This Thanksgiving Turkey Literacy […]