If you have been following me for a while, you will know that I LOVE teaching young ones how to read, and the alphabet is where it all starts! Truly one
Are you ready for spring? I am! If you’re not, you can get in the spring mood with this FREE Build a Flower Letter Sounds Sort! This pack features 25 beginning letter sound sorting flowers {excluding x}. *The free download link is towards the end of this post. Just look for the teal, oval button! *This ... Read More about Build a Flower Letter Sounds Sort
Teach beginning sounds with these free letter sound worksheets! Kids cover the pictures that begin with the featured sound. Great for practice in preschool and kindergarten! #lettersounds
Kids love this letter sounds alphabet board game! It's a great way to teach letters and letter sounds to preschoolers and kindergarten students.
Has your child hit a bump on the road to reading? Learn how to teach letter sounds to struggling students.
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This monster find and cover the letters activity is a fun way for kids to learn letter sounds and letter identification. It's perfect for literacy centers!
Play and Learn with this amazing Ocean Themed Preschool Unit. Children will get to learn math, literacy, colors, patterns, counting and more.
FREE alphabet worksheets for kindergarten kids to review letters and letter sounds, and practice proper letter formation.
I love the beginning of the school year – all the fresh faces coming into the classroom just eager and ready to learn! I also love all of the fun learning games we play at the beginning of the year! Today, I’m going to share with you a freebie game that I found on Making Learning Fun. There are TONS of free resources on that site, so go on over and check it out! One of the freebies they had was this super fun crocodile game: I first saw this little fella last year, and told my husband we needed to switch our dishwasher detergent! It’s a cascade pouch container! (BTW, I LOVE these!) You can download everything you need from the Making Learning Fun website, but I wanted to spruce it up a little ;) So, here is my version: I used craft foam for the top and also wrapped it around the entire container. It was too hard to get off the Cascade label! I retyped the poem, and fancied up the alphabet cards. The game can be played in a large or small group. It is played like the classic game “bam.” Children reach in, pull out a letter card and say the letter or sound (or both!). If they have said the letter correctly, they place the card in the middle. I like to put it in the middle so it is a class effort, rather than an individual effort. If a child pulls out a snap card – all the children put out their arms (like an crocodile mouth) and say “snap! snap!” and all the cards go back inside. You can print off as many letter cards as you need if you need to focus on certain letter for kiddos. Just put the letter cards that those kiddos need to work on inside the crocodile. I love playing these fun games with kiddos! I’ve made up a bunch more whole group games like this if you would like to check them out! Just click the image below! Would you like to make the crocodile game for your class? You could either head on over to Making Learning Fun and download the simple game for yourself. Or download the fancier version here! Have fun!
Assessment can be difficult for both teachers and students, depending on how it’s done. Here’s a super simple little trick for assessment that I call Hop Across the Pond. It can be used for a lot of different things, but I use it mostly for assessment of students’ sight word knowledge. I used to ask […]
Kindergarten is TOUGH, in all capital letters. If you're a new Kindergarten Teacher, brace yourself. If you're a returning Kindergarten Teacher, give yourself a hug and buy yourself something nice, you deserve it for re-entering the jungle by choice. I LOVE Kindergarten, and have dedicated the last four years of my life to mastering the art of Teaching the Little People. <3 With that being said, I've decided to let go of my deep passion for solely teaching Kindergarten and leave it for an even deeper love... teaching READING. An opportunity came open in my building to switch to 2nd Grade READING teacher. I am now readying a new room and new curriculum, but will never lose my love for creating resources for my first love, Kindergarten. So, I'm here to share something with you all that made my life in Kindergarten MUCH easier. It never gets EASY, teaching Kindergarten, but things can always be easier. :) Assessing student knowledge of Letter & Sound Identification is time-consuming and stressful at times, so I created this resource to ease some of the trouble. This FREE Letter & Sound Assessment Binder resource will help you assess students, track their growth and compare their overall performance in a neat and organized fashion. To get started, you'll need: My printed resource. Find it here on TpT. Please follow my store and leave feedback so I can continue to provide this as a FREE resource. A big BINDER Enough tab dividers for your class. Assemble Your Binder 1.) Place your cover in the front. If you're like me, this helps your O.C.D. problem of needing everything to be beautifully labeled. If you're a normal person, you can save yourself some ink and skip this step. 2. Place your whole-group monitoring sheet in the front of the binder. Fill in your student names. I have created space to accommodate 30 students. If you have more than that, Lord bless your soul. :D I like to keep mine sheet-protected because I use it quite often. This saves unnecessary wear and tear. 3.) Place Student-Progress Monitoring sheet at the beginning of each tab divider. You will date and record student performance each time you give the assessment. This gives you a quick over-view of each individual student and the specific number of capital letter/sound and lower-case letter/sound they have mastered. I like to have this view (rather than only a percentage) so I can discuss this info quickly with parents during conferences. This also gives me an insight as to whether the student has a better understanding of letter names or sounds. During my experience, many students catch on to the sounds of letters more quickly than the name. 4.) Make plenty of copies of the Student Assessment and Student Assessment Results sheets and store in the binder pockets. Now, you're READ Y to assess! Assessment Procedure When assessment time comes, grab your binder from the shelf and start tracking student performance. I would pull the Student Assessment Sheet from the front pocket and a results sheet from the back. In the beginning of the year, students will need your assistance in tracking the letters. Use a pen, pointer, colored-chip or any other tool to help them visit each letter. As they identify their letters/sounds, record the information on the results page. I like to use an X to signify that they do not recognize the letter/sound. This seems like a lot in the beginning of the school year, but as time passes, they will learn more and the X's will become fewer. At that time, you'll want to focus more on the letters missed and will be able to spot them more quickly. Store your dated assessment results behind the Student Progress-Monitoring page in your binder. This way, if you want to see specific letters/sounds missed, you can turn to the correct assessment and see quickly which were missed. As you can see here, on August 27th, little Jessica missed every Capital Letter name except for 3 (Q, J and V). She missed ALL Capital Letter Sounds. She went on to recognize 2 Lower-Case Letter names (j and x) and identified 1 lower-case sound (letter j). After assessing that individual student, record their performance on the student progress-monitoring sheet. After calculating the percentage correct, record this info on the Whole-group monitoring sheet. This sounds like a lot of work, but in the end, you'll be glad you did. You'll have a perfectly documented story of how that child performed throughout the school year. As you can see, little Jessica had 100% mastery by January. If you didn't have this information, you might forget how little she knew in the beginning. Don't you love seeing student growth?!?! I also use a highlighter to mark students who have reached 100% mastery. This motivates me to work hard until each student has had their name highlighted. I would have demonstrated that here, but I'm on SUMMER BREAK (wooohoooo!!) and apparently don't own a highlighter outside of school grounds. Yikes! I love free stuff, but I especially love USEFUL free stuff. If you find this to be useful, let me know! If you see need for improving this product, let me know that too. If you need ideas of how to get these little people to be successful during this particular assessment, visit my most popular blog post, How to Increase Letter & Sound Fluency in Kindergarten. I've had oodles of positive feedback from really GREAT teachers. Be sure to check it out! :) Happy Kindergarten Assessment to you! I'll be in 2nd Grade this year, but I'll still keep all of you crazy Kindergarten people in my prayers as you take on a new group of angels. God bless you and yours!
Need help teaching your preschooler letters? Here are some tips to help your preschooler learn letters & letter sounds with sensory activities
Back to School is right around the corner for us and I am SUPER excited to kick of this school year with some fun, hands-on and engaging resources for The
Kindergarten is TOUGH, in all capital letters. If you're a new Kindergarten Teacher, brace yourself. If you're a returning Kindergarten Teacher, give yourself a hug and buy yourself something nice, you deserve it for re-entering the jungle by choice. I LOVE Kindergarten, and have dedicated the last four years of my life to mastering the art of Teaching the Little People. <3 With that being said, I've decided to let go of my deep passion for solely teaching Kindergarten and leave it for an even deeper love... teaching READING. An opportunity came open in my building to switch to 2nd Grade READING teacher. I am now readying a new room and new curriculum, but will never lose my love for creating resources for my first love, Kindergarten. So, I'm here to share something with you all that made my life in Kindergarten MUCH easier. It never gets EASY, teaching Kindergarten, but things can always be easier. :) Assessing student knowledge of Letter & Sound Identification is time-consuming and stressful at times, so I created this resource to ease some of the trouble. This FREE Letter & Sound Assessment Binder resource will help you assess students, track their growth and compare their overall performance in a neat and organized fashion. To get started, you'll need: My printed resource. Find it here on TpT. Please follow my store and leave feedback so I can continue to provide this as a FREE resource. A big BINDER Enough tab dividers for your class. Assemble Your Binder 1.) Place your cover in the front. If you're like me, this helps your O.C.D. problem of needing everything to be beautifully labeled. If you're a normal person, you can save yourself some ink and skip this step. 2. Place your whole-group monitoring sheet in the front of the binder. Fill in your student names. I have created space to accommodate 30 students. If you have more than that, Lord bless your soul. :D I like to keep mine sheet-protected because I use it quite often. This saves unnecessary wear and tear. 3.) Place Student-Progress Monitoring sheet at the beginning of each tab divider. You will date and record student performance each time you give the assessment. This gives you a quick over-view of each individual student and the specific number of capital letter/sound and lower-case letter/sound they have mastered. I like to have this view (rather than only a percentage) so I can discuss this info quickly with parents during conferences. This also gives me an insight as to whether the student has a better understanding of letter names or sounds. During my experience, many students catch on to the sounds of letters more quickly than the name. 4.) Make plenty of copies of the Student Assessment and Student Assessment Results sheets and store in the binder pockets. Now, you're READ Y to assess! Assessment Procedure When assessment time comes, grab your binder from the shelf and start tracking student performance. I would pull the Student Assessment Sheet from the front pocket and a results sheet from the back. In the beginning of the year, students will need your assistance in tracking the letters. Use a pen, pointer, colored-chip or any other tool to help them visit each letter. As they identify their letters/sounds, record the information on the results page. I like to use an X to signify that they do not recognize the letter/sound. This seems like a lot in the beginning of the school year, but as time passes, they will learn more and the X's will become fewer. At that time, you'll want to focus more on the letters missed and will be able to spot them more quickly. Store your dated assessment results behind the Student Progress-Monitoring page in your binder. This way, if you want to see specific letters/sounds missed, you can turn to the correct assessment and see quickly which were missed. As you can see here, on August 27th, little Jessica missed every Capital Letter name except for 3 (Q, J and V). She missed ALL Capital Letter Sounds. She went on to recognize 2 Lower-Case Letter names (j and x) and identified 1 lower-case sound (letter j). After assessing that individual student, record their performance on the student progress-monitoring sheet. After calculating the percentage correct, record this info on the Whole-group monitoring sheet. This sounds like a lot of work, but in the end, you'll be glad you did. You'll have a perfectly documented story of how that child performed throughout the school year. As you can see, little Jessica had 100% mastery by January. If you didn't have this information, you might forget how little she knew in the beginning. Don't you love seeing student growth?!?! I also use a highlighter to mark students who have reached 100% mastery. This motivates me to work hard until each student has had their name highlighted. I would have demonstrated that here, but I'm on SUMMER BREAK (wooohoooo!!) and apparently don't own a highlighter outside of school grounds. Yikes! I love free stuff, but I especially love USEFUL free stuff. If you find this to be useful, let me know! If you see need for improving this product, let me know that too. If you need ideas of how to get these little people to be successful during this particular assessment, visit my most popular blog post, How to Increase Letter & Sound Fluency in Kindergarten. I've had oodles of positive feedback from really GREAT teachers. Be sure to check it out! :) Happy Kindergarten Assessment to you! I'll be in 2nd Grade this year, but I'll still keep all of you crazy Kindergarten people in my prayers as you take on a new group of angels. God bless you and yours!
This letter sounds activity is a free printable boardgame to work on initial sounds with a fun phonics game for preschoo and kindergarten.
Over 200 FREE printables for preschoolers including alphabet activities, worksheets, letter matching, letter sounds, number recognition, counting, scissor skills, tracing, fine motor, science activities, seasonal, themed and more!
This homeschool preschool binder will streamline your school materials and simplify your school time!
One of our Alphabet Worksheet Downloads. Here is what you get! 24 Printable Alphabet Letter Sounds Worksheets. Children will trace each letter and color each picture. Letters X, Y, and Z are on one page. Prints a total of 24 pages. The worksheets were designed by Annette Sutherland, Owner of Teach at Daycare, Handcrafted Curriculum. Please see our other great educational items in our store and thank you for visiting.
The bottom of the printable is a space for kids to practice writing the letter. There are a few examples for tracing uppercase letters and then ample space for practice.
Preschool age kids should be spending plenty of time in play but these FREE beginning sounds letter worksheets for early learners are....
Decoding is the process of using knowledge of letters, sounds, and words to read and understand written language.
These STEM measurement activities for 2nd grade gets children to design their own paper javelin and then measure how far they can throw it. Children learn to create a paper javelin, measure distance, and practice gross motor skills.
The Secret Stories Better Alphabet™ Song uses muscle memory to make learning the individual letters and sounds fast and easy!
Practice fine motor skills & uppercase letters with our uppercase alphabet pattern block templates! Simply download & print for a ready-to-go activity!
Make practicing alphabet letters, literacy activities, counting, addition, and more with these super cute Free Camping Worksheets.
