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Support your kindergarten students’ reading and phonics development with these Kindergarten Literacy Task Cards aligned to CKLA Skills Unit 10. Designed for easy, print-and-go use, these engaging literacy practice cards provide targeted support for essential phonics, decoding, and early reading skills, making them an ideal resource for reinforcing your school’s curriculum and enhancing daily literacy instruction. What's Included:Long Vowel Spelling Mats (ee, a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e)Long Vowel Mi

Amplify your kindergarteners' literacy skills with Kindergarten Literacy Task Cards designed to be aligned with CKLA Skills Unit 9. These engaging, print-and-go task cards are perfect for supplementing essential phonics skills while staying aligned with your school's curriculum. What's Included:Uppercase Letter Tracing Mats (A-Z)Uppercase Letter Dough Mats (A-Z)Uppercase and Lowercase Letter MatchSentence Reading Punctuation MatchTricky Word & Dolch Word Dough & Popsicle Stick Mats (are, here,

Make your kindergarten reading centers more engaging and easier to plan with Literacy Task Cards Aligned with CKLA Skills for Kindergarten. These engaging, print-and-go task cards are perfect for reinforcing essential handwriting, phonics, and reading skills while staying aligned with your school's curriculum. These kindergarten literacy activities are perfect for hands-on learners! Add play dough, cloths pins, and magnetic letters to make your literacy stations more fun and engaging. Use Task

No-prep, engaging Thanksgiving phonics worksheets for kindergarten that your students will love! These Thanksgiving color-by-code phonics activities help young learners practice letter sounds, CVC words, and early reading skills in a fun and engaging way. Build your students’ phonics and reading confidence with these simple-to-use, no-prep Thanksgiving literacy worksheets. Perfect for CKLA Skills 3-5 review or any kindergarten classroom looking to add a festive phonics twist to their Thank

No prep, engaging phonics worksheets your students will love!These Halloween color by code phonics worksheets engage your students in letter, sound, and CVC review. Build your students phonetic confidence with these simple to implement, no prep activities. These color by code activities align to CKLA's Skills 4 but can be used in any kindergarten classroom! What's Included (All in Color and Black and White Options):6 Fall Themed Color by Code WorksheetsIndividual sounds & CVC words including: n,

No prep, engaging phonics worksheets your students will love!These fall color by code phonics worksheets engage your students in letter, sound, and CVC review. Build your students phonetic confidence with these simple to implement, no prep activities. These color by code activities align to CKLA's Skills 3 but can be used in any kindergarten classroom! What's Included (All in Color and Black and White Options):5 Fall Themed Color by Code WorksheetsIndividual sounds & CVC words including: m, a, t

Word Reading Dash: March Sight Word & Phonics Literacy CenterIf your students are struggling to read sight words, CVC words, CVCe words, or words with consonant blends, try this interactive board game designed to help your students master essential phonics skills. Perfect for young learners, this engaging game focuses on CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words, CVCe (consonant, vowel, consonant, e) words, consonant blends, and sight words —building a stronger foundation for reading success. What's

Create stunning March bulletin boards and hallway displays with these March bulletin board letters. Each letter (A-Z) comes in six styles, including three uppercase and three lowercase letter styles. This file includes letter clip art and a PDF file. This is not a font file. All letter images are available with a transparent and white background.What's Included:A-Z Letters in Six StylesThree Uppercase Letter StylesThree Lowercase Letter StylesMore for Your March Bulletin Boards:Lucky Charms Bu

Bring a touch of Irish luck to your classroom with this St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Bulletin Board Kit! This resource includes everything you need to create your vibrant and festive St. Patrick's Day bulletin board or door decor. Included are various accents such as two titles, various shaped and sized pendants, bulletin board borders, and of course, lucky charms! What's Included:“LUCKY charms” Title“You are MAGICAL” TitleArch Banner PiecesCircle Banner Pieces6 Border OptionsCustomizable Lu

These 100th Day of School activities will be the perfect rotations to add to your one-hundredth day of school celebration. Your students will work on various fine motor skills, making this resource perfect for independent centers, even for the youngest learners. Make planning and managing the 100th day of school easy and low prep with these one-hundredth day printables! What's Included:100th Day of School Certificates (in color and black & white)100th Day of School Crowns (in color and black & w

Make this Valentine’s Day extra special with these adorable Student Valentine’s Day Gift Tags! These Valentine gift tags are perfect for teachers looking to spread joy and show their students some love. Pair each gift tag with fun and festive treat that every student will love. What's Included:16 Valentine's Day themed gift tags in color and black and whiteCheck some out my other Valentine's Day resources:Valentine's Day Phonics & Sight Word GameHowdy Valentine - Valentine's Day Bulletin Board

These 18 no-prep beginning and ending consonant blend worksheets are aligned to the Science of Reading and just what your students need to master reading words with blends! This resource includes decodable words with s, l, and r blends. These phonics worksheets are great for supporting your kindergarten or first grade students.

Word Reading Dash: Valentine's Day Literacy CenterIf your students are struggling to read sight words, CVC words, or words with consonant blends, try this interactive board game designed to help your students master essential phonics skills. Perfect for young learners, this engaging game focuses on CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words, consonant blends, and sight words—building the foundation for reading success. What's Included:16 Word Reading Board Games, all in color and black and white: 4 B

Word Reading Dash: The Ultimate Early Learning Board GameIf your students are struggling to read sight words, CVC words, or words with consonant blends, try this interactive board game designed to help your students master essential phonics skills. Perfect for young learners, this engaging game focuses on CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words, consonant blends, and sight words—building the foundation for reading success. What's Included:16 Word Reading Board Games, all in color and black and whi

Are your students struggling to master their tricky words? This tricky word review game will support your students in growing their sight word knowledge! The snowball theme makes this tricky word review perfect to add to your winter literacy centers. Word lists included in this resource correspond with CKLA's kindergarten tricky word list and the pre-k and kindergarten Dolch word lists. Use Tricky Word Review for:Literacy CentersEarly Finisher ActivitiesEarly Finisher ActivitiesRTIClassroom Vol

Supplement your kindergarteners' literacy skills with Kindergarten Literacy Task Cards designed to be aligned with CKLA Skills Unit 8. These engaging, print-and-go task cards are perfect for reinforcing essential phonics skills while staying aligned with your school's curriculum. What's Included:Double Consonant Picture MatsRhyming Picture MatchPhrase Reading Picture MatchBingoTricky Word & Dolch Word Dough & Popsicle Stick Mats (funny, all, from, was, black, off, pick, shall, tell, well, will

Ring in the New Year with this smiley face "Hello 2026" bulletin board or door decor kit! This New Year classroom decor included four border options, a "Hello 2026" title, stars, and editable celebration smiley faces. This bulletin board kit includes everything you need to welcome 2026 with your students, whether you're decorating a bulletin board, classroom door, or any other space in need of a New Year’s makeover. What's Included:Large "Hello 2026" title with hand-drawn disco ballCelebrating s

A Magical Writing Adventure for Kindergarten & First Grade StudentsThis Classroom Elf Journal is designed to foster writing and illustration skills in kindergarten and first-grade students. This holiday journal is the perfect tool to spark imagination and build early writing skills while adding a touch of Christmas magic to your classroom! What's Included:Simple Writing Prompts: Age-appropriate prompts to help children develop their writing skillsInteractive Pages: Fun illustrations and spaces t

Bring the magic of the holiday season into your classroom with vibrant and preppy Christmas posters! Designed to brighten up your learning space, these festive posters combine holiday hand-drawn imagery with seasonal phrases. What's Included:7 full page holiday posters (8.5"x11")5 half page holiday posters (8.5"8.5")More Christmas Classroom Decor:Nutcracker Bulletin Board DecorChristmas Countdown'Tis the Season to be JollyEarn TPT credits and save money on my future purchases:Click on "My Purch

Countdown the days until Christmas (or Christmas Break) with this Christmas Countdown Classroom Decor! This vibrant, interactive decoration set is perfect for counting down and engaging students in festive fun. Ideal for elementary classrooms. It includes hand-drawn, colorful, and easy-to-assemble elements such as numbered ornaments, a large Christmas tree, and a countdown title. What's Included:Christmas TreeOrnaments with numbers 1-25Bow Tree TopperTitles: Countdown to Christmas / Countdown t