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Looking for meaningful, no-prep ELA review to keep students engaged during every holiday week of the school year? This Holiday ELA Review & Practice Bundle includes 7 best-selling, print-and-go literacy packets designed to fill those tricky “in-between” days with standards-aligned, Science of Reading–friendly practice—without adding to your planning load. Perfect for 2nd–4th grade classrooms (and ideal for review, remediation, or enrichment in upper elementary), this bundle helps you main

This no-prep Halloween ELA Activity packet will fill in the gaps for the month of October with Halloween- themed literacy learning, aligned to ELA standards. With a Science of Reading focus, this resource contains 13 printable worksheet pages to help students celebrate Thanksgiving while reviewing Syllable Segmentation, Fact vs Opinion, Comprehension, Grammar, Morphology, phonics skills and more. ** This download also includes a link to a Google Slides deck of 20 Halloween Joke slides!** Jus

Keep phonics skills strong all summer! This Summer Phonics Review & Practice Packet BUNDLE is designed for 1st and 2nd grade students (or remediation of older students) to reinforce their understanding of Digraphs (sh, th, ch/tch, wh, ph, ck, VCe (a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e), Vowel Teams (ai/ay, ee/ea/ey, oa/ow/oe, igh/ie, ue/ew/ui/oo), and I nflectional Endings (-s/-es, -ed, -ing, -er, -est beginning morphemes) through 12 engaging, summer-themed activities for EACH phonics skill. Perfect for

Keep phonics skills strong all summer! This Summer Phonics Review & Practice Packet is designed for 1st and 2nd grade students (or remediation of older students) to reinforce their understanding of Inflectional Endings -s/-es, -ed, -ing, -er, -est (beginning morphemes) through 12 engaging, summer-themed activities. Perfect for summer review, tutoring, or homeschool phonics practice, this packet ensures students continue building decoding, encoding, and fluency skills while having fun! Tho

Make phonics review fun and meaningful this summer with this Color by Code Phonics Set! Designed for K-2nd grade, or reading intervention, this resource includes 6 engaging Summer Phonics Color by Code pages that reinforce key phonics generalizations in a way that aligns with structured literacy practices. Each page targets a specific phonics skill and comes with a full answer key for easy checking or independent use. This no-prep printable resource is perfect for summer learning and phonic

Keep phonics skills strong all summer! This Summer Phonics Review & Practice Packet is designed for 1st and 2nd grade students to reinforce their understanding of CVCe (Magic Silent e) words through 10 engaging, summer-themed activities. Perfect for summer review, tutoring, or homeschool phonics practice, this packet ensures students continue building decoding, encoding, and fluency skills while having fun! Thoughtfully designed by a Literacy Specialist trained in the Science of Reading Re

Skip the summer reading log and try this Summer Reading and Writing Challenge instead! Perfect for elementary students, keep your kids' literacy skills fresh over the summer weeks and prevent the summer slide with this free printable summer reading challenge. Students will check off a box for each activity completed. Includes simple activities for both reading and writing that will engage kids through those months out of school. Activity Examples:Write a list of things you want to do this summe

Make multisyllabic word practice engaging and fun with this Dinosaur Phonics Card Game! Designed for elementary teachers, reading specialists, and homeschool parents, this game helps students confidently decode two-syllable words following the VC/CV "Rabbit Rule". For those kiddos ready to step into multisyllable words. Why You'll Love This Game:✅ Targets Multisyllabic Decoding – All 48 word cards follow the VC/CV (Rabbit Rule) syllable division with short vowels and some schwa sounds. ✅

Looking for engaging March ELA morning work that keeps students learning while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? This St. Patrick’s Day ELA Practice Packet is a no-prep, 25-page resource filled with 14 unique literacy activities designed to reinforce essential reading and writing skills. Created by a reading specialist with a Science of Reading approach, this packet is perfect for morning work, early finishers, literacy centers, or substitute plans throughout March. ✨ What’s Included?Your st

Engage your young readers with these fun and effective decodable Reader's Theater scripts designed to strengthen phonics skills and build reading confidence! Perfect for Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and homeschool, this resource provides students with hands-on practice following a structured phonics scope and sequence. Each script focuses on short vowel CVC words (including mixed short vowels) and features: Phonics practice activities: Students work with CVC words in isolation, complete

Need help getting your 5th grade students to think about what they're reading? Struggling with beginning Comprehension interventions for your upper elementary students? Tackle comprehension with this engaging Stop and Jot Comprehension Strategy resource, designed to teach metacognition and deepen understanding of high interest texts. This 32-page resource includes 7 high-interest nonfiction passages that will inspire your students to pause, think critically, and write about their thoughts as t

Add decodable reader's theater to your in-context practice during systematic and explict phonics instruction. Aligned to UFLI's scope and sequence, these no-prep vowel-r (r-controlled vowels) printables are single-page, short, reader's theater stories for student pairs. One side of the page includes practice and challenge activities. The other side of the page is a fun decodable Reader's Theater script. Partners can switch parts and reread the short story. Teacher Notes page and answer keys inc

Start the New Year off right—or wrap up December with ease—with this New Year’s ELA Review and Practice Packet! Designed specifically for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade classrooms, this resource is built through a Science of Reading (SOR) lens and is fully aligned with standards. Whether you’re looking for engaging, no-prep activities to ease back into routines in January or meaningful content to fill the days leading up to Winter Break, this packet has everything you need! What’s Inside the 13-Page

Looking for an engaging way to teach your 2nd-4th grade students about the Winter Solstice? This 16-page printable informational mini book is the perfect resource for your ELA classroom! With easy assembly (just cut and staple), this resource introduces young learners to the science and cultural traditions surrounding the Winter Solstice in a kid-friendly, easy-to-understand format. What's Included?16-page mini book: Covers the Earth's tilt, hemispheres, and the science behind the Winter Solst

Need an SEL Winter Holiday coloring and writing activity to calm your students in the weeks leading up to Winter Break? These no-prep printable Holiday coloring stationary cards. Choose from 12 different floral designs. There are two different sizes of each design. Great for older students and those who love to do detailed coloring. Smaller sized cards have the option for lines while the large size is blank for creative space and writing. This is a fantastic way to incorporate SEL time as st

Promote orthographic mapping and fluency in your students through partner practice phonics fluency! A perfect addition to any structured literacy program, this resource provides explicit practice for CVC short vowel sounds and words. Students bridge the gap from skills in isolation to skills in context. This partner practice phonics fluency boards are aligned to UFLI's scope and sequence but can complement any phonics scope and sequence. As Anita Archers put's it, "Drill and Skill"!This reso

Promote orthographic mapping and fluency in your students through partner practice phonics fluency! A perfect addition to any structured literacy program, this resource provides explicit practice for the most common silent letter combinations: kn, wr, mb, gn, sc. Students bridge the gap from skills in isolation to skills in context. This partner practice phonics fluency boards are aligned to UFLI's scope and sequence but can complement any phonics scope and sequence. As Anita Archers put's i

Give yourself some help during the post Halloween candy coma! Themed "The Mystery of the Missing Candy", this Differentiated Reading Comprehension resource features a realistic fiction narrative on 3 different levels of difficulty. Each Passage is accompanied by comprehension questions (both multiple choice and short answer), as well as a Writing Activity. Designed for 2nd or 3rd grade, give students the passage set that best suits their reading abilities. The writing activity allows for cre

Need inexpensive gift ideas for your class for all of those special holidays and occasions like Winter Break, State Testing, and Last Day of School? How about an entire year’s worth of student gift tags with done for you poems matching special occasions throughout the year? These 16 ziploc gift tag toppers are low prep: just print, cut, fold on the dotted line, and sign your name. Attach to a snack sized or sandwich sized baggie filled with goodies and you are set! These gift tags include ever

Aligned to UFLI or any phonics scope and sequence, bridge the gap from phonics skills in isolation, to connected text in this partner activity for FLSZ RULE (-ff, -ll, -ss, -zz) fluency. As an upper elementary Reading Specialist, I find myself needing ways to swiftly drill and practice after explicit phonics instruction. Students needed repeated exposures to phonics skills, but there seems to be a missing step between isolated words and reading in decodables. Student partners will take turns re