Linda Groce - Linda's Learning Connection

This resource is a simple card game that uses picture rhyming cards. It can be played with 3-10 players. Playing it with 5-6 players is super ideal!! I'm always looking for ways to incorporate phonemic awareness games in kindergarten. This one didn't take me long to create and I wanted to share with other teachers. Enjoy!! After you download, please leave me some positive feedback and I would be super duper excited if you followed my store!! If you see anything that needs correcting with th

This packet is chocked full of fun and engaging math and literacy activities to use for the 50th day of school! Here is what you will find in this resource: The number 50 printables with an emphasis on shapes 50’s chart hidden picture printable writing numbers to 50. 1st page they can trace 2nd page students write on their own Then and Now social studies activity Nifty 50’s snack ac

This insightful resource goes along with my inventor series. Here is an engaging activity that focuses on 6 inventors who invented their product from the ages of 6-16. This resource is a perfect fit for younger elementary students to go along with a study of inventors. It would work well as a resource in any program that is teaching making goals and keeping them. In this packet you will find: Included in this packet: *9 page booklet (each is half of a 81/2 x 11" page) 6 pages have a picture of

Did you know that March is Women's History Month? Are you looking for a good resource to use for younger elementary students? Look no further! Here is an engaging activity that focuses on 5 women inventors and their inventions. In this packet you will find: 1 mini-book with simple text 1 full pages that can be used for a short writing activity 1 matching inventor to her invention printable 1 write the word to the correct invention printable 1 ABC order printable 1 fill in the blank printable 1

Do you need a quick counting and sorting activity to help with your space themed activities? This resource is what you need to keep your students engaged as they practice their counting and number recognition skills. This resource was created because I needed an engaging math counting activity with a Solar Eclipse theme. However, once I finished it, I realized it could be used as an integrated kindergarten math activity when we study the sun and day and night sky. In this resource, you will f

Simple Science No Prep Sorting Sheets: When I first began to teach kindergarten, I noticed a standard that was common in most of the subject areas. The standard was based on the students understanding and mastering how to sort and categorize objects. This standard really stood out in the area of science. As I would teach the various science units, I could easily do hands on lessons using real objects or pictures, but I had difficulty in finding activity sheets that I could use as an extended

A great resource to use during Black History Month! This product uses names of black Americans who are not as famous as other black Americans, but their inventions are things we see or use almost everyday! It also can be used along with any study on inventors. Please upload to the preview to get an idea of what you'll get with this product! Included in this packet: *8 page booklet (each is half of a 81/2 x 11" page) 6 pages have a picture of the invention along with text that states the inventor

This is just a set of 3 simple graphic organizers to use when you are helping your students with organizing their informational writing. The set of 3 includes: Can, Have, Are Had, Was, Helped (I use this when we study people) One that is blank for your own verbs to use I had the organizers printed at our school resource center in 11X17 posters. Then, I laminated them to use with dry erase markers. Hope it will help you to encourage a more organized way to write information that is learned!!

Do you need a Veteran's Day themed writing prompt and a picture graph activity for your kindergarten or 1st grade class. Here is a FREEBIE just for you! You will read about how this freebie came about and you will find 17 usable pages that will fit your needs. Here is what you will find: Page 6- Color page of the armed forces clip art with a short rhyme Page 7- Black and white version to use as a color sheet Page 8- Writing page with patriotic boy and girl Page 9- Writing page without the patri

As I was working on a project for our county science curriculum map in kindergarten, I realized I needed "go to" cards of animals to use in sorting activities. These cards and graphic organizers are just a general resource to give students the beginning foundations on how we categorize animals. These pictures sets of animals can be copied onto cardstock. Then you can laminate and cut them apart to use when you need a sorting activity. In kindergarten, students at this point need to be made awar

Fact Family Find (Common Core Standards: Operations & Algebraic Thinking): This is a math game that can be used in an activating strategy when teaching addition and subtraction related facts. The game includes: 1 page of instructions for the teacher 17 sets of fact family cards How to play the game: Copy the cards onto cardstock and laminate Keep the cards in sets Have students stand. Hand each student 1 card (they do not show their card). Start any kind music of

Kindergarten students have a natural interest in the world around them. They use their senses to make observations about physical attributes and are aware of similarities and differences. This resource incorporates activities that will enhance any unit on the 5 senses. My little kinder cubs absolutely LOVE to do activities using their 5 senses. This packet of activities is a great starting point to teach them the essentials to the 5 senses while keeping them actively engaged. Then, I can conti

Need a little fun with bats to go along with teaching positional words? This resource is just what you need! Included in this freebie is a Halloween work mat, vocabulary cards, and bat cards along with positional word mini stories . This little activity can be incorporated into any Halloween themed work. If you like this, then check out my 6 Batty Activities for math and phonics! Enjoy!! I would so appreciate it if you would follow! Just click that little star that is beside my name at the top

A great resource to use when teaching about transportation, or different types of inventors. This resource uses the names of the inventors of: bicycle, steamboat, trolley, airplane (I use Orville and Wilbur Wright), and Henry Ford (he did invent the car but he invented a way to better manufacture a car). Please upload the preview to get an idea of what you'll get with this resource! Included in this packet: *8 page booklet (each is half of a 81/2 x 11" page) 6 pages have a picture of the inven

Activities to make your little kinders shout: “Hooray for 100th Day!” The 100th day of school is such a HUGE deal in kindergarten!! These kids look at the number 100 as such a BIG number and to know they have been in kindergarten for 100 days is a great accomplishment! Whether or not your entire school celebrates or just your grade level or just in your classroom, you will find several activities in this resource to help you along the way. Here's what you will find: p. 4-9 100th Day Fits Us to

Looking for something to spread some holiday cheer in your classroom and yet keep it enriching and engaging for your students? Then, you have stopped at the right place!! This product has an old fashioned elf theme with a 21st Century twist. I call it a s"ELF"ie! This product will give you patterns to make each one of your students look as if he/she took a s"ELF"ie. Here is what is included in this resource: p.6-9 Elf costume patterns (4 different patterns to choose from) p. 10-11 Self

This small FREEBIE has a few resources that you can copy and use for your Meet The Teacher Day. Included in this packet are these pages: *A poem to use for a little "survival" kit for the parents. I recommend reading The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wang and then present the kits after you have read the story. I promise that your new parents will love it!! For each kit you will need: a small pack of tissues, some type of magnetic clip to post children's work on the fridge, and Hershey H

This is a fast paced rhyming activity with the familiar "I Have, Who Has" game. This free download includes: 26 "I Have, Who Has" cards with rhyming words. Just print on cardstock or regular paper, laminate, and cut out the cards. Shuffle and pass out 1-2 cards to each student. Make sure that the first person who has the first card: which says, "I have TOP. Who has the rhyming word?", should also have the last card to end the activity. For lower grade levels, it might be beneficial to allow t

I decided during the beginning of my 2016 school year, that I would teach a letter a day from the 1st day of school to the 26th day of school. Once I was getting to the end, I thought that it would be so fun to have an Alphabet Palooza Party to celebrate the fact that we made it through our study of the alphabet. One activity that I wanted to have was an Alphabet Cookie Walk. But I wanted some cutie patootie cards that looked like cookies. So, I got busy and this is the result! This reso

When I first began to teach kindergarten, I noticed a standard that was common in most of the subject areas. The standard was based on the students understanding and mastering how to sort and categorize objects. This standard really stood out in the area of science. As I would teach the various science units, I could easily do hands on lessons using real objects or pictures, but I had difficulty in finding activity sheets that I could use as an extended activity or as a formative assessment