Reach All Readers - with Anna Geiger

Reader's Theater is an enjoyable and effective strategy for developing fluency. It is a style of theater in which students do not memorize their lines. Props, costumes, and scenery are entirely optional. I've always told my students that Reader's Theater is acting with your voice. ✅ Click HERE to purchase our bundle of Reader's Theater scripts.These ten scripts are based on familiar tales to boost student enjoyment and confidence.  -The City Mouse and the Country Mouse -The Tortoise and the Ha

These no-prep blending lines will give your students practice sounding out single-syllable words in various phonics patterns. They’re a perfect addition to your phonics lessons! You can use blending lines with a whole class or in a small group phonics lesson. They also work great as reading homework! Blending lines are lines of words that students sound out using their phonics knowledge. They allow students to practice the focus skill and review previously learned skills. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!--

Grab this bundle of no-prep math and literacy games for fun skills practice! These single player games are great for center work and independent practice. You'll love the incredible variety in this set of 120 no-prep games. How to play1- Grab a die, a playing piece, and Do-a-Dot markers or something to color or cover the spaces. 2- Have the student put a playing piece anywhere on the perimeter of the board. 3- As the student rolls the die to move around the board, (s)he should follow the directi

This pack of opposite activities is full of variety! Get opposite bingo, opposite matching cards, and more in this fun bundle. The pack is perfect for young learners as well as students learning English or older, struggling learners. In the bundle you will find 20 large opposite cards - with real photos big/little clean/dirty happy/sad hard/soft hot/cold wet/dry alive/dead (flowers) empty/full fresh/rotten (apple) heavy/light open/closed quiet/loud stop/go old/yo

Build critical thinking with these engaging mystery problem solving games! Simply print each picture mat and accompanying clue cards. Show your students how to read each clue and cover the objects that can't be the answer. By the time they read the final clue, they'll discover the mystery object! Use these activities at literacy OR math centers. Your students will have so much fun, they won't even realize they're learning! You'll rejoice that you've found a fun way to reinforce important read

Get 35 short vowel word family mats! Print the mats and cards. Then cut apart the cards and have your learners read them and match them to the pictures. We like to laminate the pieces and attach the cards with Velcro dots or sticky tack. Each mat comes with a simple matching worksheet for easy accountability at stations, PLUS two no-prep games. *Each mat comes in three versions: full color with borders, color without borders, and black and white. You'll get mats and games for the following word

Build basic math skills with this fun collection of 150 no-prep games! The best part is that students can play these all on their own! Decide what skill you want your learner to practice.Click on the name of a related game in the table of contents, and you’ll jump right to it.Print the game and make copies for your students.Provide a playing piece, die, and crayon for each learner.Watch your students have fun building important math skills!The games cover first grade math skills for the whole

Build reading comprehension with this set of 36 reading passages! These are perfect for use in small reading groups or other small group settings. You will get three different passages (low, medium, and high reading level) about each of these people: Ruby BridgesHelen KellerHarriet TubmanJohnny AppleseedAmelia EarhartFrederick DouglassSacagaweaThomas JeffersonAbraham LincolnAlbert EinsteinRosa ParksSquantoThe Level 1 passages are approximately at an end of first grade reading level).The Level 2

Build comprehension with this set of 36 reading passages! These are perfect for use in guided reading groups or other small group settings. You will get three different reading passages (low, medium, and high reading level) for each of these biomes/habitats: Deciduous forest Desert Prairie Pond Arctic tundra Taiga Ocean Tropical rainforest Alpine tundra Coral reef Savanna Wetlands Grade levelsThe Level 1 passages are approximately an end of first grade reading level

Never run out of "would you rather" questions again! This printable list of 530 family-friendly questions is perfect for learners of all ages. Use the questions with preschoolers, elementary students, or high schoolers - at home or in the classroom. "Would you rather eat a cookie or a donut?" "Would you rather be tiny and live in a dollhouse or be a giant and live outdoors?" "Would you rather be a roofer or lay pipes underground?" Here are some ways to use the questions: -To get to know your stu

Help your early readers become proficient with this set of 10 printable (or projectable) nonfiction decodable books! These books feature short vowel words with consonant blends and digraphs for beginning readers. Each book comes with a lesson plan and other learning materials. More about these books:They include a limited number of high frequency words so the books sound like real language.Our decodables actually give information … so you can ask comprehension questions after the reading.The p

Did you know? Recent research shows that children learn letter names and sounds better when pictures are embedded in the letters. That’s why we created this original mnemonic alphabet! The alphabet letters with pictures help students recognize and remember letters easily. When you purchase, you’ll receive alphabet charts in various sizes, flash cards, letter tiles, and more!DescriptionYou’ll love this huge variety of resources using our original mnemonic alphabet! The pictures embedded in each

Help your students develop automaticity in reading with these Decodable Reading Pyramids! When you purchase, you’ll receive 34 fluency pyramids for CVC words, blends, digraphs, and more!How to Use:Students practice reading the pyramid from the top to the bottom, improving their automaticity and expression with each reading.Place these decodable pyramids at your literacy centers, and watch fluency skyrocket!This file includes pyramids for the following phonics skills:Short a #1Short a #2Short i

Use these reader's theater scripts to build fluency with young readers! Your students will enjoy both our small group plays and our leveled partner plays ... perfect for students in grades 1 to 3! By purchasing this bundle, you are saving 25% off the full value of the individual resources.This helpful, easy to use bundle includes:Reader's Theater Scripts - Fairy Tales & FablesReader's Theater Partner PlaysWhen you purchase, you'll receive each of the following scripts for small groups:The City

Help your early readers become proficient with this set of 15 printable (or projectable) nonfiction decodable books! These books feature CVC words for beginning readers. Each book comes with a lesson plan and other learning materials. More about these books:They include a limited number of high frequency words so the books sound like real language.Our decodables actually give information … so you can ask comprehension questions after the reading.The photographs are engaging, and beginning read

Are you looking for decodable books that your students will actually enjoy reading? You’ll LOVE Set 1b of our decodables … perfect for beginning readers learning to read words that follow the FLOSS rule, words with blends, ng/nk, and more! Each book has custom illustrations … making this set of printable books one of a kind! Now it also includes links to a digital version in Seesaw!Each book comes with a lesson plan, dictation exercise, blending lines, a comprehension page, and more!You’ll

Print these word slider cards to give your students practice reading short vowel words. Print the cards and cut them apart. Then seal a business-sized envelope and cut off the end. Insert cards in the envelope. Have your students pull out one card at a time, saying the sounds of the letters as they pull out the cards. They can blend all the sounds to make a word and check their reading with the picture at the end of each card. In the download you will find 159 cards for CVC words68 cards for CCV

Our Four-in-a-Row games are a simple, no-prep way to improve decoding skills. Kids love them! After teaching the phonics concept, print the corresponding Four in a Row game for a center. Kids love competing to be the first to get four in a row … they don’t even realize that they’re practicing their reading! When you purchase, you’ll receive 28 games for CVC words, blends, digraphs, and more.How to UsePrint the game board of your choice and provide something students can use to mark their spac

Use these 42 decodable passages to help new readers develop fluency with CVC words. Each page includes blending practice, a short reading passage, a comprehension question, and spelling practice. About these Passages:The top of each passage includes three words to sound out. The dots and arrows provide guidance for blending practice. Each story is just a few lines  on purpose. Trust me, this will feel plenty long to new readers who have to sound out nearly every word! I do include words that a

Your students will love this gorgeous set of over 500 vocabulary photo cards! Picture cards are a fantastic way to build vocabulary, critical thinking, speech and language skills, and so much more. These cards are ideal for vocabulary building with children ages 3-8, English language learners, students in speech therapy, and children with autism or other special learning needs. And you'll love that the images are on white backgrounds to save you printer ink! What you'll get-Over 30 sets of theme