Caffeine and Core Knowledge

Use these picture cards to help students review the content of CKLA's Knowledge Domain 1 using people, places, and vocabulary. Questions may include, "Am I a tall tale?" "Am I a person?"

Use the vocabulary cards to enhance your CKLA Knowledge instruction. Each card is labeled with the lesson number to easily find and organize for each lesson. The cards work well in pocket charts or displayed in the classroom for easy review and reference.

Use the vocabulary cards to enhance your CKLA Knowledge instruction. Each card is labeled with the lesson number to easily find and organize for each lesson. The cards work well in pocket charts or displayed in the classroom for easy review and reference.

Use information from the Tall Tales CKLA Knowledge materials to help students understand the important elements from Domain 1. These cards work well with a pocket chart that can be added after each story.

Use these cards to sort Tall Tales versus Facts by getting students up and moving to sort these cards. The cards work well in a pocket chart!

Use these cards to keep track of the stories in the CKLA Skills Unit 1 Decodable Stories. Students can engage with the story elements with each story read and cards can be displayed for easy review.

The word block game is a teacher resource offered by CKLA to review new content in the area of literacy. This game corresponds with the Grade 2 Skills Unit 3, Lesson 10 for long vowel /oe/ review. Each card is colored to help students easily identify their five cards in a row, as well as the unit and lesson number in the corner for storage.

This form is a perfect way for parents to communicate about their child prior to the start of a new school year. It's open-ended, so parents can share what they really want you to know about their child. This can be sent home prior to the start of a school year or within the first couple weeks of school.

The word block game is a teacher resource offered by CKLA to review new content in the area of literacy. This game corresponds with the Grade 2 Skills Unit 3, Lesson 18 for long vowel /ue/ and short vowel /u/ review. Each card is colored to help students easily identify five cards in a row, as well as the unit and lesson number in the corner for storage.

Print and Go! These are excellent resources to use for students struggling to learn their letters and sounds. This packet can be used as resources for a child's learning folder or in an Intervention Binder. The resources can be used by the classroom teacher or any support staff working with a struggling learner. There is also a Home-School Connection component to help students learn their letters and sounds.

Want a way to show kindness and increase school culture? Use a morning greeter! Morning Greeters are chosen each morning to walk around the school with a partner and spread kindness to others. They smile at peers and shake hands with adults while making eye contact. Students can walk to the office to greet the administration to help establish a positive rapport. This download is the handout that goes home with the child on the day they were the morning greeter.

Looking for a birthday treat alternative for the classroom? Send home the Birthday Choice Board prior to the day of the students' birthday celebration for the student to select how the class will celebrate their birthday! It's a great way for students to pick their favorite idea without giving students loads and loads of sugar!!