Criss Cross Kinder

The Cat in the Hat Rhyming Hat Instructions: Write _at rhyming words and name at the bottom; color in a red/white pattern. Cut out hat, and use a black strip of paper for a band around the head to make a wearable hat! Thing 1 and 2 Letter/Number sequencing: Color thing 1 and 2. Put in alphabetical and numerical order. Paste the shapes: Cut out shapes at the bottom and paste to the correct hat on the cat. Great for Dr. Seuss week, rhyming practice, writing letters, fine motor skills, or hat day!

Use this professional development presentation on the Arkansas Rapid Automatized Naming Screener for elementary teachers, reading interventionists, literacy specialists, reading coach, or anyone giving a RAN screener to students and using the data to determine who is at risk for dyslexia. The screener can be used in any state and is free to download !

Use this FREE, EDITABLE letter to send home to parents about a class book exchange for Christmas time. This is a wonderful tradition that teaches kids about giving and gets them excited about reading!

Use this template to create handprint keepsakes for Thanksgiving with a poem and use it as a placemat during Thanksgiving class parties! Directions: Print page 1 on cardstock.Paint hands like a turkey with the palm and thumb brown, and each finger is a different color (red, orange, yellow, and green). Place hand on cardstock carefully. Tell students to keep their hands still!After it dries, add legs, a beak, an eye, and a wattle.Color the leaf border.Laminate with construction paper as a keepsak

Give this to parents on Back to School night (or orientation, open house, whatever you call it) for a list of what should be in their student's backpack each day! Perfect for Preschool, Kindergarten, or First grade!

Edit these poems to your liking, or to match your curriculum. Each letter has a starting dot to indicate where the formation begins. Introduce these poems as you teach each new letter of the alphabet. Have children skywrite the letter (with a pointer, a flashlight, or their finger), trace it with their finger, write it in sand or rice, or write it in shaving cream! The more a child practices the verbal path, the easier it will be for them to write their letters fluently and neatly.

Trace the lines and color the pictures for a simple pirate day activity!

Looking for a quick guide to the Science of Reading? Look no further! Here are 8 Key Principles of the Science of Reading as a general overview. The Science of Reading is an evidence-based approach to teaching and learning reading skills. It draws upon extensive research from various scientific disciplines, including cognitive science, linguistics, psychology, and education, to understand how individuals learn to read and how best to teach reading effectively. Use this quick guide for beginners

Show this slide during kindergarten graduation, in person or virtual! It is editable so you can add more slides, change the year, or add pictures of the students.

Reading Log Bundle for August, September (2 options), October (2 options), November, December, January, February, March, April, May, and June (2 options), plus 2 options not labeled by month!

Use these activity pages to learn how to form lowercase letter G and learn the hard sound /g/. Have the student say the letter formation chant each time they trace/write letter g: "Pull back, around, up, down, and under." Included: g tracing mat (with spots to place gum, pom poms, or play doh balls)gumball images to place on matsg playdoh matg tracing and handwriting practice linesgumball machine to color

Review word families with the Magic Spoon game! Use a plastic spoon with a consonant or blend written on it. Place it in front of each -VC pattern to make a real or nonsense word. Good review for dyslexia, short vowels, E and I confusion! Included: Mixed short vowels word family list, E and I word family listPicture cues that match Phonics First short vowelsInstructions

These footprints are great for STOMPING on to practice sounding out CVC words with movement! Make real and nonsense words with all 26 letters, plus some digraphs, suffixes, and FLOSS endings. Add your own letters to more footprints to customize the game to your students' needs. The vowels have picture indicators of the short sounds that match Phonics First curriculum. Use for a blending board alternative in the Phonics First Three Part Drill

5 pages, 8 puzzles No text, only images! This helps students focus on the sounds of words rather than the spelling for great phonological awareness practice. Word awareness is one of the first skills students must learn in the process of learning to read. Breaking up and putting together compound words is a first step in mastering word awareness. Use these puzzles to practice blending or segmenting compound words. Word list: rainbowsnowmanpancakecowboyjellyfishtoothbrushstarfishfootball

Use this behavior chart to go along with clip chart in your classroom for behavior. This is not the only way to discipline every single student, but it is an easy to understand visual for students and parents. Color the chart at the end of the day to show parents how their student behaved that day.

Display this poster to show how students use reading skills in science. Remind students that reading is integrated in every subject! Display in: Upper elementaryReading interventionMiddle school science or readingHigh school science or readingCollege science coursesCollege elementary education courses

Christmas Lights Emergent Reader - Color Words Coloring Book Black & White version, and color version! Use this coloring book in December during free choice time, morning work, or to practice recognizing the color words as sight words. Students can trace the color words in crayon and color the lights the corresponding color! Colors included: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Concept map of how poor fluency presents in readers Based on the Science of Reading

Use this pamphlet for teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents when supporting a child through trauma. Print two-sided for a trifold.

Fix b and d confusion with these tricks to help students remember how to differentiate between the letters.