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Gove students their ticket to reading success with these Dolch First and Second Grade word cards. Knowing high frequency words gives students the confidence needed to be a successful reader! I have included many ways to use these word cards to give students fun options for learning these Dolch First and Second Grade words!Your students will using these Dolch Primer and First Grade word cards!So many uses for these cards!1. Use as a Read the Room activity - Recording pages included2. Spell the Wo

Y Ending words - Y as a Vowel - Does the y make a long I sound or long E? ⭐ This y as a vowel resource includes activities designed to help students work on words that end in y. Students will become familiar with learning and practicing how to know if the y ending makes the long e vowel sound or if it makes the long I vowel sound. The March theme is perfect for a fun St. Patrick's Day activity!I have included ⭐ 4 different activities to help students work on y ending words and have a fun March

Y Ending words - Y as a Vowel - Does the y make a long I sound or long E? ⭐ This y as a vowel resource includes activities designed to help students work on words that end in y. Students will become familiar with learning and practicing how to know if the y ending makes the long e vowel sound or if it makes the long I vowel sound.I have included ⭐ 4 different activities to help students work on y ending words!I have included:⭐ A teaching or display rule poster⭐ Activity #1: 30 Y Ending Word

The 5 R Controlled Vowel sounds of ar, er, ir, or, and ur are tricky for your students to learn and practice. This resource will help students practice the r controlled vowel sounds in a fun and meaningful way! I have included materials for teaching the 5 R controlled vowel sounds as well as ways for students to practice independently in centers or small groups.I have included:5 R Controlled Vowel Sounds Teaching/Display Posters5 R Controlled Vowel Sounds Sorting Mats88 R Controlled Vowel Sou

Do you have fast finishers or early finishers and you wish they had something to do that wasn't just busy work but was great review work? Now you do!These Early Finishers task cards will keep your early or fast finishers busy with wonderful educational tasks. I have included reading, spelling, phonics, writing, math, and art!Just copy the task cards and place in a small basket or the photo keeper boxes sold at craft stores. I have included 8 different recording sheets that coordinate wit

This Winter CVC Words center is such a fun CVC activity for your Winter centers, small groups, and morning work! Just perfect for helping your learners to build, spell, and write CVC words by putting snowflake letters in the correct beginning, middle, and ending sounds order to spell the word!Students will love the included spelling mats and you will love the ability to differentiate for your learners using the mats! Are some students only able to hear the beginning and ending sounds? Th

This is a bundle of all 9 months of my monthly reading logs for the months of September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, and May!Encourage monthly home reading by giving students a reading log at the beginning of the month! Each month, students can record (color a snowflake, leaf, candy cane, heart, etc.) for every book they read during the current month.Pick one of these monthly reading logs (or let your students pick!) and send it home for students to keep track

This is a bundle of take home monthly reading logs for the months of March, April, and May! Reading at home is a beneficial way for students to improve and maintain their reading progress. Encourage monthly home reading by giving students a take home reading log at the beginning of the month to take home and record their home reading! Each month, students can record (color a raindrop, flower, etc.) for every book they read during the months of March, April, and May!Pick one of these take home m

Encourage monthly home reading by giving students a reading log at the beginning of the month! Each month, students can record (color a raindrop, flower, etc.) for every book they read during the month of May at home!Pick one of these monthly reading logs (or let your students pick!) and send it home for students to keep track of their at home reading during the month of May.I have students pick the log of their choice (10 different designs) and color the main picture on the reading log dur

This FREE L Blends color by code sheet is a part of my Ending L Blends Resource. This color by code sheet includes all of the ending L Blends including LB, LD, LF, LK, LM, LN, and LP. You can find the link to the whole resource below! ENDING L BLENDS PUZZLES AND SORTING

Teach multiple meaning words or homonyms with this fun and engaging resource that includes 3 different activities for learning about and reviewing multiple meaning words. Use the activities included in this resource to teach common homonyms or multiple meaning words.The 3 included activities are:#1: 27 Homonym Match Cards - Using the included work mat, students match picture cards of the two multiple meaning words. They can also match the word. This activity includes 27 different multiple me

This Zoo Animals Non Fiction Writing resource includes writing materials and printable for 41 different zoo animals including alligator, bear, cheetah, dolphin, eagle, elephant, fish, flamingo, fox, giraffe, gorilla, hippo, iguana, jaguar, kangaroo, koala, lion, monkey, newt, ostrich, panda, parrot, peacock, penguin, polar bear, quail, raccoon, rhino, sloth, snake, tiger, toucan, tree frog, turtle, umbrella bird, vulture, walrus, x-ray fish, yak, and zebra.This resource has the needed printabl

Farm Animals Non Fiction Writing resource includes writing materials and printable for 17 different farm animals including cat, chick, cow, dog, donkey, duck, goat, goose, horse, hen, mice, pig, ram, rabbit, rooster, sheep, and turkey.This resource has the needed materials to help your students choose a farm animal and gather information ( by reading a book or watching a video of your choosing) and writing facts about the animal using the included planning pages final copy pages, and cover to c

Encourage monthly home reading by giving students a reading log at the beginning of the month! Each month, students can record (color a raindrop, flower, etc.) for every book they read during the month of April at home!Pick one of these monthly reading logs (or let your students pick!) and send it home for students to keep track of their at home reading during the month of April.I have students pick the log of their choice (10 different designs) and color the main picture on the reading log

Encourage monthly home reading by giving students a home reading log at the beginning of the month! Students can record by coloring a seasonal object for every book they read at home during the month. Pick one of these reading logs (or let your students pick!) and send it home for students to keep track of their at home reading during the months of September, October, and November.I have students pick the monthly log of their choice and color the main picture on the reading log during quiet t

Do you have fast finishers or early finishers and you wish they had something to do that wasn't just busy work but was great review work? Now you do!These task cards will keep your early or fast finishers busy with wonderful educational tasks. I have included reading, spelling, phonics, writing, math, and art!Just copy the task cards and place in a small basket or the photo keeper boxes sold at craft stores. I have included 8 different recording sheets that coordinate with the different t

Traceable Number Mats for Numeral Writing⭐Help Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade students work on the correct number formation with these traceable number mats. ⭐⭐Students are given a colored star as a prompt of where to begin and then continue to follow the numbered strokes on the mat to practice correct formation of each number 0-10. I have included colored and black and white options. ⭐Copy on card stock and laminate for durability or slide into page protectors. ⭐Students can use w

Did you ever wish you had something for those early finishers to do that wasn't just busy work but was great review work? Now you do! These task cards will keep your early finishers busy with wonderful educational tasks. I have included both reading and math tasks.Just copy the task cards and place in a small basket or the photo keeper boxes sold at craft stores. I have included 7 different recording sheets that coordinate with the different task cards. The student chooses a card, a recordin

This activity is a fun way to teach and help students work on the suffixes -ly and -ful. Materials included can be used in a large group lesson, small groups, and in a literacy center for reinforcement of the skill of the suffix ly and ful.Ways to Use this resource:1. Students read the word on each card and decide which suffix belongs at the end of the word. They can sort the cards to the correct sorting mat of ly or ful and record the words on the included recording sheet.2. Students can read

Encourage your students to read at home by using these March themed reading logs! The reading logs feature St. Patrick's Day, March madness (basketball), Easter, and Spring.Students color the center picture, take the log home, and color a shamrock, gold coin, rainbow, basketball, flower, etc. for each book they read at home during the month of March.Students return their completed sheet to you. Reward students at the end of the month for their reading done at home! Students love the feeling