Kim Brooks

Introducing the Pirate's Prewriting Skills Adventure! A Complete Resource for Pencil Control and Prewriting Skills Mastery! Prepare your students to embark on a thrilling voyage of prewriting and pencil control skills for Pre-k and Kindergarten. This unique and engaging activity is designed to make learning to write a fun-filled journey, all while embracing the excitement of a pirate-themed world. With three distinct levels—Beginner, Practice, and Mastery—all rolled into one comprehensive resour

Get your kiddos excited about pencil control skills with this fun Back to School-themed pencil control resource for your Pre-K and Kindergarten students. This pencil control resource is for students that are at the practice level. Students at this level can use an adequate tripod grip to hold a pencil, understands left-to-right progression, and can trace a line with 3 to 4 deviations. The tracing lines become progressively more complex with each page. Prewriting skills are essential to establi

This is a fun Back to School Prewriting Pencil Control resource for students that need a challenge with their fine motor prewriting skills. This resource was developed for Mastery level students that can use the correct pencil grip, trace a line with one/2 deviations, and follow a dotted line from left to right. The engaging Back to School prewriting resource gives students the fine motor/pencil control practice needed to refine those skills and prepare for formal handwriting instruction. The M

Engagement and differentiation come together in this differentiated picture search bundle for the short vowels A, E, I, O, and U. Students will be engaged while searching for pictures that contain the target short vowel sound and working at their instructional level. All you have to do is press print on the copier. They also get additional practice by playing the game "Found It!" They will compete to be the first one to find the short vowel picture on the game board. This is a phonics and Scien

Ready for a swashbuckling prewriting pencil control resource for the Beginner level? This fun pirate-themed resource will introduce your pre-K, Kindergarten Buccaneers to a prewriting adventure at the introductory level. This prewriting resource is for students that are just beginning their fine motor adventure. They are learning how to use the correct pencil grip, tracing in a path, where to place their pencil, left to right progression, and prewriting strokes. This resource will have your lit

Ahoy! Get your students engaged with this fun prewriting pencil control pirate themed handwriting activity. Your students will have a swashbuckling adventure practicing their prewriting strokes and improving their pencil control. This activity is for the Practice level student. The Practice level student knows where to place their pencil, understands to trace from the left to right direction, will stop tracing at the end of the dotted line, and makes about 2-3 deviations per tracing line. Thi

Fine-Tuning for prewriting skills is here with the Pirate-Themed Prewriting and Pencil Control Mastery level resource. Your Pre-K and Kindergarten students will become true prewriting champions and swashbuckling Buccaneers. This resource is designed for those who are fine-tuning their pencil grip, making only 1-2 deviations while tracing, and want to take their skills to new heights. With progressively more complex lines to trace, students will experience the thrill of a challenge and success! T

Blast off with a fun Fry's First 100 sight word activity for students that are Proficient at identifying at least 25-39 Fry sight words. The students will search for the letters on each rocket to match the Fry sight word and trace/color the letters. The student will then trace the dotted font sight word printed on each page. The Fry words are an expanded and updated version of the Dolch sight words. There are 50 color slides/pages and 50 B/ W slides/pages with two rockets per page. The Fry sig

Your students will Blast off with a fun Fry sight word activity for students that are just beginning to learn their sight words( emergent). To help the students find the letters to match Fry's sight word easily, a circle has been drawn around an area the letters can be found. The Fry sight words are expanded and updated from the Dolch sight words. This Emergent activity is differentiated by a yellow outline surrounding some of the letters in the rocket. This visual cue helps to decrease the

Practice fine motor skills with a fun Valentine Holiday theme. There are 9 b/w and 9 color pages. The pages are differentiated by Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced levels. The more you combine the levels the greater the Differentiation. A student could start at the Emergent level and then progress to the Proficient level etc... The Emergent level is for students that are acquiring a skill and is differentiated by: • Wide tracing paths that become progressively harder as the student progress

Engage students with Differentiated winter math activities that reinforce writing teen numbers 10-19. This writing and sequencing teen numbers resource will help students with the transition from writing one-digit numbers to writing and sequencing two-digit numbers 10-19. This resource has a fun winter theme. There are 9 color pages and 9 B/w pages. The activities are the same at each level but Differentiated by the Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced levels. The Emergent level is for stu

A fun interactive Differentiated way to practice addition with a snowy winter theme. The same activity is offered for each level but is differentiated by Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced skills. The Emergent level is for students that are acquiring the skill, The Proficient level is for students that are practicing the skill, and the Advanced level is for students that are approaching mastery of the skill. It is possible to have an Emergent and Proficient student move to the next lev

A fun way Differentiated way to practice numbers 0-20 with a holiday theme. Count each Christmas ornament and type the number in the white text box. This color activity is the same for all three Differentiated levels, Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced but is Differentiated by; Emergent LevelEach ornament is labeled with a number0-20 for a visual cue and the student types the number in the white text box.Proficient Level: Only numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 16, and 19 ornaments are labeled with

Practice with Differentiated Resources for Writing numbers, Sequencing Numbers, Identifying Numbers 0-20 with a festive Christmas Ornament theme. The activity is Differentiated by Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced Skill Levels. There are 3 color Pages and 3 B/w pages. The activity is the same for all the levels but is Differentiated by:Emergent Level: •Numbers 0-20 are printed on each ornament to provide a visual cue for printing the numbers and sequencing. •the Numbers 0-20 Are Printed in a

Engage your students with a Differentiated needs and wants activity that results in a letter to Santa. There is a generic letter included for students that don’t participate in the Santa tradition. There are 7 pages with color and 13 B/W pages. This activity is differentiated into the Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced skill levels. There is an E, P, or A at the end of the copyright to designated the Differentiated level. The activity begins with a poster that defines needs and wants. A Dif

Help meet the diverse learning needs of your students for the short u sound with this Differentiated Short U Picture Hunt. This resource has the same grade level content for short U sound but is differentiated for the Beginner, Practice, and Advanced Levels. The Beginner level is for students that have no prior knowledge of the short u sound. There are two identical worksheets. One worksheet has a partial gray line around 3 short u pictures as a visual cue for students that need more scaffolding

Tired of the same old worksheets for short i vowel sounds? This Differentiated Picture Hunt Bundle for the short /i/ vowel includes worksheets for the Beginner, Practice, and Advanced levels. Students will hunt for pictures with the short i vowel sound from pictures that don't have the short i vowel sound. The ability to hear the short i vowel sound is essential for learning how to read CVC words. The Beginner Level is for students that benefit from scaffolding with visual cues and are acquiri

Want a fun and easy way to reinforce the short O vowel sound that is based on Phonics and the Science of Reading? This Differentiated Bundle for the short O vowel sound resource is the one to use! Students will hunt for short O vowel sound pictures from pictures that don't have the short O vowel sound. The pictures help students to train their ears to hear the short O vowel sound. This is an important prerequisite skill for learning how to read CVC words. This short O vowel Picture Hunt reso

Are you looking for a Science of Reading / Phonics-based short u resource to help your students hear the short u sound? This Practice level Short U Picture Hunt is just the activity you need. Students will hunt for short u pictures from other pictures that Don't have the short u sound. The practice level is for students that can identify 3 short u pictures from the picture hunt worksheet. The use of pictures helps to train your students' ears to hear the sound of the short u. This is an importa

Do you have students that can identify the short O vowel sound but need just a little bit of a challenge? Then this advanced short o vowel sound picture hunt is for you! The Advanced level student will be able to identify 6 pictures with the short O vowel sound from the advanced level worksheet. Students will search for pictures with the short o vowel sound from other pictures that don't have the short o vowel sound. The use of pictures helps students train their ears to hear the short o vowel s