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Compare and contrast The Mitten and The Hat (by Jan Brett) this winter with these age-appropriate Venn diagrams! This activity is the perfect introduction to comparing and contrasting texts in first grade. Students will compare and contrast the characters, story elements and events from both stories. ❄️Work on comprehension skills by recalling characters and events from each story. ❄️Identify and describe differences and similarities between the two texts. ❄️ Great introduction to comparing

Elevate your Kindergartners' and first graders' number sense skills with "Winter 1 to 100 Differentiated Counting Worksheets." Perfect for diverse learning needs, these worksheets offer counting practice up to 10, 20, 30, 50, or 100. Engage students in counting snowflakes, mittens, and winter mugs with 5 different options for each item, promoting 1:1 correspondence. ❄️ Build strong number sense skills with 15 worksheets and included answer keys! ❄️Count to 10, 20, 30, 50, or 100 for each winte

Giraffes Can't Dance is a great read aloud to introduce growth mindset in grades K-2! Build comprehension and writing skills and set goals with these Giraffes Can't Dance activities. Make predictions and connections, sequence story events, complete a "Giraffes Can't Dance" story map and more!! Ideal for 1st or 2nd grade. This book companion is part of the back to school read aloud bundle-- Get it here!Included in this "Giraffes Cant Dance" resource is:Making Predictions Recording SheetStory

The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt is a holiday classic in first and second grade! These no-prep gingerbread man sequencing and retell activities are ideal to build comprehension skills! Included are a cut and paste worksheet, 16 picture cards, and differentiated retell worksheets with writing or cut and paste options. These activities are part of the Gingerbread Man Retell BUNDLE! Included are:Gingerbread Man sequencing cut and paste worksheetGingerbread Man story retell worksheets- 4 ve

Make nonfiction fun this SPRING with this decodable reader & passage mega bundle! Save prep time with low-prep printable books, teacher notes, digital slides, and lesson materials! These titles are available in 6 levels!! Easily differentiate your small groups, independent learning or whole group lesson. Choose the phonics skill that best matches your learners: CVC words, digraphs, blends, silent e, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels!This bundle includes 8 nonfiction spring titles in 6 LEVELS.

" Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship" is the perfect fall read aloud to teach about friendship. Use the story sequencing picture and event cards to scaffold whole group instruction. Then, let students independently complete the adorable Bad Apple flip craft to build comprehension and writing skills. Students will sequencing story events and write about how to be a "good apple" aka a good friend! This book companion is part of the back to school read aloud bundle-- Get it here!Included in Bad Ap

Boost phonics and reading comprehension with these diphthong decodable readers, passages, and worksheets for 1st and 2nd grade! Students will practice diphthongs OU & OW, OI & OY through engaging, level-appropriate stories. Choose from low-prep decodable readers or printable passages to fit your needs. Each passage includes reading comprehension questions, story maps, and beginning–middle–end graphic organizers to support retelling and understanding. Perfect for building confidence with dip

Compare and contrast two favorite winter read alouds— The Mitten and The Hat by Jan Brett—with this time-saving literacy bundle! Designed for kindergarten and 1st grade, this resource provides a clear, age-appropriate introduction to compare and contrast using familiar winter stories. ❄️ Students will build comprehension skills as they sequence characters and events from each story and identify similarities and differences using a simple, visual Venn diagram. ❄️ Included is:The Mitten

Practice retelling skills with The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett using this simple winter read aloud sequencing activity. After listening to the story, students sequence key events with picture cues to build comprehension. This activity is part of the 3 bears compare & contrast BUNDLE. Introduce your students to simple Venn diagrams!Included:"Cut and Paste" sequencing worksheet12 character and event picture cards in color or black and white. Your students will love reading The Three Snow Bear

These OO sound vowel team passages and decodable readers practice the long and short oo sounds! Build comprehension and spelling with oo sound worksheets! This resource includes 3 engaging, decodable OO vowel team stories in 3 formats that are aligned with the Science of Reading. Ideal for the second grade or the end of first grade! Get the Other Vowel Teams & Diphthongs GROWING BUNDLE here!⭐ Each story is available in three formats:No-Prep Decodable Reader – Simply print, fold, and st

Your 1st and 2nd graders will love these hot chocolate graphing tasks & hot cocoa mug craft. These are engaging, low-prep activities to practice graphing skills and opinion writing this winter! ☕️This activity is part of the hot chocolate activity BUNDLE! Get adorable hot chocolate crafts, reading activities and more! ☕️Students will practice reading data tables and creating bar graphs and picture graphs using hot chocolate-themed data. Then, get your whole class engaged with a class su

This decodable reader practices the FLOSS spelling rule (FLSZ) and includes FLOSS rule worksheets, comprehension questions and activities! Choose from 2 levels of low-prep books and a lesson plan aligned with the Science of Reading. Perfect for Kindergarten and first grade small groups, whole group or independent practice! This resource is part of the Decodable Readers with Digraphs MEGA BUNDLE. Grab it here and be prepped for your whole unit! Struggling to find decodable readers that are

These Inflectional Endings Decodable Books, Passages, and Worksheets are designed to explicitly teach and reinforce suffixes through structured, Science of Reading–aligned practice for first-grade readers. This bundle focuses on the inflectional word endings –es, –ing, and –ed, with a total of 9 decodable books and matching passages! ⭐Aligned with UFLI scope and sequence and Science of Reading! ⭐ Included: Inflectional Ending -es: Plural & verb endings 3 print and fold books, matching

These no-prep Veteran’s Day activities for 1st grade and 2nd grade make teaching about this special holiday easy and engaging! Includes Veteran’s Day reading passages, a poem, letter to a veteran, and fun Veteran’s Day craftivities to help kids learn and show gratitude to our heroes! ⭐Teach about Veteran’s Day in a meaningful way using Google Slides with real photos and kid-friendly facts! ⭐Students will read differentiated Veteran’s Day reading passages, explore vocabulary, and reflect

Looking for an engaging read-aloud for Groundhog's Day this year? This Grumpy Groundhog story companion is packed with activities for before and after reading to build reading comprehension and vocabulary skills! Make predictions, sequence story events, complete a story map and more!! ☀️Ideal for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade!☀️Engaging Activities for a Groundhog's Day Read Aloud!☀️No-prep Grumpy Groundhog worksheets and activities.☀️This activity is included in the First-Grade Groundh

This vowel team reading passages MEGA BUNDLE includes 30 decodable stories for all vowel teams and diphthongs! Choose from low-prep decodable readers and vowel team reading passages perfect for small group or whole-class instruction in 1st and 2nd grade. Extend learning after reading with reading comprehension questions, story sequencing, and spelling worksheets!⭐Designed for 2nd grade or advanced 1st graders.⭐UFLI ALIGNED Scope and Sequence Vowel Teams Included (30 stories):Vowel Teams A

This spring MEGA bundle includes spring decodable vowel team reading passages and books for long vowels AI & AY, EE & EA, OA, OW & OE, IGH & IE, plus REVIEW . Extend learning after reading with comprehension questions, story sequencing, spelling / sentence dictation and a spring phonics craft for each set of vowel teams! 🌸 12 engaging spring decodable stories featuring long vowel teams! 🌸 Choose between print & fold books or the passage version!🌸 Comprehension questions included 🌸 In

It's Gingerbread Baby! This Gingerbread Baby sequencing activity is great for building comprehension skills after reading. Included are a Gingerbread Baby Sequencing cut and paste worksheet and 13 picture cards! Perfect for whole group and independent practice! This activity is part of the Gingerbread Man Retell BUNDLE!Included are:Gingerbread Baby sequencing cut and paste worksheet13 Character and sequencing picture cards- color and black & whiteCheck out my other Gingerbread resources below:G

Grow your students' number sense skills this spring with these spring 1 to 100 differentiated counting worksheets. Perfect for diverse learning needs, these worksheets offer counting practice up to 10, 20, 30, 50, or 100. 🌸 Build strong number sense skills and 1:1 correspondence with 15 worksheets and answer keys included!🌸 Perfect for Kindergarten and first grade! 🌸 Want to get prepped for the whole year? These worksheets are part of the YEARLONG counting worksheets BUNDLE! Count to 10, 20

Compare and contrast Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett with this age-appropriate, low-prep activity designed for kindergarten and first grade. This cut-and-paste Venn diagram provides a clear and simple introduction to comparing and contrasting two stories using familiar characters and events. This activity is part of the The Three Bears/ Snow Bears BUNDLE. Get the sequencing activities to extend learning!With built-in visual supports, students identify simi