Lisa Bates

CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM & CHICKA CHICKA 1-2-3 LITERACY, MATH AND LEARNING FUN ACTIVITIES contains 17 original, teacher created learning to extend both Chicka Chicka stories. The activities are in PDF format and were created by me. These activities are great to use as literacy bag inserts, take home activities or class literacy centers individual or small group). I also just added a set of five different Bingo cards to the unit. CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM 1. Five Comprehension Questions to help

My students (and my own kids) have always loved draw-a-rhyme activities. If you haven't done a draw-a-rhyme before, its very easy and a lot of fun! Give each child a piece of plain paper and crayons or markers. You read each line of the poem one at a time omitting the last word of the line. The students add the missing rhyming word (I usually did this as a choral response, but you can call on a student to answer or write it down). Give the students time at the end of each line to draw what

This is a great deal for those who like fun, creative teaching materials but don't have the time to do it all from scratch. Each game is in full color and includes a filing tab, a "How to Play" section, a decorative title label with picture, game pieces and most include answer keys. Below are the titles of 21 different math, reading and language arts file folder games that are included. I also have an intermediate file folder games download listed if you need some higher level skills. 1. Sweet

Each game is in full color and includes a filing tab, a "How to Play" section, a decorative title label with picture, game pieces and most include answer keys. WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BRING (CAUSE & EFFECT): Read the cause statement on the first cloud of each rainbow. Match the correct effect statement to the end of each rainbow.

LONG VOWEL ACTIVITY SET consisting of 8 long vowel activities in 22 PDF documents. All activities are in color. 1. LONG VOWEL BOARD GAME Students draw a picture card from the turned over stack. After they have said the name of the picture, they move their token to the next space on the game board that names the long vowel heard in the word. 2. LONG VOWEL DOMINOES Students use the laminated picture dominoes in a way similar to regular dominoes. The only difference is they aren't matching pic

Why print out multiple variations of holiday Bingo cards? This download allows your students to create their own Bingo cards by cutting out the images and gluing them onto the Bingo mat. (Be sure to cut out your own set of images to use for calling pieces.) There are two different variations: one in color and the other has black and white drawings the students can color before creating their cards. Tip: Sometimes when we play in the classroom, we show the piece on the Promethean board usin

Each game is in full color and includes a filing tab, a "How to Play" section, a decorative title label with picture, game pieces and most include answer keys. Read each paragraph. Find the pencil that tells what most likely happened next and place that pencil in the answer box under the paragraph. There are three choices for each paragraph. (Since the answers can't be found in the paragraphs, you will have to draw a conclusion from what you read.)

This unit contains 79 activities (150 pages) for exploring various people, places and cultures around the world. The activities contained in each unit cover math, social studies, reading and writing. There are activities for students of different academic levels to explore: Amazing Africa (10) Awesome Australia (9 activities) Brrr...Antarctica (10 activities) Captivating China (10 activities) Fascinating France (8)activities) Marvelous Mexico (9 activities) Sizzling South America (12 activitie

SHORT VOWEL ACTIVITY SET consisting of 8 short vowel activities in 21 PDF documents. All activities are in color. 1. Short Vowel Bingo--Have a "caller" read out a word from the caller's cards. The players will find the word on their bingo mats and mark it. The first player to make five in a row wins the round. 2. Initial Short Vowel Sound Word Puzzles--Match together each two piece puzzle that features a word using each of the short vowel sounds at the beginning of the word. 3. Short Vow

This is a set of 32 picture cards. Students say the name of the picture shown on each card and count the sounds they hear in the word. They then put a clothespin on the number that shows how many sounds. This set includes words with 2,3,4 and 5 phonemes (eight cards for each phoneme set). A cover page/instruction page is included (I create my games in laminated craft envelopes) but an answer key is not included. I usually just put a dot or small sticker on the back of the card to indicate t

This mini-unit is based on the book CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS and is contains 14 TEACHER-CREATED ACTIVITIES FROM ACROSS THE CURRICULUM! There are a variety of activities related to weather, states of matter, reading skills, language arts, literacy skills, writing skills and math. Included: 1. Water Cycle Song and Sequencing Cards-- (This is an original song written by me). The song can be used with the water cycle cards which are picture cards that show precipitation, condensation,

This APPLE THEME unit is chock-full of delicious APPLE THEME activities from all areas of the curriculum. In addition to general apple theme activities, there are activities that are specific to Johnny Appleseed and to How Make an Apple Pie and See the World. There are 22 different activities (38 pages), so you are sure to find just the right level/skill for your students. 1. Long/Short vowel sound activity: Read the words. Sort them onto the correct side of the apple short mat.. 2. Crea

WORD FAMILIES ACTIVITY SET consisting of 8 word family activities in 22 PDF documents. All activities are in color. 1. Welcome to the Family--Sort out the word cards into the their correct word family pocket. (families -ill, -in and -og) 2. Word Family Puzzle Pairs--Match together the puzzle pairs that create a picture and it's name. (2 puzzles each of -ock, old, -um, -ab, -and, -ap) 3. Word Families Board Game--Roll the die and move your token that many spaces. Pick a card. If the beg

Its Bingo fun for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! This set includes two sets of ten different Bingo cards to be used in small group settings. One set of Bingo cards feature uppercase letter and the other set is a mixture of both uppercase and lowercase letters. There is also a set of lowercase letters printed on cute coconuts. Teachers can use these as the call cards.

These activities are based on that lovable dog, Biscuit. There are eight original activities from different areas of the curriculum. Activities are in PDF format. 1. Noun/Verb Sort: Sort the noun & verb cards to the correct spot on the mat. 2 -og Word Family Pull Through: Slide the letter strip through to create words from the - og family. Pick five of the words and write a sentence for each one. 3. Homophone Bones: Match each homonym with it's correct meaning 4. Dog Bone

In this activity, students count the colorful tens sticks and ones cubes to determine which number is being shown and the clip a clothespin to the answer. You can easily make these self-checking by adding a dot or small stick on the back to mark where the clothespin should be. Quick and easy activity for math tubs and early finishers.

Kids are batty about bats! This unit contains eight educational activities from different areas of the curriculum that you can include in your bat unit. There are also a couple activities that extend Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon. The activities are in PDF format so they can be accessed on both PCs and Macs. Included: 1. Story Sequencing-- Put the ten strips in correct order to retell the story of Stellaluna. 2. Mammal or Bird--Sort out the pictures to their correct column on the Mammal or

The FABULOUS FABLES LITERACY AND LEARNING FUN ACTIVITIES are a fun way to introduce some of the most popular fables to your students. The hand-painted bag features the Tortoise and the Hare. There are 8 original activities in PDF format. Included: 1. The Lion and the Mouse: Put the four picture cards in story order. Under each picture, write a sentence telling what happened in the story. 2. The Tortoise and the Hare: THE GREAT RACE ADDITION GAME: Each player choose a character--the torto

It's time for some fun on the farm! DOWN ON THE FARM contains 20 different activities from various areas of the curriculum that are based around a farm theme. All activities are in PDF format and are ready for you to print out and use in centers, small groups, large groups or take home bags. In addition to the 20 activities described below, the cd-rom also has a full color binder cover and activity letter which explains how to do each activity. (Contains 36 teacher-created PDF files) 1. H

Each game is in full color and includes a filing tab, a "How to Play" section, a decorative title label with picture, game pieces and most include answer keys. TOE THE LINE (LINES, RAYS, & SEGMENTS) Activity 1: Fill in the blank with a toe cut out that makes the sentence read correctly. Activity 2: Add end points and / or arrows to make a line, line segment and ray Activity 3: Draw a line to match each definition to its example.