Ms. T's Learning Tree

This unit was designed as a Literacy Summer Camp idea for children 4-7 years old. It has 5 days of activities taking between 2-3 hours. This could easily be adapted to a classroom, pre-school, or daycare setting. What's included: 5 days of detailed lesson plans and supply lists Fruit sequencing cards Differentiated sequencing writing pages Differentiated favorite fruit writing pages Fruit graphing pages Days of the week cards with mnemonic pictures for reading help Life cycle craft template But

Make practicing spelling, sight, or phonics words a little more fun. Write the words on the word list to have students use in their word work practice. Use as independent work during small group time. 1 Word List for 14 Words 14 Word Work Pages Roll it & Write it Alphabetical Order Sound boxes (correlates to LETRS and science of reading!) Wiggly Words Fishy Words Roll & Color Words Rainbow Words Word Webs Ghost Words (2) Thanksgiving Words Christmas Words Valentine Words Easter Words

Make practicing spelling, sight, or phonics words a little more fun. Write the word on the word list to have students use in their word work practice. Use as independent work during small group time. 1 Word List for 10 Words 14 Word Work Pages Roll it & Write it Alphabetical Order Sound boxes (correlates to LETRS and science of reading!) Wiggly Words Fishy Words Roll & Color Words Rainbow Words Word Webs Ghost Words (2) Thanksgiving Words Christmas Words Valentine Words Easter Words

Put the cards in order to sequence the Very Hungry Caterpillar story. Use all or just a few cards. Print them smaller and make it a cut and glue. Print several sets and make it group work.

Sequencing Draw and write or just draw Use with a story or give a "how to" prompt Multiple uses and differentiated

Days of the week cards. Silly mnemonic devices can help pre-readers do this activity. Sequence the days of the week. Print smaller and make it a cut/glue. Print several sets and make it a group project.

Life Cycles Draw and label life cycles of any animal or plant.

There are 3 versions of this graphic organizer in this resource. The first is blank. The second has 2 rows of writing lines per box - leaving space for a picture. The third has each box full of writing lines with no space for a picture. The writing lines are your typical solid top-bottom, dashed middle, to help with handwriting.

One school year I had soooo many parents and students claiming that there was bullying going on, but it just simply was not the case. I made this resource specifically for that class and their parents. We did it together, color coding each as we went before cutting and gluing. Then I gave prizes for everyone who reviewed it at home with their parents and brought it back signed. We didn't have an issue after that!

Use this product to practice the concept for the AQD Acadience Math testing. You can also use it for comparing numbers. Cut the cards out and hide them around the classroom. Student walk around the room finding the cards and writing down the number that is greater. If using for comparing have the students write both numbers and use < or > between them.

Give groups one scenario and have them practice acting it out first making a bad choice (like throwing a fit, refusing, etc.) and then again making a good choice (asking for help, expressing how they are feeling, etc.)

Use these contraction cards to run an inquiry activity. Cut out the cards and pass one to each student. Without giving any instruction on the topic, tell the students to go try to find a "match" for their card. Tell them the cards won't be the same, but they will go together somehow. When they have found someone they think they "match" with, they have to come up with an idea for why they go together. This is a fun way to get kids moving, discussing ideas, and making connections.

Use these compound word cards to run an inquiry activity. Cut out the cards and pass one to each student. Without giving any instruction on the topic, tell the students to go try to find a "match" for their card. Tell them the cards won't be the same, but they will go together somehow. When they have found someone they think they "match" with, they have to come up with an idea for why they go together. This is a fun way to get kids moving, discussing ideas, and making connections.

Use these antonym cards to run an inquiry activity. Cut out the cards and pass one to each student. Without giving any instruction on the topic, tell the students to go try to find a "match" for their card. Tell them the cards won't be the same, but they will go together somehow. When they have found someone they think they "match" with, they have to come up with an idea for why they go together. This is a fun way to get kids moving, discussing ideas, and making connections.

This resource is a really fun way to teach students how to categorize words. Print and cut the cards and give them to groups with the directions to sort the cards into any categories they think makes sense. This is an inquiry lesson so we don’t give them more instructions than that. The groups should discuss together the ways that they think they could sort the cards. The categories should be clothes, animals, and food. After the cards have been sorted, tell them to break down and sort each cat

This resource is a really fun way to teach students how to categorize words. There are two more pages similar to the red page, but in yellow and green. Print and cut the cards and give them to groups with the directions to sort the cards into any categories they think makes sense. This is an inquiry lesson so we don’t give them more instructions than that. The groups should discuss together the ways that they think they could sort the cards. After the cards have been sorted, tell them to sort t

Teaching emotions through body language and facial expression.

Differentiated end mark sort with sentences easy enough for littles to read!

An activity to go along with the mentor text Arnie the Doughnut. Make a list of 10 other things you could do with your doughnut besides eating it. The kids get a kick out of this!

Engage your students by having them act out science topics like stars.