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An active way to practice letter recognition! Students flip a card and name the letter on the bean. But, watch out! There are sneaky jumping beans in the mix! If someone draws one, everyone has to jump up and down five times!

This data collection sheet is helpful in keeping track of the kinds of prompts students needed to complete each Heggerty activity. This data sheet is helpful when collecting data on one specific student, and can be used as a benchmark assessment, or during one-on-one instruction.

An active way to practice letter recognition! Students flip a card and name the letter on the bean. But, watch out! There are sneaky jumping beans in the mix! If someone draws one, everyone has to jump up and down five times!

Use this game to practice number recognition for numerals 0-20. Your students will love this whole-body learning game as they name the numerals. If they draw a jumping bean, everyone has to jump up and down five times!

An active way to practice rhyme production! Students flip a card and say a word that rhymes with the picture on the bean. But, watch out! There are sneaky jumping beans in the mix! If someone draws one, everyone has to jump up and down five times!

An active way to practice letter recognition! Students flip a card and name the shape on the bean. But, watch out! There are sneaky jumping beans in the mix! If someone draws one, everyone has to jump up and down five times!

Use this letter template for your pre-literate students to write their letters to Santa. Students will fill-in their names, age and grade, how they think they were this year (plus a fill-in option!) and what three items they wish for! Students can also add a photo or a drawn picture to their letter.

This-or-That questions for the whole school year! I use these questions as my "Question of the Day" during my morning meeting 23 questions per monthQuestions mostly have 2 choices, a few have 3 or 4Can be used in many ways: Non-verbal or limited verbal students can choose between two options (I usually have the options as pictures on my morning meeting slides)Students can "vote" for their favorite, use to tally and graph resultsUse as an opportunity to share opinionsCan be used as a conversation

A fun activity for pre-readers and early writers! Students choose the toys they would like to put on their wish list and transcribe the name of the toy onto their list. This activity works great as a writing center and could be used during a holiday party as well!

An engaging counting activity with a weather theme! Students find how many of each picture are in the box and write the number on the lines provided. But be careful, some of the shapes are not the same size or at the same angle!

An active way to practice color recognition! Students flip a card and name the color. But, watch out! There are sneaky jumping beans in the mix! If someone draws one, everyone has to jump up and down five times!

An active way to practice sight words! Students flip a card and say the word on the bean. But, watch out! There are sneaky jumping beans in the mix! If someone draws one, everyone has to jump up and down five times!

A fun Valentine activity to work on sorting skills! Students can sort cookies by: ShapeColorSprinkles vs No SprinklesLabels are available with and without pictures/colors to be accommodating for your students' needs.

This errorless Valentine's activity is perfect for students just starting out doing independent work tasks. Students place each cookie onto the baking sheet in whatever order they please- there is no wrong answer!

Daily home reading trackers for August-June Includes a note home to parents/guardians stressing the importance of daily readingEach symbol represents 20 minutes of reading, each page totaling 8 hours of reading and all months together totaling 88 HOURS OF READING

An engaging counting activity using gummy bears! Students find how many of each picture are in the box and write the number on the lines provided. But be careful, some of the shapes are not the same size or at the same angle!

An engaging counting activity with a summer theme! Students find how many of each picture are in the box and write the number on the lines provided. But be careful, some of the shapes are not the same size or at the same angle!

Work on addition with numbers 1-5 using Valentine cookies! Students find the cookie jar with the number that corresponds to the addition problem.

An adorable activity for a holiday party or during math centers to practice subtizing and number recognition!