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Fundations® Unit 15 level 2 compatible Activities to support the second edition Fundations® program This activity pack is full of worksheets, sorts, and handouts which can support unit 15 of the level 2 Fundations word study program. It will also support any word study lessons on vowel teams (oo as in school, oo as in book, ue as in blue, ue as in rescue, ou as in soup, and ew as in chew). Use this pack for whole class, small group, center work, homework, or however you best see fit! It is a p

Do your students need to develop their vocabulary around describing character feelings? Is it hard for your students to come up with the right word to describe how they feel or are you tired of hearing "mad, sad or happy?" This is the tool to move them past all of that! Using the varied shades of paint sample cards (like the ones from your local hardware store) I have created 20 cards in this pack (80 vocabulary words in all). This pack also includes 2 student reference pages with all 20 car

Ready to print and use activities for before and after any field trip. You can use these as homework, morning work (day of the trip or day after the trip to start a class discussion), as a bulletin board, or however you best see fit. This pack includes: * An All About Our Trip page (see thumbnail example) * A Trip Summary page (in 4 boxes) * 2 versions of a Field Trip retell page (one with more lines and one with fewer lines to fit the needs and growth of your students over the course of the y

Reading partner mini charts and tools for reading workshop! Help your students be the best reading partners they can be! This power pack is ideal for partnerships during Reading Workshop but can be used anytime students read in pairs or groups. The pack includes strategy charts, student reference cards and compliment cards which can be introduced in one unit or little by little as students develop their partnerships over the year. This pack includes: * 11 strategy charts - Print them, teac

Do you struggle with taking conferring notes or how to use data to group your readers? Make your note-taking life as a teacher 10 times easier! I have created three tools for teachers to use when observing, tracking and planning instruction for student reading stamina. These tools have helped me highlight student strengths, group areas of need and track my modifications so that all of my students develop their independent reading stamina over the course of the year. Tool #1 is a checklist w

Help your students access vocabulary to describe a character's feelings as they read! This pack includes two double-sided bookmarks full of feeling vocabulary, as well as, simple directions to make the bookmarks. I have found that students often need support when trying to describe character feelings in a text. This tool is something my students keep in their book baggies and can easily access when discussing, reflecting or writing about their text. It can also be used when handling social s

Family word vocabulary cards are perfect for most any early elementary classroom! I hang this set above my word wall for students to reference with help spelling throughout the year during writing workshop, when making cards, writing letters and as consistent references for English Language Learners. Included you will find: * 10 mini posters (laminate, cut, and hang) mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin, cousins, grandma, and grandpa * 3 mini family word reference pages (1

Are you looking to add sorts into your classroom? Do you already use sorts but struggle with how students transfer this into actual spelling? Do you have fast finishers who would benefit from a next step after sorting and give you the extra time you need with strugglers? Want to add sorts to a class center? Take your sorts to the next level! Give students the chance to practice spelling their words to show that the spelling of the words matches the sound pattern. Thus, the flaps! Student

If you teach Second Grade Fundations (level 2), the worksheets and activities in this money saving bundle will support and enhance unit 4, unit 5, and unit 6 of level 2 phonics. This supplemental bundle can be used for homework, small group review, differentiation, centers, sub plans, as a packet for fast finishers or during whole class instruction. The pdfs can also be assigned digitally through TPT Easel - easy to show on a Smartboard or assign via Google Classroom. This bundle includes all o

This product includes reading response and book club discussion cards which can be used on Google Classroom, displayed on a Smartboard, or assigned during digital learning. They can also be used to lead classroom discussions, book club talks and novel studies. Students may have a slide (or set of slides) assigned to them on Google Classroom and can type their responses directly into a text box on the card. I sometimes display a question card on my Smartboard screen and then jot student notes bel

Fundations® Unit 14 level 2 compatible printable worksheets and activities to support the second edition Fundations® program. This product now also includes a digital option for use on Google Classroom through TPT Easel. This activity pack is full of worksheets, sorts, and handouts which can support unit 14 of the level 2 Fundations® word study program. It will also support any word study lessons on vowel teams (ou as in trout and ow as in plow). Use this pack for whole class, small group, cente

Help kids develop their language, social skills, and grow class community. These can be used once or again and again as needed to remind students across the school year. The activity can be used to supplement the picture book Trucker and Train by Hannah Stark and illustrated by Bob Kolar (Clarion Books/HMH Kids, 2019). Pull a card during morning meeting and chart student ideas for positive talk when these common classrooms problems occur. Easy to tape onto large chart paper and have student

Non standard measurement center mini book Hit the first grade standard (1.MD.A2) in a fun and engaging way that will get kids really showing what they know about non-standard measurement! This mini book gives students a chance to identify correct and incorrect ways to measure length and most importantly justify their thinking! This product includes two versions of the same mini book. Each version includes directions (for if you choose to set it up as a center), 8 different paper clip mea

Fundations® Units 7, 8, and 9 (level 2) compatible worksheets and activities. Now in both download and print format, as well as, digital format for use on Google Classroom through TPT Easel. Here is your chance to purchase units 7, 8, and 9 at a discounted price. This product includes practice with r-controlled words, multisyllabic words, open syllable types, y as a vowel words, syllable division rules, suffixes, trick words, scooping, reading vowel teams, and so much more! Great for homework, s

Fundations® Unit 4 level 2 compatible - Now in printable and digital format in one product! Activities to support the second edition Fundations® program This activity pack is full of worksheets, sorts, and handouts which can support unit 4 of the level 2 Fundations® word study program. Most printables are also now available to be used digitally through the TPT Easel platform. Assign single pages to students on devices through Google Classroom! This unit works on the suffixes s, es, ed, ing

Fundations Glued Sound Tapping and Isolating Sounds Picture Cards - am, an, all, ank, ink, onk, unk, ang, ing, ong, ung Thanks for checking out Tap It Out! These cards and activities can be used when practicing tapping (isolating of sounds) glued sounds in the Fundations level K, Fundations level 1, and Fundations level 2 units. It will also work with any class that is learning to use these glued sound patterns: am, an, all, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk Included are 31 glued sound pic

Are you looking for some supplemental unit 3 resources to help teach Second Grade Fundations® (level 2)? This product provides you with worksheets and activities to support and enhance the learning in Level 2 Unit 3.This pack includes a variety of NO PREP activities to compliment the skills practiced in Fundations® Unit 3 of the level 2 (second edition) program. This pack includes practice with concepts such as closed syllable exceptions (old, ild, ost, etc.) and review of concepts covered in

Have you ever wondered why math programs don't provide better tools for modeling in front of a group? After too many games being modeled with a standard deck of cards I thought why not make supersize examples so everyone can see? This product includes large number cards from 0-10. There is also a page with ideas of how to use the cards. You can print a couple of copies, back them, laminate and you have a life long tool for modeling your math games that require a deck. Talk about building nu

If you teach Fundations ® to Kindergarten or First Grade then you will need trick words for your word wall! This pack includes all 93 trick words from the Level 1 Fundations ® program (the Kindergarten words are also included in level 1 and in this set). We all know young writers need to be able to refer to their trick words across the school year, so save yourself the work of making your own cards. In kid friendly font, these cards are ready to be printed, cut, and hung! Each word is written

Fundations® Unit 10 level 2 compatible activities to support the second edition Fundations® program now in print and go format, as well as, digital format for use on Google Classroom through TPT Easel. This activity pack is full of worksheets, sorts, and handouts which can support unit 10 of the level 2 Fundations® word study program. his unit works on the vowel teams ai and ay, homophones, and a variety of skills from previous units. Use this pack for whole class, small group, center work,