The Connected Educator

Make Kindergarten Orientation Night or the First Day of Kindergarten fun, simple, and meaningful with this 11x17 printable activity placemat! This one-page take-home resource gives families a chance to review key kindergarten readiness skills in an engaging and child-friendly format. Perfect for orientation night, meet the teacher, open house, or back-to-school events, this printable placemat keeps children engaged while giving families a helpful snapshot of important early learning skills. Thi

Shifting your instruction to reflect the science of reading, then it's time to find assessment tools that you can use authentically assess the application of phonics. Swap out your running records and incorporate this tool to guide your reading instruction.

Ultimate kindergarten high-frequency popcorn word and balloon word package. Includes scope and sequence for instruction, assessment package, certificates, student copies for home reading, and anchor chart images (small & large versions).

G.R.O.W. stands for Games, Reading, Other, and Writing. This framework enables educators to assign a variety of tasks to students, freeing them to oversee small groups. The tasks should ideally consist of learning activities that have been explicitly taught before and tasks that students can complete independently.

Integrate these easy prep phonics hole punch cards with ease into any literacy centre. Great way to promote fine motor and literacy learning. Pair them with flash cards, spinners or a independent reading.

Letter Sorting Mats Allow you to take a Multi- Sensory Approach to Phonics instruction. High quality phonics teaching involves the use of auditory, visual and kinaesthetic activities that acknowledge students' different learning styles and encourages them to activate as many of their senses as possible. A focus on tactile activities such as manipulating magnetic letters to make words, forming letters within a variety of materials, such as within sand, tracing on sandpaper, and creating with play

Full Set A-Z Alphabet Letters Tracing Mats in Standard print. With a bonus feature to extend learning to first sound letter association. Just print and laminate these Tracing Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.

These low prep word work mats are a great addition to your literacy centre. Have students utilize familiar text with the Roll & Write Task Card or swap in some fun provocation items like animals with the Say it, Find it Task Card. Get ready for some engaging, purposeful and targeted literacy learning.

Get your students organized and ready for success with this Reading Response Journal Outline. Includes Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Response Prompts.

Support your students in mapping the phonemes during your small group instruction with these handy mats. Enjoy the free download!

Handy print out for integrating mindfulness into home and classroom life. For the complete scripts get your mindfulness script bundle and check out the complementary blog post on our reflections implementing mindfulness.