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Blending Cards for Kindergarten, first and second grade reading. The cards can be used for instruction for kindergarten and first grade and and RtI for second grade. The cards are set up so that students: 1. Say the sounds • • • (with the large dots) 2. Blend the sounds (with the dotted lines) 3. Say it fast (with the arrow)

Well, I sure hope that everyone is officially on Thanksgiving break now. I couldn’t believe how many teachers had to teach all three days this week. I think that’s really rude. If you ask me. Just saying. I haven’t been doing a whole lot of anything which is just the way I like to spend my …

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The ULTIMATE Printable Phonics Pack {2nd Edition} Over 100 ready-to-use activities that practice Long and Short Vowels, R-Controlled vowels {ar/er/ir/or/ur}, and Vowel Teams {ai/ay, au/aw, ew/oo, ie/igh, ee/ea, ou/ow, and oi/oy}! $

The ULTIMATE Printable Phonics Pack {2nd edition!} Over 100 ready-to-use activities that practice Long and Short Vowels, R-Controlled vowels {ar/er/ir/ur}, and Vowel Teams {ai/ay, au/aw, ew/oo, ie/igh, ee/ea, ou/ow, and oi/oy}! $

Learn how to draw an owl in this fun, easy step-by-step drawing lesson! Draw a cute, colorful owl by following the simple steps in this drawing tutorial. Great for all ages!

Want to help your child or students master magic e words? This post has links to over 50 free printables!

Get nine free reading games for teaching bossy r words! They're perfect for both home and school.

March First Grade Silent -e Worksheets - Roll, Read, and Write silent e.

I've made a freebie for you all! This station will help your students read CVC words and then add an e to the end to change the word. In m...

Ou ow anchor chart

Learn to read a-e words with this free activity that's quick and easy to prepare!

Kindergarten students created fun owlets! We began by drawing the owl step-by-step and ripping brown paper to create the owl's feathers. Ripping the paper was a great way to work on fine motor skill development. The students practiced cutting by tracing two cups for the yellow eyes and cutting them out. They added details such as legs, eyes, and a beak to complete the baby owl. The lesson culminated with adding movement to art by acting out all of the owlet's body parts. For more information…

Boring list of sight words for homework? No problem. This flashlight game is way more fun. I came up with this game when my son was in kindergarten and wasn't too thrilled about the prospect of writing a list of words over and over again. He'd much rather play a game. And you know what? It worked! He knew his list of words in no time and we've been playing it ever since. My six-year-old daughter and I are playing it now, as she learns to read. It's so much fun!

So today was my first day back and it was soooooo hard to wake up this morning! It was a teacher work day so the kids were not there and I was able to get so much done in my classroom. As I was making my lesson plans I realized I did not have many

FREE vowel diphthong sorting center!!!This is a free sorting center game where students read and sort picture cards onto the correct sorting mat. For extra fun, cut out sorting mats and glue to pasta boxes. Cut an opening in the mouse and cow mouths for kids to place cards inside! Goes great with an...