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Pre-writing success! This tracing activity pack is more than just fun, it's a supercharged learning booster for your pre-writing superstars! Students trace their way through left-to-right progression lines, letter formation, and fun-themed vocabulary words. There is fun artwork to color on each page and additional handwriting practice pages with word banks!

Learning Objectives

• Boosts pre-reading skills
• Develops hand-eye coordination
• Strengthens fine motor control
• Ignites a love of writing

Theme

Spring Pencils (12 vocabulary words)

Resource Includes:

• A to Z tracing page uppercase and lowercase (1)
• Line tracing pages for pencil or finger tracing (3)
• Vocabulary word tracing (2)
• Trace and color vocabulary (3)
• Writing/drawing pages with a word bank (2)
• Writing/drawing pages (3)
• Color match coloring activity (1)

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Fine Motor Skills

• Strength and Coordination: Tracing requires controlled hand movements, building strength and coordination in the finger, hand, and wrist muscles. This improved control lays the groundwork for future writing and manipulation of tools.
• Pencil Grip: Tracing activities encourage students to hold a writing utensil correctly, developing a comfortable and efficient grip essential for future writing success.

Pre-Writing Skills

• Letter and Shape Recognition: Tracing introduces students to different shapes and letter formations, fostering familiarity and visual memory. This recognition is crucial for later independent writing and reading.
• Hand-Eye Coordination: Following visual cues to trace lines accurately improves hand-eye coordination, directly translating to writing fluency and letter formation.

Cognitive Development

• Concentration and Focus: Tracing requires focused attention to stay within the lines, enhancing concentration and maintaining focus on a task. These skills are vital for future academic success.
• Visual-Spatial Awareness: Tracing helps children understand spatial relationships between lines and shapes, developing visual-spatial awareness crucial for reading, writing, and problem-solving.

Emotional and Social Benefits

• Confidence and Self-Esteem: Completing tracing activities fosters a sense of accomplishment and boosts self-esteem, motivating students to continue learning and exploring.
• Creativity and Self-Expression: Tracing can be a playful and creative activity, allowing students to experiment with colors and patterns, fostering self-expression and a love for learning.

Word Tracing

• Letter Formation: Tracing words helps students solidify their understanding of letter shapes and proper letter formation, preparing them for independent writing.
• Vocabulary Development: Tracing familiar words reinforces their spelling and meaning while tracing new words introduces them to new vocabulary words in a fun and engaging way!

This tracing activity pack is a fun and engaging way to build skills and confidence for pre-writers!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

The Winter Solstice in Egypt was a celebration of the sun god Amun-Ra. This holiday season, introduce your students to how the solstice was present at the Temple of Karnak. This ready to print and teach activity set includes:

• A lesson plan
• A two page introduction to the Winter Solstice in Karnak
• Five reflection questions
• Three different word search puzzles
• Answer keys for word searches
• Three different crossword puzzles
• Answer keys for crosswords

This winter, engage your students with a fun activity that is also educational! This resource can be used in both the secondary social studies classroom and in language arts!

This activity set is great for:

• Winter Holiday work
• Learning about ancient civilizations
• Extension activities
• Centers
• Substitute work
• and more!

5 worksheets in which children need to look at a picture and then fill in the missing short vowel sound from the middle of a CVC word.

Why do you need this?

Filling in missing vowel sounds reinforces phonics rules and reading readiness. With cute animals and objects, learners practice deciphering familiar CVC vocabulary. Parents and teachers can use these pages to assess and develop critical vowel comprehension.

How and when might you use this?

Each page displays 10 illustrated words with the vowel missing. Looking at the picture clue, students fill in the blank to complete the word, applying knowledge of short vowel sounds. For example, seeing a picture of a c_t would cue writing an "a" to spell "cat".

These worksheets can be used in a variety of ways:

· During small group phonics sessions

· Independent work stations or literacy centers

· Homework practice

· Guided reading groups

· Morning work

· Reading interventions for children who need additional support

· Whole class instruction

What’s included?

5 PDF worksheets

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Early Reading Support Bundle

Editable Frayer Model Vocabulary Graphic Organizer 5 Templates included: This “Editable Frayer Model Vocabulary Graphic Organizer” is an interactive and engaging product that is designed to help your Students to help them with essential vocabulary words. This Product will help students with Vocabulary Building, Concept Clarification, Pre-assessment & Review Tool, Critical Thinking & Analysis & Differentiated Instruction.

PRODUCT FORMAT

This product is available in PDF format and contains 05 Templates.

HOW THIS PRODUCT HELP STUDENT

This product will help student to:

a. Help students with Vocabulary Building, Concept Clarification, Pre-assessment & Review Tool, Critical Thinking & Analysis & Differentiated Instruction.

b. Building their basic ELA foundation in order to prepare them for higher grades.

WHERE TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PRODUCT

The teachers can use this product in a variety of ways:

a. Classroom activities

b. Homework

c. Group Activities

d. Test Preparation

WHAT CCSS STANDARDS THIS PRODUCT COVERS

This Product “Editable Frayer Model Vocabulary Graphic Organizer” is aligned with Common Core standards.

FINAL WORDS

Overall “Editable Frayer Model Vocabulary Graphic Organizer” contains variety of activities for engaging your students. This product is aligned with Common Core standards. This product will help students with Vocabulary Building, Concept Clarification, Pre-assessment & Review Tool, Critical Thinking & Analysis & Differentiated Instruction. Overall this product would be a great Addition to collection of your ELA resources.

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The Christmas story captivates children, who will enjoy reenacting its significant moments and portraying various characters. This resource enables children to read and illustrate the Christmas story in a personalized comic format.

Moreover, this activity encourages children to write a letter to Jesus and his family, expressing what they learned from the story. They may also request prayers for those who are most in need.

Imagine the joy of seeing children proudly adorned with manger medals or taking their own manger home to decorate. It is an activity that families truly cherish!

This resource includes:

• Page 1: Nativity Story (comic format)
• Page 2: Nativity Medal
• Page 3: Nativity Medal (empty version)
• Page 4: Nativity Pennant/Banner
• Page 5: Letter to Baby Jesus and Family
• Page 6: Manger Craft
• Page 7: Manger Craft (frame)

Happy Christmas!

This resource is the perfect solution for educators who want to maintain a strong connection with students and parents while adding a touch of nostalgia to their teaching approach.

You´ll receive not one, but four templates in total. There are two color templates and two black-and-white options for a timeless touch.

Print your templates double-sided, and they're ready to use. Just add your personalized message and information, and your heartfelt note is ready to go.

This resource is also available in Spanish!!

FALL color-by-code reading coloring sheets with Kindergarten Primer sight words practice are color-by-sight-words worksheets that are FALL themed and perfect for Autumn, September, October and November! Use these no-prep print-and-go coloring pages for your fast-finishers, morning work, literacy centers, early-finishers, subs or homework.

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color coded at a glance answer keys

Images include: crow, scarecrow, corn, squirrel, sunflowers mosaic, apples in a basket, pumpkin and sunflower in a field.

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This is a 2 page printer friendly black and white worksheet to print and hand to your students. While you read Would You Rather be a Bullfrog? by Theo LeSieg.

Tell you students something along the lines of:

"I'm going to read you a fun story. You need to think about each question comparing 2-3 nouns. A Noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. You wont tell me out loud which one you would rather be you are going color your choice. This is a great way to practice writing while listening."

The idea behind this worksheet is to allow students to:

• interact with the story that is quiet
• encourages decision making.
• allows students to start practicing skills for note taking.

Check out thiscolor version where students just circle their choice!

hese journal pages are designed to promote creative writing with a St. Patrick's Day theme. This packet contains 10 writing prompts which can be used with beginning writers as well as students who are more accomplished writers. Blank lined writing pages are included for students who need more space for their stories.

GAME-PATTERN SEQUENCING - Various Cute Images

- Observe the patterns then drag the missing picture to the FIRST, MIDDLE, OR LAST of the BOX in the correct sequence/pattern.

Total cards: 10 cards

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This is a fun printable for Valentine's Day. Students will match the two parts of a compound word. There are 10 different compound words on the page. There is a bonus on the bottom of the pages where students can take 3 of the compound words and use them correctly in a sentence.

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Kick off the new school year with our Editable School Bus Name Tags! These vibrant and customizable name tags are perfect for adding a fun School Bus theme to your classroom.

Available in black & white, gray , yellow, red, dark blue, orange, sky blue ... , they come in four versatile sizes: 1 per page, 2 per page, 6 per page, and 12 per page.

Ideal for desks, lockers, bulletin boards, and more, these name tags will help keep your classroom organized and engaging.

What's Included :

• PAGE : 36 PAGES
• FILES : PPTX + PDF + PNG
• SIZE : 8.5'' x 11''

This Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Figures | Q tip painting resource is an engaging way to help young learners practice letter recognition and fine motor skills while having fun! Each alphabet letter is paired with a figure or object that starts with the same letter, creating a meaningful and interactive learning experience for preschool and kindergarten students.

What’s Included:

• Full Alphabet Set: Each letter features a corresponding figure or object filled with dots for students to complete.
• Creative Designs: Every page includes fun, themed figures that connect with the letter, helping students associate letters with sounds and objects.
• Versatile Use: Children can use dot markers, Q-tips with paint, crayons, stickers, playdough, or fingerprints to fill in the dots, offering plenty of ways to engage.

Key Benefits:

• Supports fine motor skill development through dot-filling activities.
• Reinforces letter-sound connections with visual representations of each letter’s figure.
• Encourages creativity as students decorate the figures in their own unique style.

This Dot Marker Printable Alphabet Figures resource is perfect for classroom centers, letter-of-the-week activities, early finishers, or at-home practice. By combining hands-on learning with creative expression, it provides a fun and effective way to teach the alphabet while keeping young learners engaged!

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Who’s ready for Thanksgiving?

Looking for a fun Thanksgiving twist on Alphabet Identification this season.

6 activities can be found in this Hands on Approach Packet that’s Thanksgiving Themed, perfect for offering students Preschool through First Grade the opportunity to Identify their Uppercase and Lowercase A-Z alphabet letters. These are available to you in Full Color and Black/White. Students will also be helping their Visual Discriminations Skills and Cognitive Development all while having fun doing it.

All you need to do is:

• Print it out “Recommend Cardstock for Durability”
• Recommend laminating for Durability
• Cut out the Turkey Letter Match Cards
• Add Velcro if you prefer
• Your Pre-k thru 1st grade students will love getting into the season by finding the “Match” for the right Turkey Letter Card and placing it on the Mat.

You will receive the following 6 Thanksgiving Themed Letter Identification Hands On Digital Resources:

Full Color

• 12 Upper Case Letter Mats
• 12 Lower Case Letter Mats
• 12 Upper Case/Lower Case Mixture Mats
• Matching Letter Cards

Black and White

• 12 Upper Case Letter Mats
• 12 Lower Case Letter Mats
• 12 Upper Case/Lower Case Mixture Mats
• Matching Letter Cards

USE THIS RESOURCE FOR:

• File Folders
• Independent Work
• Homework (Students take home and play with Family)
• Daily Review
• Math Centers
• Early Finishers
• Morning Menus
• Morning Warm-ups
• Substitute Folders
• Homeschoolers
• Small Groups
• Perfect for on "The Go", learning in a classroom or learning at Home.

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Christmas Alphabet A-Z Upper and Lower Case Letter Identification Match Mat

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Introducing our Alphabet Crowns: the perfect blend of learning and fun for preschoolers and kindergarteners! Each crown features a letter of the alphabet surrounded by images that start with that letter, ready to be colored, cut, and worn proudly by young learners.

Contents:

Our Alphabet Crowns set includes 26 unique crowns, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each crown is black and white, allowing students to unleash their creativity as they color in the letters and accompanying images. From "A" for apple to "Z" for zebra, these crowns are not only educational but also entertaining!

Why You'll Love This Product:

Teachers, get ready to watch your students light up with excitement with our Alphabet Crowns! These crowns offer a hands-on and engaging way to reinforce letter recognition and phonics skills. As students color in the letters and associated images, they are actively learning and reinforcing their understanding of the alphabet.

Students will love the opportunity to personalize their crowns with their favorite colors and proudly wear them around the classroom. The interactive nature of this activity makes learning fun and memorable.

Who This Product is For:

1. Preschool and kindergarten teachers looking for engaging alphabet activities.
2. Parents homeschooling their young children and seeking educational resources.
3. Early childhood educators aiming to reinforce letter recognition and phonics skills.
4. Daycare providers in need of fun and educational materials for their young learners.
5. Special education teachers seeking hands-on resources for students with diverse learning needs.

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This comprehensive bundle of resources is designed to engage and educate students about Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) offering a perfect blend of learning and fun.

The bundle includes:

• 3 Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice Questions: Each passage is designed to challenge students’ reading and comprehension skills. The passages are followed by multiple-choice questions that test the student’s understanding of the text.
• 1 Word Search Puzzle: These puzzles feature key terms related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities, providing a fun way for students to familiarize themselves with important concepts.
• 1 Word Scramble: This activity features key terms related to MLK, encouraging students to enhance their vocabulary and problem-solving skills.
• 1 Crossword Puzzle: This puzzle is designed around MLK themes, helping students reinforce their understanding of key concepts.
• 1 Vocabulary List: This activity is designed to help students learn and understand key terms related to MLK Day. It can be used as a standalone activity or as a supplement to the other resources in the bundle.

All activities come with answer keys, allowing for easy marking and feedback.

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Engage young learners with our fun and educational "I Have, Who Has Alphabet Game!" This interactive game is designed to help children master letter identification while enjoying a dynamic and social activity.

What's Included:

• Alphabet Cards: Each card features a letter of the alphabet and a corresponding picture to aid in letter recognition.
• Picture Clues: Vibrant and easy-to-understand images related to each letter help reinforce learning and make the game visually appealing.
• Instructions: Simple and clear guidelines to get the game started quickly and easily.

Key Benefits:

• Enhances Letter Recognition: Children practice identifying letters through an engaging and repetitive format.
• Visual Learning: The inclusion of pictures helps reinforce letter sounds and associations.
• Social Interaction: Encourages teamwork and communication as players interact with each other during the game.
• Adaptable for Various Ages: Suitable for preschoolers and early elementary students, with customizable difficulty levels.

Perfect For:

• Classroom Activities: Ideal for teachers looking for a fun and educational classroom game.
• Home Learning: Great for parents and guardians to use in supporting their child’s early literacy skills.
• Educational Centers: An excellent addition to any early childhood education center or daycare.

Looking for a fun way to get your young learners moving around the room during math stations? This Kindergarten November Write the Room Math Center Station is the perfect way to engage your students with vibrant, seasonal real-world pictures of numbers 1-20. Students will use their thinking skills to count objects and practice addition with fall themed real world pictures.

Print, laminate and place the pictures around the room for students to use during math stations. Students can practice building number sense and counting while reinforcing literacy skills of letter recognition and handwriting.

Student reflection is included for students to let the teacher know if they need additional assistance. Perfect for your ELL students and young learners!

Kindergarten Write the Room math is also available for:

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Fall Tear Art Bundle

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It is time for Valentines! Enjoy the holidays with your students as you prepare them for a valentine party and discuss feelings.

Book 1: Read a story about valentines party with your students. They will answer comprehension questions & select the correct answer from a choice of 8 picture icons.

Book 2: Read the story with your students. Each feeling has a situation: "I can't wait for the party. I feel excited!" or "My stomach hurts. I feel sick".

Heart feelings pictures: 8 picture cards with a heart feeling & identify the feeling. Included feelings: excited, worried, sad, jealous, surprised, sick, angry, happy.

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❤️Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about birthdays? Celebrate with these printable vocabulary flashcards!

❤️Perfect for beginner English, ESL, EFL, ELL, preschool and kindergarten students!

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✏️These birthday flashcards can be used for test prep, in centers, workstations, games or as independent practice in the classroom.

✏️They are also a wonderful resource to send home to help students practice over long breaks or with homework!

✏️Use flashcards to play matching games, memory games, charades, for scavenger hunts, a word wall, write the room activities and more!

✏️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print, laminate (optional), and cut!

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✅Vocabulary Included: (5 pages - 20 cards)

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☑ cotton candy

☑ cupcake

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☑ ice cream

☑ invitation

☑ magician

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