Less than $5 English Language Arts Independent Work Packet

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 Llamas (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!

Dive into a world of imagination and expression with our comprehensive collection of over 300 writing prompts, meticulously crafted for the curious minds of 1st and 2nd graders. Designed to cater to a wide range of abilities and interests, this versatile set is the perfect tool to enhance your students' writing skills, foster creativity, and bolster their confidence as young writers.

What's Inside?

• 300+ Unique Writing Prompts: A rich variety of themes including adventure, friendship, nature, fantasy, personal reflection, and much more, guaranteed to spark interest and enthusiasm among your students.
• Differentiated Levels of Difficulty: Catering to the diverse skill levels within your classroom, our prompts are tiered to challenge and support learners at their own pace.
• Integrated Drawing Space: Each prompt comes with designated space for illustrations, allowing students to complement their words with creative drawings, and thereby enriching their storytelling experience.
• Teacher-Friendly Resources: Includes handy teacher tips on how to effectively use these prompts in your classroom, suggestions for incorporating them into your daily/weekly routines, and ideas for extension activities to further engage your students.

Key Features:

• Aligned with Ontario Curriculum: These writing prompts are thoughtfully aligned with the Ontario curriculum standards for 1st and 2nd grade, ensuring that they not only foster creativity but also support your educational objectives.
• Printable & Easy-to-Use: Designed with teachers in mind, our prompts are ready to print and use immediately in the classroom. Each prompt is clearly laid out on its own page, making it simple for students to understand and respond to.
• Builds Essential Writing Skills: From narrative to descriptive, opinion to informative, our prompts cover a broad range of writing styles, helping students explore different modes of expression and build a solid foundation in writing.

Perfect for:

• Daily writing exercises
• Literacy centers
• Early finishers
• Morning work
• Homework assignments

Empower Your Students Today! With over 300 prompts to choose from, your students will never run out of ideas to explore. Watch as they delight in the creative process, develop their writing abilities, and grow into confident, capable writers. Invest in your students' future and add this invaluable resource to your teaching toolkit today!

Spelling worksheets to engage 5th graders. This resource include 30 separate worksheets for students to use, interact, and learn how to spell. Spelling lists each contain 15 words. This worksheet allows for practice and use in a sentence. This worksheet goes with the 5th grade spelling list, which includes review lists.

TeachShare A4- SIGHT WORD WORKSHEET

Come in 2 versions. full color (57 pages) and black white (57 pages) version and an option to use Easel by TeachShare (57 pages) as digital tool to practice.

Improve your child's literacy skills by practicing identifying high frequency words by sight. Use these sight words worksheets to accelerate your child's learning of these basic words.

The worksheet is divided into 8 sections. READ, WRITE, CLAP, COLOR, TRACE, SPELL, FIND AND TELL section to practice the sight words.

This resource focus on 57 high frequency sight words:

They are:

I, like, my, see, can, the, a, go, to, we, you, is, look, me, big, with, for, he, she, read, at, all, little, and, have, here, are, play, said, put, come, they, this, help, in, girl, walk, up, down, away, jump, do, or, of, where, it, his, her, on, went, boy, has, no, but, how, am, into

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This is a fun way to review some antonyms. Lay them out face down and play a game of memory. If you are uncertain where they are the correct antonym, the pictures match. You can also use these to play Go Fish. I hope you enjoy them!

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These 2nd-grade reading comprehension passages with multiple choice questions or answer keys have been designed for teachers and parents. They are perfect for helping your students develop strong reading comprehension skills in an engaging and meaningful way.

With this product, you'll receive thoughtfully crafted passages aligned with 2nd and 3rd grade standards and covering a wide range of exciting and relevant topics for young learners.

Each passage is accompanied by skillfully designed questions that challenge students to think critically, infer, and draw conclusions, helping them become confident readers.

Please see the preview to get a glimpse of the passages, questions, and answers to determine whether they are a perfect fit for your students.

In this download, you will get:

• 1 PDF file with 17 pages
• The file contains 5 reading comprehension passages with questions and answers.
• The passages are;
  • Lily Rides the Waves
  • Why Owls are Active at Night
  • Sunny Summer Fun
  • Chirp: The Boastful Cricket
  • The Adventures of Sparky the Toothbrush

These reading comprehension passages can also be used for other grade levels depending on the reading abilities and needs of the students.

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Looking for a fun way to get your young learners moving around the room during math stations? This Kindergarten September Write the Room Math Station is the perfect way to engage your students with vibrant, real-world pictures of numbers 1-10+.

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!

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❤️Share the luck of the Irish with this St. Patrick’s Day themed worksheets! Your learners will enjoy practicing their math, fine motor, reading, and writing skills with these fun, colorful and printable activities!

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✏️Great for centers, early finishers, sub tub, morning work, and independent seatwork for your preschool, kindergarten, or 1st grade learners!

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✅Includes: (30 pages)

✅Literacy: (10 pages)

☑ How Many Syllables? 2 Pages)

☑ Draw a Noun (1 Page)

☑ Singular or Plural? (1 Page)

☑ Which Pronoun? (1 Page)

✅Math: (18 pages)

☑ What Comes Next? (2 Pages)

☑ Color the Even Shamrocks (1 Page)

☑ Color the Odd Shamrocks (1 Page)

☑ How Many? I Spy Game (1 Page)

✅Fine Motor: (1 page)

☑ Which One is Different? (1 Page)

☑ Find Two of the Same (4 Pages)

☑ Complete the Maze (1 Page)

☑ Cut and Glue (4 Pages)

☑ Find the Correct Shadow (2 Pages)

☑ Trace and Color (4 Pages)

☑ St. Patrick’s Day Board Games (2 Pages)

☑ Tracing Game (1 Page)

✅Social-Emotional Learning: (1 page)

☑ Draw the Emotion (1 Page)

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Enhance your students' understanding of the Present Simple tense with this resource.

Perfect for classroom instruction or independent study, this versatile worksheet covers all the essential aspects of the Present Simple, including:

• Verb "to be"
• Subject-verb agreement
• Question formation
• Negative formation
• 5W's & 1H questions

Key Features:

• Flexible use: Ideal for teacher-led or independent work
• Comprehensive coverage: Includes all key aspects of Present Simple tense
• Clear explanations: Easy-to-follow instructions and examples
• Practice exercises: Ample opportunities for students to practice their skills
• Answer key included: For convenient grading and feedback

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Discover the Alphabet Coloring Pages– an engaging and educational journey tailored for preschool and kindergarten students. This delightful book features beautifully designed alphabet letters in patterns, perfect for honing fine coloring skills. Each letter comes to life with a friendly animal companion, creating a fun and memorable way for young learners to master the ABCs while exploring the world of colors and animals. The dimensions are 8.5 x 8.5 inches, with a high-quality PDF format at 300 dpi.

Get your students wild about reading about desert animal’s habitats.! This package of ten reading passages with comprehension questions are all about desert animals. Did you know that scorpions are part of the spider family? Or that the smallest cat in the world lives in the desert? Grab the pack to learn more!

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This resource includes 10 worksheets. Each worksheet includes:

   ✏ One non-fiction reading passage about a desert animal

   ✏ Several reading comprehension questions about the reading passage

   ✏ A card-sized answer key

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute for independent work

Read about these cool safari, rainforest, and jungle animals in this packet:

   ✏ Jackrabbit & Hare

   ✏ Sidewinder Rattlesnake

   ✏ Scorpion

   ✏ Sandcat

   ✏ Meerkat

   ✏ Jerboa

   ✏ Desert Monitor

   ✏ Brown Hyena

   ✏ Desert Tortoise

   ✏ Camel

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Back to School Speech Labeling Activities with coloring, seek & find,
& labeling objects.

4 pages include:

1. Seek, Find & Color : 20 school objects to locate and color by instruction

2. Label a Classroom : 7 labels with fill-in-the-blank & word box included.

3. Label a Student : 10 labels with fill-in-the-blank & word box included.

4. Label That Photo : Label 15 classroom photos with cut & paste words, from the book

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Students will love learning about the history of Ancient Egypt by through this two-page Guided Reading summary of the main eras from 3000 BC through 700 BC. Many of the monumental buildings and structures such as the pyramids, mortuary temples, statues and obelisks came from this period.

Students will be able to answer questions as they read based on Guided Reading questions on the right. Colorful graphics keep the students engaged.

An additional page provides a timeline to help students visualize the timeframe. A list of Historical Terms is also included. Additionally there is a bonus page with a map of ancient Egypt so students can better visualize the places mentioned in the Guided Reading.

Do you use McGraw Hill Wonders curriculum for 5th Grade ELA? If you do, I created this handy handout to help guide your students through the lesson. I also included additional grammar and vocabulary pages. If you like this freebie all of Unit One (5 weeks) are in my store for purchase. Check out the bundle and save on all 6 units!

Each week in each unit includes:

• Menu cover pages detailing each week's essential question, genre, vocabulary words, comprehension skill, and vocabulary strategy.
• Two worksheets connecting the week's skills to the story.
• Two vocabulary worksheets to practice the weekly vocabulary.
• Three grammar instructional pages (I like to highlight keywords and have students create a grammar notebook to use when writing).
• Three grammar practice worksheets to strengthen the grammar skill being taught.
• A Daily Language page where each day students can apply grammar skills and editing skills.

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Teach your students how to evaluate sentences in revising passages. This is specific to deleting sentences.

While this is a tested skill, students will learn what to look for and evaluate sentences carefully through examining redundant and extraneous sentences. Five practice passages are included with the answer key and rationale. A "teach" page is included for self-guided learning!

INCLUDED: Self-grading Google Form Quiz, Word Doc & PDF!

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Struggling to build strong sentences? Wish your writing packed a punch? Look no further! Our interactive worksheets are the secret weapon to mastering nouns, verbs, and adjectives – the building blocks of brilliant English.

Here's how your student hero will level up their language skills:

• Become a Word Detective: Identify sneaky nouns, verbs, and adjectives hiding in sentences. ️‍♀️
• Sharpen Your Grammar Sword: Understand the key differences between these parts of speech, no confusion allowed! ⚔️
• Build Mighty Sentences: Craft powerful sentences with a variety of words, taking their writing to the next level. ✍️
• Vocabulary Vault Unlocked: Discover a treasure trove of new words to express themselves clearly and creatively.
• Grammar Guru in the Making: Boost confidence in using correct grammar, making writing a breeze.

Don't just take our word for it! These worksheets offer:

• Engaging Activities: Keep your student hooked with interactive exercises that make learning fun.
• Clear Explanations: Easy-to-understand breakdowns of grammar concepts ensure a smooth learning journey.
• Time-Saving Resource: Get valuable practice materials, all prepped and ready to go – you can thank us later!

Bonus! We've included 2 FREE blank templates so you can customize the learning experience.

Ready to transform your student into a confident communicator? Download these amazing worksheets today and watch their language skills soar!

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This book study for chapter books is designed to be used with any chapter book and is perfect for your students. The resource includes comprehension questions for each chapter, character trait analysis, and graphic organizers for the book.

• Effective for whole group book clubs, small group book clubs, and independent reading

• Helps students stay engaged and accountable during reading

• Encourages critical thinking and comprehension skills

Instructions/Tips for Implementation:

To implement this resource, simply print out multiple copies of the chapter retell sheets for each student participating in book clubs or independent reading activities. Assign specific chapters for students to read and complete the corresponding worksheets. Discuss the chapter retells during book club meetings or individual conferences to promote comprehension and critical thinking.

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Help your students master CVC words with this interactive CVC Unscramble Sentences,short o Fix-It, Write-It, Cut-and-Paste, and Draw-It Worksheets! This resource is packed with engaging activities designed to improve early reading, writing, and sentence-building skills, perfect for kindergarten and 1st-grade learners.

Each worksheet includes:

• Unscramble Sentences featuring CVC words to practice correct word order.
• A Fix-It section where students correct capitalization and punctuation.
• A Write-It section for students to rewrite the sentence independently.
• A Cut-and-Paste activity where students cut out words and rearrange them into a complete sentence.
• A Draw-It activity that encourages students to draw a picture related to the unscrambled sentence.

These hands-on activities are great for literacy centers, independent work, or morning tasks. Your students will have fun while strengthening their understanding of CVC words and sentence structure!

Enhance your students' language skills this Halloween with our No Prep Halloween-Themed Language Activities Packet! Perfect for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and teachers, this resource makes language learning a fun and engaging experience.

Bring the excitement of Halloween into your lessons! Packed with no prep worksheets, this resource helps students improve their vocabulary, reading comprehension, and critical thinking skills through festive and engaging activities. Ideal for speech therapy, language arts, and reading classes.

Why Educators Love This Halloween-Themed Packet:

• Master Figurative Language & Idioms: Engage students with Halloween-themed activities that make understanding idioms and figurative language fun and accessible.
• Improve Reading Comprehension & Inference Skills: Use Halloween stories and passages to help students practice making inferences and deepen their reading comprehension.
• Creative Sentence Construction with Mad Libs: Let students build silly sentences while learning about parts of speech and sentence structure through Halloween-themed Mad Libs.
• Boost Auditory Processing with Halloween Rap: Enhance listening skills and rhythmic language abilities with a fun and engaging Halloween rap activity.
• Enhance Humor Comprehension: Use Halloween jokes to help students understand figurative language nuances while enjoying a good laugh.

Ideal for:

• Making language practice fun and festive during the Halloween season.
• Small groups, individual sessions, or classroom activities, with easy-to-implement worksheets that fit into any lesson plan.
• Supporting students who need extra practice with vocabulary, inferences, and creative expression.

Why This Packet is a Halloween Hit:

• No-Prep & Ready to Use: Save time with engaging activities that are ready to print and use—no extra prep needed!
• Keeps Students Motivated: The themed activities are perfect for capturing students' attention and making them excited to participate.
• Comprehensive Language Skills: From idioms to inferences, this packet covers a wide range of skills that help students build a strong foundation in language.

Don't miss out on this No Prep Halloween Language Activities Packet! Download today to turn language learning into a spooky and fun-filled experience. Perfect for SLPs, language arts teachers, and anyone looking to make their speech therapy or reading sessions festive and engaging.

Mythical Beast Assignment: Part of a 10-Assignment Series!

Ignite curiosity with this engaging reading activity on mythical beasts. As one assignment in a 10-part series, it’s designed to develop critical thinking and comprehension in an accessible and exciting way. It is written at a 7th grade level so is accessible to a wide range of students.

Students will read 4 focused paragraphs:

1. Origins – Learn the cultural or historical roots of a mythical creature.
2. Description – Discover its unique features and characteristics.
3. Sightings – Explore accounts and stories that keep the legend alive.
4. Scientific Explanations – Examine real-world theories behind the myth.

After reading, students will answer 4 comprehensive questions, supported by a clear answer key for easy grading and discussion.

This assignment combines engaging content with skill-building, making it perfect for history, science, or language arts.

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