Less than $5 1st Grade English Language Arts Activities

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 Sheep (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!

6 worksheets in which children need to read a simple CVC word and then draw a corresponding picture when they have read and understood the word.

Why do you need this?

Engaging in activities where students read a word and then draw a picture encourages the integration of reading and writing skills. Students not only decode the word but also express their comprehension through visual representation. Drawing a picture to represent a word promotes language development by encouraging students to think creatively and express their ideas visually. It helps them expand their vocabulary and reinforce their understanding of CVC words.

How and when might you use this?

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?

6 PDF worksheets

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Editable I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets: This “Editable I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets” is an interactive and engaging product that is designed to help your Students to help them with writing and tracing their names. This Product will help students with writing their names. See the instruction in the product with regards to use of this product. This product is customizable for individual needs, supports early literacy skills, encourages confidence in learning, critical time-saving for educators and versatile use.

PRODUCT FORMAT

This product is available in PDF format and contains 04 Templates.

HOW THIS PRODUCT HELP STUDENT

This product will help student to:

a. Help students with writing and tracing their names in an editable product.

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 I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets” is aligned with Common Core standards.

FINAL WORDS

Overall “Editable I can Write My name Writing and Practicing Practice Worksheets” contains variety of activities for engaging your students. This product is aligned with Common Core standards. This product will help students with writing and tracing their names in an editable product. Overall this product would be a great Addition to collection of your ELA resources.

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Ensure your students understand the significance of Hanukkah and relate Jewish traditions to their lives. This resource helps children connect with the miracles of Hanukkah by creating their own through meaningful actions. The activity features nine candles, each representing a core value. Children light a candle each time they perform an action related to that value, embodying the spirit of the holiday. This engaging exercise teaches fundamental values that aid in overcoming challenges.

**Instructions: **Cut along the dotted lines for each candle. Have students color a candle whenever they practice a related value and staple the candle book beside each candle flame. There is also an empty template provided, allowing students to choose any value they wish to practice and either draw or describe it in writing.

This resource includes:

• Page 1: Book Cover, Honesty, Kindness
• Page 2: Gratitude, Empathy, Generosity
• Page 3: Courage, Self-respect, Responsibility
• Page 4: Empty template

Happy Hanukkah!

This is the perfect activity to review Spring vocabulary! There is a word unscramble activity, placing words in the right context activities, a small reading comprehension section, a word-search among others. This product includes a full colour answer key. Use this for your elementary school class and your ELL students.

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Zoo Animals Color by Code Sight Words Dolch Primer Kindergarten Coloring Pages Sheets - Zoo Animals themed Color by Code Sight Words coloring pages are a fun way to practice reading sight words and high frequency words! You'll have 6 Zoo Animals Color by Code Sight Words pages with Dolch sight words level Primer Kindergarten. No prep, just print and go! PERFECT for your FAST FINISHERS!

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Do your students love to interact with the stories they read? These worksheets are a great way for your students to interact more with Little Blue Truck written by Alice Schertle. This is a fun and unique story about how it is important to treat people kindly. This resource includes a question sheet, a page focused on how the dump truck treated others and the consequence of that action, a coloring sheet, and a sheet focused on the sounds read in the story.

Do you like this book but want a little more check out the story sequence resource that is bundled here....

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.

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Introduce sports/exercises to students

Matching image with word.

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hockey, football, swimming, ice skating, dancing, golfing, hiking, gymnastics, skiing, jogging, scuba diving, tennis,baseball, cycling

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Fun, engaging book activity:

This project is a fun way to keep students engaged in reading leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. You can establish this activity by reading the book "Balloons Over Broadway" by Melissa Sweet. This helps students understand the concept of Balloons at a parade.

Teachers can determine whether students will decorate an actual balloon or just designing a balloon. Instructions are included for both activities.

A question booklet containing questions about character and setting is provided. Students will make real world connections between their character and themselves. There are three versions of this booklet each with its own type of handwriting lines.

Students will love showing off their creation in a class parade!

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• Supply list.
• Links to supply inspiration.
• Two versions of the student directions.
• Balloon design template.
• Tags for display.
• Character and Setting Question Booklet (3 handwriting line versions)

How is this product useful:

• Engaging activity before a holiday.
• Students will use their creativity.
• Links to make getting supplies easier.
• Questions help students make real world connections.

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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Thanksgiving Alphabet Kitten Matching Fun!

This set of Thanksgiving Alphabet Sort/Match for Preschool through First grade makes the perfect Holiday activity for your Alphabet Literacy Centers or Morning Baskets for alphabet review. With 130 ABC alphabet Thanksgiving Kitten themed sorting cards students have the opportunity to recognize their upper-case and lower-case alphabet letters and sort/match them to the coordinating 156 ABC letter Thanksgiving Kitten themed cards. Your Prek-1st grade will love matching the Thanksgiving Kittens.

This packet includes:

5 activities to help the student with Alphabet Identification that way you can choose the Thanksgiving Kitten Sorting activity that will best benefit the student and their needs.

1. Upper Case Letters

2. Lower Case Letters

3. Upper/Lower Case (Az,Bb,Cc)

4. Upper Case 3 object sort/match (Students will chose the 3 themed cards (a Slice of Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Latte, Thanksgiving Cupcake) and place them in the Circles of the correct Kitten it sorts/matches with.

5. Lower Case 3 object sort/match (Students will chose the 3 themed cards (a Slice of Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Latte, Thanksgiving Cupcake) and place them in the Circles of the correct Kitten it sorts/matches with.

You will receive the following Digital Resources:

130 Thanksgiving Kitten Letter Sorting Cards:

• 26 Upper Case themed letter sorting cards
• 26 Lower Case themed letter sorting cards
• 26 Upper/Lower Case themed letter sorting cards
• 26 Upper Case themed letter 3 object sorting cards
• 26 Lower Case themed letter 3 object sorting cards

156 Thanksgiving Themed Letter Cards to match Kittens

These worksheets are easy to complete.

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Cut on the perforated lines “Recommend Laminating for Durability”

Your 1st-2nd Grade students are then ready to go and will love getting into
the season by finding the themed alphabet kitten match card to the correct
Thanksgiving themed Kitten sorting mat.

For practice of Fine Motor Skills Velcro could be added

USE THIS RESOURCE FOR:

Independent Work

Morning Baskets

Daily Review

Literacy Centers

Early Finishers

Morning Menus

Intervention

Homeschoolers

Small Groups

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Thanksgiving Upper and Lower Case Alphabet Letter Identification Match

These Turkey Letter Match Mats are for Upper/Lower Case letters A-Z as well and are great for Alphabet Review.

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Make fall vocabulary memorable with Fall Themed Word Walls! These versatile word wall options enrich seasonal learning and build vocabulary skills.

Contents:
This Fall Themed Word Walls set offers three unique ways to display and teach fall vocabulary:

• Word Wall Strips – Individual strips for each word, perfect for use on a wall, whiteboard, or student desks.
• Poster Format – A visually engaging poster featuring all 15 fall words and images, ideal for classrooms or student notebooks.
• Definition Cards – Cards with definitions of each fall-themed object to help students understand and remember new vocabulary.

How the Product is Used:
Teachers can mix and match the word wall formats based on classroom needs. The strips are ideal for easy reference, the poster provides a central fall-themed word display, and the definition cards reinforce comprehension. Simply print, cut, and display to add seasonal vocabulary to your classroom decor and learning materials.

Why You’ll Love This Product:
The Fall Themed Word Walls set gives you multiple tools to support vocabulary learning while adding seasonal charm to your classroom. Students will enjoy seeing familiar fall images and learning to connect them with the right words and definitions. This resource is perfect for building word recognition, seasonal vocabulary, and language comprehension for young learners.

Features:

• Three display options for flexible classroom use: strips, poster, and definition cards.
• 15 fall-themed vocabulary words, each with a clear, student-friendly definition.
• Perfect for a seasonal word wall, vocabulary station, or even notebook inserts.
• 8.5x11 size for easy printing, in both color and black and white.

How This Product Can Be Used in the Classroom or Other Educational Settings:

1. Seasonal word wall display: Create an autumn-themed word wall students can refer to throughout the season.
2. Vocabulary games: Use the definition cards for matching games or memory exercises to reinforce new words.
3. Literacy centers: Add the word strips or cards to your vocabulary or writing center for engaging activities.
4. Writing prompts: Inspire fall-themed stories or sentences using the word wall words as a prompt.
5. Interactive notebooks: The poster or strips are perfect for students’ notebooks, providing a seasonal vocabulary list for writing activities.

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This is an editable backward ABC Countdown to Summer Activities for Preschool or Kindergarten that allows for customization and flexibility in planning end-of-school-year activities.

You can adapt the activities in the template to suit the needs and interests of your specific group of preschoolers or edit the file to add your own fun and interactive activities based on their needs.

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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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Springtime Adaptive Book about planting a flower garden with additional follow up activities.

Students will interact with book while you read & follow up for days with additional activities that enhance understanding and fine motor skills. Student will determine the lifecycle of a flower with a bulb, sequence the story,

Included:

• Book interactive book (prior prep is required, however you can use the book again and again! (two complete sets are included. One book has 8 icons / 8 pages. The other book has 8 icons however only 6 pages)

• lifecycle (bulb, sprout, plant, flower) - b/w pictures, color pictures, words & picture to picture matching & larger cards you can use to model for your students.

• Beginning, Middle, End - Students can either write their answer or cut and paste sentences in order.

• First, Then, Last - Students can either write their answer or cut and paste sentences in order.

• Vocabulary - Words included: bulb, sprout, plant, flower.

  • Students can work on initial sounds then trace (B b Bulb bulb). I have also written the words in both uppercase and lowercase so students understand it is the same word.
  • Students can also write a sentence about the words.

• Assessment - 2 included

  • choice of 2 or 3 pictures
  • short answer

I hope you enjoy this resource. I love making and using adaptive books with my students. Adaptive books are such fantastic resources to have in the classroom. They provide frequent interactions and a unique opportunity to engage in targeted skills. I have created several that give the students additional visual icons to move after each page is read. The books are short, with only eight interactive pages, and my experience has been that students of various skill levels enjoy them. It allows students to feel engaged and successful in their learning. Please reach out with any questions! untilthepiecesfit2@gmail.com

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❤️Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about farm life? These printable vocabulary flashcards (56 cards) include farm animals, food, people and equipment involved in farming!

✏️This resource is perfect for beginner English, ESL, EFL, ELL, preschool and kindergarten students!

✏️The flashcards can be cut, laminated and used over and over for write the room activities, matching games, guessing games, "act it out" games and memorization!

✏️Use 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!

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✅Includes: (14 pages - 56 cards)

☑ Flashcards with pictures only

☑ Flashcards with pictures & text

✅Vocabulary included: (28)

☑ bull

☑ butter

☑ cat

☑ cheese

☑ chicken

☑ cow

☑ dog

☑ donkey

☑ duck

☑ egg

☑ farmer

☑ fruit

☑ goat

☑ goose

☑ horse

☑ llama

☑ milk

☑ mouse

☑ pig

☑ pony

☑ rabbit

☑ rooster

☑ sheep

☑ swan

☑ truck

☑ turkey

☑ vegetables

☑ yak

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