Less than $5 1st Grade English Language Arts Activities (by date, oldest first)

Use this activity to sequence the events in There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Turkey. Each event is pictured on a turkey feather that, when completed, creates an adorable turkey that sequences the story. Print on cardstock to make it more durable or mat it on a large piece of construction paper. Students will color and cut out the turkey feathers and body, glue them together, and have a great "craftivity" that tells what happens in this adorable book.

This is included in my sequencing activity bundle available here.

Popcorn Pathway is a fun way to help students practice CVC words with the short O sound. This is a perfect game for small group stations or to play during free time. Directions are included, but you are encouraged to change up the rules to according to your students' needs.

This super sight word game is a great way to get your little super heroes excited about reading! Game cards include pre-primer, primer, first grade, and second grade Dolch sight words, each marked for easy differentiation based on level. Download, print, laminate, and cut the cards and spinner. Students will spin and land on a number (one or two to practice as many words as possible). Some spaces say "draw 2." That means the student will draw and read two cards. On "action" spaces, you get to choose what the student can do. Use these spaces as an extra turn, lose a turn, or a battle! In a battle, each student can choose a card and attempt to read it. Any card read is kept; cards read incorrectly will return to the pile. Clip art in the game is from Krista Wallden with Creative Clips.

A great resource for working on the 300 first-grade HMH spelling words of the week writing the tiny words hidden in the drawing. There are a total of 36 weeks.

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Your students will have to look with a magnifying glass for the tiny words of the HMH week hidden in the pictures of animals and write them in the boxes. They will also be able to write a sentence using one or several words of the week and color the drawing whoever wants or finishes soon.

There is no better way to learn vocabulary than to write the words after paying close attention to how they are written.

There are two different resources available:

1. 'Find and write' resource: Your students will have to look with a magnifying glass for the tiny spelling words of the week hidden in the pictures and write them in the boxes. They will also be able to write a sentence using one or several words of the week and color the drawing whoever wants or finishes soon.
2. 'Find, circle, and trace' resource: Your students will have to look with a magnifying glass for the tiny HMH spelling words hidden in the pictures, circle or line them, and trace the dotted words in the boxes. They will also be able to write a sentence using one or several words of the week and color the drawing whoever wants or finishes soon.

Both products can be purchased separately, but also together for a lower price.

Differentiation:

For children with greater ease when it comes to tracing the hidden words, I'd use the "Find and write" resource, while for the rest, I would opt for the "Find, circle, and trace" resource.

You will find three PDF files with three different font sizes of the hidden words for children with problems seeing words due to their visual ability. Use the one that suits each child or your group best. The two smaller ones will require the use of a magnifying glass, but most will be able to read the larger one without using it.

I hope your students enjoy this very motivating activity. Let me know in your comments.

Other resources you may be interested in:

Word Search- Find and write HMH's High-Frequency Words and Decodables

Word Search- Find and trace HMH's High-Frequency Words and Decodables

Word Search- Bundle of 'Find and write' and 'Find and trace' resources.

Other HMH resources you might be interested in

Use in centers, small groups, or as an early finisher activity. My kids are always begging me to play this game!

This game includes all 107 Zeno Sight Words. I teach the 107 Sight Words because they are the most narrowed-down list of the most commonly used words in texts. It is important your child can read these words quickly and accurately for success in reading! 

I broke the words up into 8 sets so that each set would have 52 cards to keep the game engaging and not too long! This also allows you to easily differentiate the game by choosing the set that has more words that your child needs to work on! Each set is color-coded so if cards get mixed up you can easily find their place!

Included:

• Go Fish Rules

• 8 sets of cards

• Each set has 52 cards

• Endless amounts of fun!

*Prep time is needed. I suggest you print these on card stock and laminate them for more durability. Printing on normal paper will work too! Print the set of cards and cut them out!

Easy no prep resource! Just print and go! You can use this product as a quick review of Kindergarten skills. I use this at the beginning of the year for homework for my first graders to get them back in the swing of things!

• Phoneme segmentation and blending, rhyming, and first-sound fluency
• Letter names and sounds and handwriting for all 26 letters (upper and lowercase)
• Reading and spelling of the first 25 Zeno Sight Words
• I spy page to identify sight words and upper and lower case letters

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These NO-PREP sheets are perfect for extra practice or practice in small group! I let my students choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The sheets are broken into each digraph so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the digraph you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each digraph!

-Includes

-Digraphs; ch,th,sh,wh,ck,qu

-Digraphs words with a picture

-A box for each sound!

Use it for small groups, early finisher activities, or centers! My kids always beg to play this game!

This freebie includes the first set which has the first 13 words on the Zeno word list. I teach the 107 Sight Words because they are the most narrowed-down list of the most commonly used words in texts. It is important your child can read these words quickly and accurately for success in reading! 

Included:

• Go Fish Rules
• Set 1; first 13 sight words on the Zeno Word List
• Total of 52 cards
• Endless amounts of fun!

*Prep time is needed. I suggest you print these on card stock and laminate them for more durability. Printing on normal paper will work too! Print the set of cards and cut them out!

For all 107 words buy the bundle!

107 Zeno Sight Word Game BUNDLE

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These NO-PREP sheets are perfect for extra practice or practice in small group! I let my students choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The sheets are broken into each vowel so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the vowel you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each vowel!

-Includes

-Vowels; a,e,i,o,u

-CVC words with a picture

-A box for each sound!

These keyword letter cards will help your students remember their sounds! When you add pictures and keywords research has shown it helps in the retention and retrieval of information.

Included:

• Mnemonic keywords
• Sounds; ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy, oa, oe, ow, ou, ue, ew, au, aw, and oo.

I always have my kids create actions that go with the pictures. This allows them to be active while doing letter sounds! Research shows that adding movement to learning can also help in the retrieval and retention of information.

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These cards are so much fun my students beg me to work with them! I let them choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The cards are broken into each digraph so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the digraph you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each digraph!

-Includes

-ch, sh, ck, ph, th, wh, wr, kn, qu

-Digraph words with a picture

-Sound boxes on the front

-The word and amount of sounds on the back for self-correction!

Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Peter Pan themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 7 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - bat, can, van, bag, jam, fan, tag

Short e - wet, jet, web, gem, men

Short i - win, pit, fin, dig

Short o - cog, pot, sob, box, dog, jog, pod

Short u - rug, nut, cub, bud, cup

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85 Words

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Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Alice in Wonderland themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 6 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - bag, tag, pad, can, jam

Short e - den, men, web, gem

Short i - pit, pig, fin, rib, wig, dip

Short o - fox, pod, hot, mop

Short u - cub, sub, hut, cut

Looking for other fairy tales?

Cinderella Color by CVC

Beauty and the Beast Color by CVC

Frog Prince Color by CVC

Little Mermaid Color by CVC

Peter Pan Color by CVC

Rapunzel Color by CVC

Sleeping Beauty Color by CVC

Snow White Color by CVC

Wizard of Oz Color by CVC

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

More coming soon...

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Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Beauty and the Beast themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 7 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - map, ham, fan, cat, mad

Short e - leg, bed, net, jet, pen, hen, wet

Short i - pin, lip, bin, rip, win, pig, lid

Short o - dog, sob, hop, box

Short u - tub, cup, bug, sun

Looking for other fairy tales?

Alice in Wonderland Color by CVC

Cinderella Color by CVC

Frog Prince Color by CVC

Little Mermaid Color by CVC

Peter Pan Color by CVC

Rapunzel Color by CVC

Sleeping Beauty Color by CVC

Snow White Color by CVC

Wizard of Oz Color by CVC

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

More coming soon...

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Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Wizard of Oz themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 7 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - nap, bag, pad, tag, mad

Short e - leg, gem, jet, net, web, wet

Short i - dip, lid, pin, pig, hid, win, bib

Short o - hop, hot, pot, jog

Short u - nut, bun, sub, gum, rug, hug

Looking for other fairy tales?

Alice in Wonderland Color by CVC

Cinderella Color by CVC

Beauty and the Beast Color by CVC

Frog Prince Color by CVC

Little Mermaid Color by CVC

Peter Pan Color by CVC

Rapunzel Color by CVC

Sleeping Beauty Color by CVC

Snow White Color by CVC

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

More coming soon...

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Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Sleeping Beauty themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 5 to 7 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - can, tag, pad, cap, jam, fan, bag

Short e - web, jet, den, vet, gem, wet

Short i - sit, pin, fin, lid, pig

Short o - sob, pot, pod, dog, cob, cog, rod

Short u - tub, hut, cub, gum, bud, bun

Looking for other fairy tales?

Alice in Wonderland Color by CVC

Cinderella Color by CVC

Beauty and the Beast Color by CVC

Frog Prince Color by CVC

Little Mermaid Color by CVC

Peter Pan Color by CVC

Rapunzel Color by CVC

Snow White Color by CVC

Wizard of Oz Color by CVC

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

More coming soon...

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Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Little Mermaid themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 7 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - hat, map, bag, pan, cat, pad

Short e - pen, den, ten, wed, hen

Short i - pig, bib, pin, sit, lip, bin, rip

Short o - log, fox, hot, top, cob, rod, hop

Short u - sun, hug, bug, gum

Looking for other fairy tales?

Alice in Wonderland Color by CVC

Cinderella Color by CVC

Beauty and the Beast Color by CVC

Frog Prince Color by CVC

Peter Pan Color by CVC

Rapunzel Color by CVC

Sleeping Beauty Color by CVC

Snow White Color by CVC

Wizard of Oz Color by CVC

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

More coming soon...

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Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Cinderella themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 8 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - pad, bat, tag, can, nap, pan, van, cap

Short e - ten, wed, men, gem

Short i - pit, rib, bib, lip, dip, wig, fin

Short o - top, log, rod, hot

Short u - pup, nut, bud, cub, gum

Looking for other fairy tales?

Alice in Wonderland Color by CVC

Beauty and the Beast Color by CVC

Frog Prince Color by CVC

Little Mermaid Color by CVC

Peter Pan Color by CVC

Rapunzel Color by CVC

Sleeping Beauty Color by CVC

Snow White Color by CVC

Wizard of Oz Color by CVC

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

More coming soon...

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Part of the Fairy Tale Color by CVC series...see links below for the other sets!

Frog Prince themed Color by CVC Word puzzles covering short a, e, i, o, and u word families. Each color by word puzzle features 4 to 7 CVC words for a vowel family in two difficulty levels for 10 puzzles total. I've included both a picture clue set and a word clue set. In the picture clue set, students look at the picture of the word and then find the corresponding word to color. In the word clue set, students have the CVC word to look at and find the matching word to color in the puzzle. No prep! Just print and go.

Words Included:

Short a - jam, van, nap, tag

Short e - web, vet, beg, jet

Short i - kid, lid, pin, dig, win, pit, fin

Short o - pot, pod, mop, cog

Short u - sub, cut, hut, rug, bun

Looking for other fairy tales?

Alice in Wonderland Color by CVC

Cinderella Color by CVC

Beauty and the Beast Color by CVC

Little Mermaid Color by CVC

Peter Pan Color by CVC

Rapunzel Color by CVC

Sleeping Beauty Color by CVC

Snow White Color by CVC

Wizard of Oz Color by CVC

Want to save on this and other Color by CVC Word puzzles? Build a custom bundle by choosing from any of our 40+ units and you'll save 20% off the list price! You can choose from a 4 Unit Bundle, a 6 Unit Bundle, or a 10 Unit Bundle.

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Check out my other CVC activites:

*all of my CVC activities use the same words and images for cohesive learning*

CVC Blending Cards - 85 Words with and without pictures

CVC Word Family Rearrange Puzzles -

85 Words

Seasons Color by CVC Word Bundle

CVC Word Memory Game

More coming soon...

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These Hanukkah Cut & Paste center activities are a fun way to fill your math and literacy centers this December! Each one page printable features a cut and paste activity, themed for Hanukkah with gelt, menorahs, dreidels, candles, and more. Activities include sorting smallest to largest and largest to smallest, word match, counting, patterns, and skip counting.

16 activities are included in full color, as well as 15 of those in a black and white version for easy printing.

Looking for more holiday fun?

Pair these with my other products! These center activities is designed to accompany my other winter holidays products and can be used in conjunction with them to bring more winter holiday fun into the classroom! Find those products below...

Hanukkah Tracing - Prewriting & Writing Centers

Hanukkah Puzzles and Color by Letter Center Activites

Winter Holiday Vocabulary Cards - Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, &

Chinese New Year

What Belongs-Holiday Edition

Label the Parts - Winter and Holidays

Christmas Cut and Paste Math & Literacy Center Activities

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Christmas Tracing - Prewriting & Writing Centers

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