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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
• All 26 letters of the alphabet
• Long Vowels
• Digraphs; th (voiced and unvoiced), ch, sh, ck, ph, wh

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
• All 26 letters of the alphabet
• Long Vowels
• Digraphs; th (voiced and unvoiced), ch, sh, ck, ph, wh
• Vowel Teams: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy, oa, oe, ow, ou, ue, ew, au, aw, oo
• Word Families: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk
• R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, ur

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.

These winter handwriting practice printables provide a fun and effective way to improve your handwriting skills. Below is a description of the ABC worksheet related to the theme of winter:

a description:

This printable handwriting practice sheet contains the entire alphabet in beautifully designed distinct letters. Each letter is presented in both uppercase and lowercase formats, allowing learners to practice both formats.

Key Features:

Each letter of the cursive alphabet is prominently displayed, providing ample space for practice.

The letters are presented in clear, easy-to-read cursive, helping beginners and those improving their handwriting skills.

The worksheet encourages repeated tracing and writing of each letter, which reinforces muscle memory and correct letter formation.

Additional lines are provided for independent practice to reinforce letters learned and encourage mastery.

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The purpose of this cursive alphabet practice sheet is to help learners, whether children or adults, develop and improve their handwriting skills in a fun and engaging way. It aims to improve letter recognition, formation, and overall handwriting through repeated practice.

This printable winter-themed cursive ABC alphabet is suitable for the classroom, homeschooling, or anyone looking to boost their cursive writing skills during the winter.

Elevate your Christian or Catholic classroom decor with the "Editable Life of Jesus Timeline: Bible Events and Verses for Primary Christian Decor." Available in both PowerPoint and PDF formats, this timeline offers two size options for versatility: standard 8.5x11 inches and pocket-sized 3x4 inches. The timeline, fully editable in PowerPoint, visually illustrates key events in Jesus' life, paired with simplified Bible verses, making it a perfect educational tool that enriches your classroom while reinforcing biblical teachings.

Why Choose the Life of Jesus Timeline?

• Educationally Rich Content: Tailored to the Ontario curriculum and suitable for Christian schools, this timeline integrates seamlessly into your religious education syllabus, supporting scriptural literacy and ethical lessons inspired by Jesus' life.
• Engaging Visuals: Bright, age-appropriate illustrations captivate students' attention, making the learning process enjoyable and memorable. Each image is thoughtfully selected to represent the significance of events in an accessible way for second graders.
• Simplified Scripture Verses: Accompanying each event, carefully chosen verses from the Bible are paraphrased for young readers, making it easier for them to grasp and retain the profound lessons of Jesus' life.
• Interactive Learning Experience: This timeline not only serves as a visual aid but also encourages interactive classroom discussions and personal reflections, fostering a deeper connection with the material.
• Versatile Classroom Use: Perfect for wall display, lesson introductions, or as a reference during Bible studies, our timeline is a versatile tool that enhances any Christian education program.

Transform your Christian classroom learning space into a place of faith and Christian learning with our meticulously curated Christian Classroom Decor Bundle, with serene boho colours. Designed specifically for Christian teachers who wish to inspire their students both academically and spiritually, this growing bundle is the perfect addition to your educational toolkit.

Why Choose Our Bundle?

• Growing Collection: Purchase once and enjoy access to an ever-expanding library of resources. As our bundle grows, so does your arsenal of classroom decor and tools at no extra cost to you.
• Harmonious Design: This collection's pieces are unified by calming boho colours and design elements, creating a cohesive and tranquil classroom atmosphere.
• Easy to Use: Resources come in a mix of print-ready and editable formats, ensuring you can personalize your decor while saving time and effort.
• Faith-Centered Education: Our bundle is crafted with Christian teachers in mind, allowing you to seamlessly integrate faith into every aspect of your classroom.

Ideal for educators in Christian schools or anyone looking to infuse their teaching environment with faith and style, our Christian Classroom Decor Bundle in Boho Colors is more than just decoration—it's a tool for nurturing hearts and minds.

Embark on this journey with us to create a classroom that not only brightens spaces but also hearts. Empower your teaching and witness your students' faith flourish.

Dive into the joy and meaning of Easter with our comprehensive "Christian Easter Celebration Bible Bundle: GROWING Christian Easter Activities," meticulously crafted for elementary students. This vibrant collection combines creativity, tradition, and learning, offering a multi-dimensional approach to teaching about Easter. Whether you're guiding students through the significance of Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday or exploring Easter traditions around the world, this bundle has everything you need to make the season come alive in your classroom.

Key Features:

• Aligned with the Ontario Curriculum: This bundle is tailored to meet the standards and expectations of the Ontario Curriculum, ensuring that it fits seamlessly into your lesson planning.
• Christian School-Friendly: Designed with Christian schools in mind, this bundle respects and emphasizes the religious significance of Easter, making it a perfect fit for your classroom.
• Interactive and Engaging: With a mix of crafts, playacting, and visual learning, this bundle is designed to keep students engaged and excited about learning.
• Educational Value: Beyond the festivities, this bundle offers deep educational value, enhancing students' reading comprehension, historical understanding, and cultural awareness.

Transform your Easter teaching with our "Easter Celebration Bundle," where fun meets faith and learning.

Uncover Harper Lee's Timeless Message: 20 Insightful "To Kill a Mockingbird" Questions Step into the shoes of Scout Finch and delve deeper into the enduring themes of "To Kill a Mockingbird" with this captivating set of 20 questions. Designed to follow the film's poignant journey, these prompts will spark meaningful discussions, challenge perspectives, and leave a lasting impression on you and your audience.
Why choose our "To Kill a Mockingbird" Movie Quiz Questions?

• Narrative Exploration: Questions unfold alongside the film's powerful story, allowing viewers to analyze key moments and character choices scene by scene.
• Beyond Plot: Go beyond the surface with questions that explore themes of courage, prejudice, innocence, and the fight for justice.
• Perfect for: Movie nights, classrooms, online forums, or simply sparking important conversations about history, equality, and human nature.
• Instant Download: Receive your quiz questions immediately, ready to print, share, or post online.
• Discussion Prompts: Extend the conversation beyond the questions with additional thought-provoking starters.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is more than just a film; it's a timeless exploration of the human condition. Use these questions to unlock its full potential, foster dialogue, and learn from the complexities of our world.
Order now and embark on a thought-provoking journey through "To Kill a Mockingbird"!

This Goldilocks thematic unit incorporates literacy learning, math skills and dramatic play.

Printable “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” story book Black/White so children can color the illustrations and take the book home

Pocket chart word cards from the story

Character development activities (focusing on the emotions of the characters)

Apology letter from Goldilocks to the bears

“Big and Small” easy reader book, focusing on size

Sorting bears by size and color

“Whose is it?” activity focusing on small, medium and large

Counting, number recognition and basic subtraction

Printable gameboard to reinforce counting skills

Memory game

“Bears” banner

Printable bear mask (in color or black/white)

Dramatic play placemats

These fun literacy activities will enhance your "teddy bear" picnic or teddy bear themed unit.

Activities include: ❤Printable repetitive book, "The Day the Teddy Bears Came to School" ❤Follow-up activity to the book: "What do you think the teddy bears would do if they came to school?" ❤Teddy bear alphabet cards (Capital letters A-Z) ❤Printable poem: "5 Little Bears" ❤Printable flannel board pieces for the poem ❤Teddy bear color word cards for pocket chart or word wall ❤Printable teddy bear color activity (children color the bears to match the color words) ❤"My Teddy Bear" descriptive recording sheet

Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will love practicing reading out loud with these engaging and high-interest sentences!  This set includes 48 low-prep sentences perfect for practicing reading fluency.  Quick and easy set up plus clear student directions make these activities perfect independent practice, literacy centers, and homeschooling families!

Printable fluency sentences are included in addition to a blank page to customize for your student(s).  High interest topics will especially motivate your reluctant readers. Students will love reading these sentences to practice reading out loud! The sentences are appropriate for grades 3-5. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 48 sentences on high-interest topics
• Pictorial instructions page
• Black sentence page to customize
• Certificate of completion to print and color
• Progress tracker
• Extension activities 

Ideas for use:

The format is perfect if you have daily fluency practice or offer take home activities for students. I use these with my own homeschooled children and my online teaching students. I’ve also included several extension activities to use the materials further.

Why your students will love this:

Your students will love practicing their oral reading fluency with these sentences because it is fun to pull them out of a hat, jar or bag and the topics are high interest or funny! The short simple sentences are not overwhelming for reluctant readers.

**Prep is quick and easy…**Just print the pages, cut the sentences into strips, find a basket or bin, and let your student(s) pull a sentence to read!

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Reading fluency, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, copy work, reluctant readers, high-interest topics, fluency tracker, winter theme, winter activity

Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will love practicing reading out loud with these engaging and high-interest sentences!  This set includes 48 low-prep sentences perfect for practicing reading fluency with a computer and gaming theme.  Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make these activities ideal for independent practice, literacy centers, and homeschooling families!

High-interest topics will motivate your reluctant readers. Students will love reading these sentences to practice reading out loud! The sentences are appropriate for grades 3-5. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 48 sentences on a specific high-interest topic/theme
• Pictorial instructions page + written instructions
• Black sentence page to customize
• Certificate of completion to print and color
• Progress tracker
• Extension activities 

Ideas for use:

The format is perfect if you have daily fluency practice or offer take-home activities for students. I use these with my own homeschooled children and my online teaching students. I’ve also included several extension activities to use the materials further.

This activity can be used all in one lesson or spread out over many days.

Why your students will love this:

Your students will love practicing their oral reading fluency with these sentences because it is fun to pull them out of a hat and the topics are high interest or funny! 

**Prep is quick and easy…**Print the pages, cut the sentences into strips, find a basket or bin, and let your student(s) pull a sentence to read.

Questions about this product?

If you have any questions, please get in touch with me BEFORE purchasing. I will reply to you promptly. Thank you in advance for your positive ratings and comments on this product.

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©yourreadingtutor

All rights reserved by the author - Ashley DiMercurio

Permission to copy for single classroom use only

Keywords:

Reading fluency, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, copy work, reluctant readers, high-interest topics, reading out loud

Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will love practicing reading out loud with these engaging and high-interest sentences!  This set includes 48 low-prep sentences perfect for practicing reading fluency.  The sentences are all about school and learning! They are perfect for the “Back to School” season! Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for independent practice, literacy centers, and homeschooling families!

Printable fluency sentences are included in addition to a blank page to customize for your student(s).  High-interest topics will especially motivate your reluctant readers. Students will love reading these sentences to practice reading out loud! The sentences are appropriate for grades 3-5. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 48 sentences on all things school!
• Pictorial instructions page
• Black sentence page to customize
• Certificate of completion to print and color
• Progress tracker
• Extension activities 

Ideas for use:

The format is perfect if you have daily fluency practice or offer take-home activities for students. I use these with my own homeschooled children and my online teaching students. I’ve also included several extension activities to use the materials further.

Why your students will love this:

Your students will love practicing their oral reading fluency with these sentences because it is fun to pull them out of a hat and the topics are high interest or funny! 

**Prep is quick and easy…**Just print the pages, cut the sentences into strips, find a basket or bin, and let your student(s) pull a sentence to read!

You may also like….

3rd 4th 5th Grade Reading Fluency Sentences + Computer and Gaming Themed

3rd 4th 5th Grade Reading Fluency Sentences + Summer Themed

Questions about this product?

If you have any questions, please contact me BEFORE purchasing. I will reply to you in a timely manner. Thank you in advance for your positive ratings and comments on this product.

Let's Connect

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Website

Copyright

©yourreadingtutor

All rights reserved by the author - Ashley DiMercurio

Permission to copy for single classroom use only

Keywords:

Reading fluency, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, copy work, reluctant readers, high-interest topics, reading out loud

Teach young learners all about the birth of baby Jesus with this fun and engaging Christmas Story Bible Lesson. These Nativity Bible Activities are perfect for Children’s Church or Sunday School. Included in this lesson, you will find a printable booklet featuring the story of the birth of baby Jesus along with a variety of NO-PREP, bible activities geared towards kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students. These Nativity Children’s Church activities will excite your group about learning the story of the birth of baby Jesus!

The Christmas Story Birth of Jesus Bible Lesson & Nativity Church Activities Pack Includes: 

• 7- Page Printable Booklet about the Birth of Jesus (3 versions- full page black & white, full page color, half page black and white)
• Word Search
• Comic Page for Retelling
• Color By Number Page
• Crack the Code Page
• 2 Mazes (easy and harder option)

These are great NO PREP activities for your Sunday School or Children's Church lesson to teach the Christmas Story of the Birth of Jesus! 

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⭐ Great resource to use for my Sunday School classroom!

⭐ Great resource to use during our family church services. 

More Fun and Engaging Resources from Dovie Funk:

• Bible Stories Bundle Booklets and Activities for Sunday School
• Birth of Baby Jesus Lapbook Storyboard Activity
• Noah’s Ark Bible Lesson & Activities for Sunday School

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Are you searching for some fun and engaging NO PREP ACTIVITIES to reinforce contractions? You came to the right place! This resource includes an Easter Egg Contraction Puzzles Center and 4 engaging worksheets. PERFECT FOR MORNING WORK or FAST FINISHERS!

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Alphabet Fun is a great resource for teaching letter recognition and sounds. The booklet includes two pages for each alphabet letter, one review page for every two letters and a "watch" for children to wear home encouraging their families to ask about the letter sound they mastered that day. There are over 90 reproducibles included!

UPDATE: I have added in capital and lower case flash cards (with and without picture clues) that can be printed on card stock or laminated for durability.

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BINGO is a great way to reinforce learning and kids LOVE playing Bingo! This set is Christmas Contraction Bingo and has 30 different cards. I have also made tokens to cover spaces. For those without access to a color printer I have made a black and white version as well. You can print on card stock or laminate for durability.

Check out my other Christmas resources!

Christmas Around the World Booklet

Christmas Story Elements Book Reports

Christmas Solve and Color with a Twist

Christmas Morning Work Worksheets

Christmas Color by Sight Word Worksheets

The Christmas Story - The Birth of Baby Jesus

Christmas Emergent Reader - "Can You See My Elf?"

Birth of Baby Jesus Lapbook Storyboard Activity

Gingerbread an Lapbook Storyboard Activity

Elf Bucks Behavior Incentives

Christmas Contraction BINGO Game

Christmas Sight Word BINGO Game

Christmas Math Centers and Games

Gingerbread Man Math and Language Worksheets

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This is a seven-page booklet (6 pages plus a cover) about Martin Luther King, Jr. that will be a great addition to your study on MLK. It is ideal for young readers because there are only one or two sentences on each page. The booklet comes in two sizes: half pages (to save on copies) or a full size page booklet for easier coloring. There is also a color version that can be used as display posters. I have also included a review sheet with five fill in the blank questions (optional).

Click these links to see each resource individually:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Emergent Reader

Rosa Parks Emergent Reader

George Washington Carver Emergent Reader

Barack Obama Emergent Reader

Harriet Tubman Emergent Reader

Frederick Douglass Emergent Reader

Ruby Bridges Emergent Reader

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BINGO is a great way to reinforce learning and kids LOVE playing Bingo! This is a set of Fall CVC Bingo and has 30 different cards. I have also made tokens to cover spaces.

Here are some more Thanksgiving related resources you may want to see!

Color by CVC Word Families and Word Searches

Thanksgiving Build a Turkey Game

Thanksgiving Color by Sight Word

Fall Story Elements - Scarecrow and Turkey Book Reports

First Thanksgiving Emergent Reader - Old Friends and New Friends

Thanksgiving Turkey Solve and Color

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This is a great activity for a Christian School, homeschool or even for a Sunday School teacher. This storyboard is an activity that reinforces comprehension and introduces basic story elements. I use a file folder but large manila or construction paper can also be used. Students write about the setting, characters, beginning, middle and ending. Then they write a summary. There is artwork also included to illustrate the storyboard.

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My students LOVE creating storyboards and they are a wonderful introduction to basic story elements and summarizing. I use colorful file folders or large manila/construction paper. There are illustrations to color and places to list the characters, setting and summary. There are also interactive flaps for writing the beginning, middle and ending. This project is about the birth of Baby Jesus and includes Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the Wise Men, a shepherd and a sheep.

Check out my other Christmas resources!

Christmas Around the World Booklet

Christmas Story Elements Book Reports

Christmas Solve and Color with a Twist

Christmas Morning Work Worksheets

Christmas Color by Sight Word Worksheets

The Christmas Story - The Birth of Baby Jesus

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