Homeschool Balanced Literacy Printables

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1. Beginning Sounds Worksheet Letter Sound Coloring Pages NO PREP Color the picture

--->>> The worksheets focus on identifying the beginning sound of different words and coloring the corresponding pictures. By connecting letters with their sounds through coloring, students can strengthen their phonemic awareness and letter-sound recognition skills.

2. Beginning sound coloring worksheet Letter Sound coloring page Alphabet Tracing

--->>> This resource is specifically designed to help students practice and reinforce their understanding of beginning sounds for each letter of the alphabet, setting a strong foundation for language development and reading skills.

3. Alphabets Wristband Letter Craft letter recognition Letter of the week activity

--->>> The wristbands serve as a constant reminder of the alphabet. By frequently wearing and looking at the wristbands, students reinforce their letter recognition skills and become more familiar with the shape and form of each letter

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Kids will love getting into the holiday spirit with this Christmas Activity Flip Book designed for early learners in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade! Engage your students in festive, skill-building activities from ornament letter recognition to counting letters and artistically decorating gingerbread cookies!

What’s Inside this Christmas Activity Flip Book:

*Ugly Christmas Sweater Design: Children will work on fine motor skills and tap into their inner artists as they draw and color their winning design for the Ugly Christmas Sweater contest!

*Christmas Joke Tracing: Combine laughter and learning as students trace a silly snowman joke that introduces early literacy elements through letter tracing.

*Ornament Spelling and Counting: Children will trace the word "Christmas" and then embark on a delightful journey to find and color ornaments that spell out the festive word. Counting the letters adds a fun twist, reinforcing numeracy skills.

*Gingerbread Maze & Cookie Decorating: Guide the gingerbread man through the maze and then let imaginations run wild as students decorate their own gingerbread cookie! This activity fosters problem-solving skills and allows for creative expression.

*Color by Number Up to 5: Wind down the holiday fun with a cheerful "What Am I?" color-by-number activity, reinforcing number recognition and color identification up to 5. There are 2 options for print for this activity - either black and white, or a colored option showing the 5 crayon colors.

Skills Targeted:

• Fine Motor Skills
• Letter Tracing
• Counting and Numeracy
• Problem-Solving
• Creative Expression

Perfect for:

• Classroom Activities
• Holiday Parties
• Homeschooling
• Early Finisher Tasks

Transform your classroom into a festive learning hub with this Christmas Activity Flip Book, sure to get kids into the Christmas holiday spirit!

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A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book The Three Billy Goats Gruff. (Book not included).

This 42-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice:

42 Pages Total Include:
* 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 
* 10 Multiple Choice Questions , with illustration clip art for each choice!
* * * answer sheet (corresponds with both sets)
* Story Elements : Who, What, When, Where, Main Idea, Problem Solving
* Vocabulary : 10 words from the book with match-up definitions
* * * Vocabulary Answer Sheet

* Vocabulary Words in Use –insert the correct word in each sentence using the Vocabulary 10-Word Box
* * * Vocabulary Words in Use Answer Sheet
* Reflection : Connection, Text-to-Self, Steps You Would Give to ...

* Read & Respond : Main Idea, Supporting Details, Author’s Purpose, My New Vocabulary
* 20-Word Search page
* 10 Word Scramble page
* Spelling Words : 10 words plus 1 Bonus, from the book, on lined paper
* * * Spelling Test : blank, lined paper
* Story Map: Setting, Characters, Problem, Solution
* Step By Step : First, Next, Then, Last

* Title Page: Author, Illustrator, add your own illustration 
* Design & Detail illustrating page ...
* Opinion Journal: What did you think? What would you change?
* Sequencing : 12 written scenes from the story to place in order
* * * Sequencing answers
* * * Sequencing : Blank paste sheet
* Cause & Effect  : Fill in the Cause & Effect blanks
* ABC Order : 20 words from the book

* * * ABC Order : Answer sheet
* Book Report : Who is the author? Fiction or Non Fiction? Characters? Favorite part? Rate this book! 
* Rhyme Time :15 homophone words from the book, to match up to 15 rhyming words

* Writing Prompt : with goat- shaped lined paper ...

* Compare & Contrast Venn Diagram: Biggest Goat Vs Troll

* Contractions : 9 contractions to combine, or separate ,with fish illustrations

* Follow the instructions : coloring, addition/subtraction using photos with fish illustrations

* Follow the instructions : counting goat pictures , left/right

· Follow the instructions : First/Second/Third/Fourth ; Counting photos graph

* Acrostic Poem : BRIDGE
* Goat Math : 12 simple addition problems, with goat illustrations
* * * Math : answer sheet
* Label a Goat : 10 labels with fill-in-the-blank & word box included
* Label the Scene : Label 6 objects from the book scenery; color the scene

* Senses : Feels, Smells, Looks, Tastes & Sounds Like

* Syllables : Divide the 20 words into syllables

* * * Syllables : Answer Sheet

** Be sure to visit my store for many comprehension packets, and other activity worksheets! My packets strive for inclusion of all students. I provide lined paper, a choice of comprehension, simple activities, and answer sheets. I also take requests!

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Need a low prep, engaging way for your Preschool and Kindergarten students to practice counting 1 to 10? This counting book bundle is more than just another counting worksheet. Each set has multiple differentiated books. This allows students to practice math and reading at the same time!

These counting activities are sure to help your students master reading, writing and representing numbers to 10!

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8 books with multiple versions for easy differentiation and multiple days of practice

- I See Bears (example page: I see 2 blue bears.)

- I Can Count Crayons (example page: 4 yellow crayons.)

- My Friends (example page: I see 4 friends.)

- School Supplies (example page: I see 6 crayon boxes.)

- I See Pumpkins (example page: I see 8 white pumpkins.)

- I See Fall (example page: I see ten leaves.)

- Look Acorns! (example page: Look 9 acorns.)

- Counting Cookies (example page: I will put 9 cookies on the pan.)

Each reader has:

• an unnumbered black and white PDF version with 2 books to a page (this means you can put the book in number order or mix the pages up for an added challenge!)

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• A Reference page to see which skills and sight words are addressed in each book
• A Parents Tips page

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??Alphabet Hunt-Fun&Effective Recognition Activities for All 26 Letters-to PreK-1st??

this pages is an educational resource designed to help young children recognize and learn the alphabet. This activity is engaging, interactive, and offers a fun way for kids to practice their letter recognition skills.

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• Interactive Learning: Promotes active participation and engagement from children.
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• Educational Focus: Aims to improve alphabet recognition, a fundamental skill in early childhood education.

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Whip Up Literacy Skills with Fun-tastic Fruit Smoothie Blending Word Worksheets!

Calling all teachers and parents! Are you looking for a way to make learning exciting and engaging for your young learners? Look no further than our deliciously educational Fruit Smoothie Blending Word Worksheets!

These worksheets are packed with essential blending sounds, like Bl, Br, Ch, and more, making them the perfect tool to help children:

• Master phonics and understand how sounds come together to form words.
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• Improve reading fluency by practicing blending sounds smoothly.

The best part? These worksheets cater to all levels, from beginners just starting to sound out words to more advanced learners ready to tackle complex blends.

Here's what makes our Fruit Smoothie Blending Word Worksheets the perfect blend of learning and fun:

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Every April, students can celebrate Tell-a-Story Day, which occurs at the end of the month. This 16 page handout will help students with organizing and telling fact-based stories. Great for building oral communication, evidence/proof, and re-telling memories. Includes: Finding storytelling topics Graphic Organizers for planning stories in chronological order Setting up a storytelling event Designing advertisements/invitations Peer workshopping stories Links to multicultural, professional, international/national storytelling centers, storytelling videos and websites Can be used any time of the year! Students will enjoy sharing stories while learning how to use fact-based information. Fun and educational!

Printable Fire Safety Week activities are perfect for keeping kids engaged and entertained during OCTOBER . These activities include a variety of fun and educational options that can be easily printed and completed at home or on the go. this bundle contains, Coloring Pages, mazes, Sudoku , mandala coloring sheets .

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These easy to use, no prep, substitution plans give you an ideal back up plan to have ready in your classroom just in case. The bundle contains six close reading activities about Shakespeare and five of his famous plays, a biography writing unit, and an opinion writing unit about which play is his greatest. Ideal for emergency sub plans in third grade or fourth grade.

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Firstly, there are six reading comprehension activities, or informational texts, about:

• William Shakespeare
• Macbeth
• Hamlet
• Romeo & Juliet
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Richard III

These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity, crossword puzzle and wordsearch for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.

Then, there is a biography writing unit about William Shakespeare and an opinion writing unit discussing which play is his greatest. The units have been split into three or four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

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This adorable printable Snowman Tracing activity will help kids practice writing their ABC. Children of toddler, preschool, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten age can practice tracing the letters A through Z with this snowman printable. Students can erase and practice again after they have traced both capital and lowercase letters on the snowmen’s bodies! For a practical, interesting, and enjoyable winter alphabet exercise, print the pdf file containing the ABC printable.

These cute preschool winter activities are perfect for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers alike. Use this winter alphabet printable as an addition to your phonics curriculum, extra practice, or a literacy center in your classroom.*

There are nine distinct snowman designs. Every snowman has a tall, massive snowball for a body, and on ruled lines, they have traceable alphabet letters. Additionally, they each have a snowball-shaped head with a cheery smile, an orange carrot-shaped nose, and black coal eyes. Everybody has a slightly different color for their winter hat or earmuffs; the colors range from orange, green, and pink to hats with stripes or polka dots in yellow, blue, and other lovely hues.

HINT: Putting the snowman in alphabetical order from A to Z is another way to help your kindergarteners improve their literacy skills.

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Make learning letters fun for your students with this Forest Animals Theme Alphabet Hide & Seek Pocket Chart Game! Perfect for circle time, this engaging activity helps students master both upper and lower case alphabet letters while enhancing your Forest Animals theme activities.

Plus, it includes yoga pose cards for active movement fun! You are going to love watching the excitement on your student’s faces as they search for the hidden pictures while strengthening their literacy skills in a playful and interactive way.

Don't have a pocket chart? No problem, you can easily play the game on the floor or on your circle time carpet.

This interactive game is designed alleviate the common classroom challenges such as student disengagement by offering a fun way to reinforce upper and lower case letter recognition while keeping students actively involved.

Ideal for preschool and early elementary classrooms, this resource will help enhance literacy learning in a fun and playful way.

The cards can also be utilized during small group activities and center time to introduce a range of learning experiences.

What’s Included:

- 18 Forest Animals Theme Cards

- 18 Forest Animals Theme Kid’s Yoga Pose Cards

- 26 Upper Case Forest Animals Theme Alphabet Cards

- 26 Lower Case Forest Animals Theme Alphabet Cards

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First Grade - Dolch Sight Words | Color by Codes Activities | Fall Literacy: Your first graders will love these fall-themed color-by-code worksheets that reinforce Dolch sight words! These coloring pages are for enhancing literacy skills, each activity combines fun seasonal designs with essential sight word practice. Ideal for independent practice or literacy centers, these worksheets make learning sight words engaging and enjoyable!

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• 8 fall color by code worksheets
• 1st grade dolch sight words throughout
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Dive into a world of learning with the captivating Under the Sea & Ocean Alphabet Poster Resource Pack. This fun and engaging printable pack features beautifully designed alphabet posters in a calming pastel blue color, perfect for adding a touch of serenity to your classroom decor. Each letter comes to life with an accompanying image and vocabulary word, all centered around the enchanting theme of the underwater world. From preschool to pre-K and kindergarten, and even first and second-grade classrooms, this themed alphabet resource is a must have for creating an immersive learning environment. Spark curiosity and promote early literacy skills with these printable alphabet posters, showcasing both lowercase and uppercase letters. Enhance your classroom with these visually appealing and Pinterest-worthy alphabet decorations, making learning the ABCs an exciting adventure.

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This no-prep activity with lesson plans and printable and digital worksheets and slide deck for middle school and high school grade resources to boost student literacy on ancient civilizations? Dive into our ready-to-use or no prep guided reading package on 'The Phoenicians: Seafarers and Scribes of the Ancient Mediterranean' This meticulously crafted resource offers an in-depth exploration into Ancient History and World History, tailored to captivate and educate young minds.

Resource provides:

• Editable introductory slide deck with 5 slides
• Detailed lesson plan with extension activities suggestions
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• Dual coding - combining visuals and text for enhanced student recall.
• Detailed 300-word narrative capturing the essence of the era.
• Activities focused on annotation and summarization skills.
• A4 size page for easy printing.

The resource includes:

• Origins and City-States:

  • An overview of the Phoenicians' early history, their establishment in the Levant, and the rise of influential city-states like Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos.

• Maritime Prowess and Trade Networks:

  • A detailed look into the Phoenicians' legendary seafaring skills, their expansive trade routes, and their establishment of colonies, most notably Carthage.

• Invention of the Alphabet:

  • Insights into the Phoenicians' most enduring legacy: the development of an early alphabetic script, which would influence Greek and Latin scripts.

• Cultural and Religious Practices:

  • Examination of the Phoenicians' religious beliefs, their pantheon of gods and goddesses, and their unique cultural practices, including the famed purple dye production.

• Interactions with Great Empires:

  • The Phoenicians' complex relationships with neighboring empires, including the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Persians, and their role in the geopolitics of the ancient Mediterranean.

Resource:

• Dual coding - combining visuals and text for enhanced student recall.
• Detailed 300-word narrative capturing the essence of the "Worlds Collide" era.
• Activities focused on annotation and summarization skills.
• A4 size page for easy printing.

Common Core Outcomes:

For Grades 6-8: Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-8: RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.5, RH.6-8.7, RH.6-8.10 For Grades 9-12: Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 9-10 & 11-12: RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.9-10.4, RH.11-12.4, RH.9-10.7, RH.11-12.8, RH.9-10.10, RH.11-12.10

Guided reading is a powerful tool for fostering literacy and comprehension in history education. This approach deepens students' understanding, promotes critical thinking, and hones their ability to extract and synthesize essential information from texts. Through collaborative discussions and exposure to a variety of sources, guided reading encourages active participation, enriches vocabulary, and refines reading proficiency. Elevate your students’ literacy skills as they journey through the transformative era when worlds collided and history was forever changed!

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✅ ➡ Vikings

✅ ➡ ✝️ Medieval Europe

✅ ➡ Medieval Japan

✅ ➡ Black Death

✅ ➡ Spanish conquest of the Americas

✅ ➡ Renaissance

✅ ➡ Ottoman Empire

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This workbook includes 3 different pages for each alphabet letter. The first page is for introducing the letter, the second is for reinforcement, and the third is a review page. Check out my TeachShare store for another similar alphabet resource for Kindergarten students. I also have several other math and literacy resources available!

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My Funky First Grade

Kindergarten reading comprehension passages! Each of the 25 reading passages have a picture (all pages done in black-line masters for easy printing) and 3 comprehension questions. Each kindergarten comprehension passage has basic sight words and picture clues! Look at the preview for a detailed look at sample kindergarten comprehension passages.

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2

With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3

With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

VA SOLS

K.9 The student will demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.

This product is part of the ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE!

ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE

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1st Grade Salt Life

A NOVEL STUDY and Reading Comprehension Unit for DRAGON MASTERS #11 Shine of the Silver Dragon by Tracey West.

This 48 page BOOK COMPANION is a highly engaging and comprehensive literature unit that allows your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English Curriculum Standards in context.

The unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Follow-up activities include a comprehension follow up and one to three extra literacy task for each chapter. The extra activities allow for students to demonstrate their understanding through tasks that require them to synthesise, analyse and apply, drawing from their understanding of the story.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER
• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues
• Answers for comprehension questions included.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

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Enhance your reading curriculum with this extensive collection of 3rd-grade reading fluency passages! This bundle offers a range of passages designed for the beginning, middle, and end of the school year, allowing you to progressively develop your students' reading skills.

What's Included:

9 Engaging Passages, with a word counter on the side, and 3 critical thinking open-ended questions to assess comprehension.

Key Features:

Progressive Difficulty Levels: Passages increase in length and complexity to match students' advancing skills throughout the year.

High-Interest Topics: Stories cover themes like adventure, friendship, exploration, and problem-solving to captivate young readers.

Comprehension Focus: Short-answer questions encourage students to think deeply and articulate their understanding.

Versatile Usage: Ideal for guided reading, fluency assessments, homework assignments, literacy centers, or independent practice.

Perfect For:

Tier 2 assessments Small group assessment Fluency practice Homeschool assessments

This Sight Word Coloring Worksheets - Dolch First Grade 41 Sight Words Morning Work, is a fantastic way to kickstart the academic year with your students.
The Sight Words Practice set includes 41 printable worksheets, each focusing on one of the Dolch 1st Grade words. These worksheets serve as excellent supplements to your guided reading lessons or as options for independent literacy centers.

How does it works?

1. Students read the given word.
2. They find and highlight the word multiple times using dabbers or crayons.
3. Next, they recognize how many syllables in the word, trace it, and have some fun with a sentence scramble.

It's an ideal activity for independent morning work or literacy centers, keeping students engaged while they learn and practice their sight words.

This product contains all 41 First Grade Sight Words:

after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when

Don't need first grade? Check out these other dab a sight word packets:

Dolch Primer Sight words Fluency Dab it

Dolch Pre-Primer Sight words Fluency Dab it

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