Whether you have a single computer in your classroom, or iPads for each student, you are going to LOVE these 12 DIGITAL DAYS of CVC CHRISTMAS CENTERS!The best thing about these centers is that there is ZERO-prep for you! They are perfect for your busy little classroom!
Simply upload the .ppsx files to Google Slides, or open them on a computer that has PowerPoint installed. Print the response sheets. Click the file you want to open and your students are ready to learn! They can advance the slides on their iPad with a swipe of their finger, or using the arrow keys on a standard computer.
To help your students work independently, a “self-check” answer key is included at the end of each activity. Directions for each of the 12 activities are included on the first slide as well as on the recording sheets.
Would you like to try the FIRST DAY of our DIGITAL CVC CHRISTMAS? You are going to LOVE how easy it is to use and how much FUN your students have learning with it.
Although Sonlight doesn’t include sight word work in its kindergarten curriculum, kindergarten is a GREAT time for your kids to start learning sight words.
Our sight word series is FUN! We have a craft, or other hands-on work for each word we cover. We also use a “cumulative” approach–your kids will not struggle reading the words associated with each sight word. We use simple words that they can sound out; and teach high frequency nouns that they will learn simply from “seeing” the word with a picture.
Are you ready to dive in?! Your students will be so proud of all they will be able to read! You can begin here:
The growing bundle is here! It includes all of the letters completed (A to X) and an editable cover page for your interactive notebooks. Letters Y and Z will be added in September.
If you haven’t downloaded your free sample {Letter M}, you can get it here. There is also a tutorial that will help you put it all together.
You are going to love the strong phonics foundation that MY FIRST A to Z INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK helps you provide your students. Your students will not only enjoy building each page and making it “theirs” by adding color and their creativity, but they will also love going back and reviewing their completed pages and therefore reinforcing what they have learned.
Interactive notebooks help you cut the clutter in your classroom. When your students practice and reflect on phonics and the alphabet in one location, it allows them to be organized. You won’t lose or misplace their work, and they will benefit from the chance to reflect (and interact with) all they learn.
This bundle will be listed at half-off through Wednesday!
Actually, we ended up with 3 notebooks filled with A to Z work! They are going to be such a GREAT starting point for kindergarten. I know you will love using them with your students!
For each letter your students will practice:
Correct letter formation (uppercase and lowercase writing)
Letter recognition
Sorting lowercase and uppercase
Beginning sounds (including long and short sounds for each vowel as well as hard and soft sounds for C and G).
Using high frequency vocabulary that begins with the target letter
ABC order up to the target letter
Word building with lowercase and uppercase letter matching
Order and sequence
Visual discrimination (identifying items that begin with the correct sound; are found in a particular place; are a particular size or shape; or simply do not belong).
Using stickers to accomplish simple beginning target letter sound tasks
Here is how we put our notebook together. We’ll use the printables for Letter M (download a free copy of these printables here).
Every pack is formatted similarly to Letter M. Certain pages work best on plain paper, and others on colored. I have noted our preferences on each sheet, but you are welcome to use colored paper, or not.
CAPITAL M: After printing this section, pages 2-3, 5-8 (including the Letter M Headers and TOC) cut out each part:
SHEET 1: If you plan on using only the Letter M pack, the capital letter Alphabet Poster will be the first page in your notebook. Trim the edges to fit, and glue the outside edge of this sheet to your notebook.
If you plan on completing all 26 weeks, glue both blank Alphabet Posters (from the Letter A pack) inside the back cover of the first notebook and refer back to it each week you add a new letter.
SHEET 2: (pages 6-7 in the pack)To introduce Letter M we will use a Correct Letter Formation flap and a Letter Recognition frame. Here it is ready to use:
SHEETS 3 and 4: (pages 7-8 in the pack) There are two options for this sheet. We like to practice building the letter, with colored shapes similar to the Handwriting Without Tears wood pieces. Then practice finding the capital again, before we work on correctly writing it. So, our pages look like this:
This set-up includes the Letter M sheet from Step by Step Correct Letter Formation and letter building tiles and the “I can build it” frame (soon to be published). You can also set SHEET 3 up without the extras like this:
The combined set-up above, for students who do not need the extra practice of correctly forming the letter, includes pieces from our SHEET 5:
The Capital M section is complete. Lowercase M is a mirror of this section. We’ll use the figure from the TOC and pages 4, 5, and 8-10:
SHEETS 6-10: Here is the notebook ready to use (with the letter building activities included):
The alternative SHEET 8, using only the components from My First Interactive Notebook-Letter M looks like this:
Now for some FUN! On the next sheet your students will compare the capital and lowercase letters by sorting and spinning/stamping them.
SHEET 11: Follow the directions on page 12 to cut out the letter sorting pieces. The Letter Sorting page will be different for each letter (to reinforce the beginning sound each letter makes–for M we chose “mail” and “mailbox”). But, you will always glue the pieces to make a sorting pocket. For this sheet, be sure to cut the top of the mailboxes on the line indicated and glue the top, around the sides, the kidlette, and bottom of the mailbox to your notebook. Do not glue the middle of the mailbox–this is your sorting pocket.
You will also need the “I can” statements for this sheet (page 11) and the spinner (page 13) and stamp frame (page 14). [These are located on different pages so you can alternate colors throughout the your notebook without double-printing individual pages.]
Here is SHEET 11 ready to use:
SHEET 12: Now we’ll work on the SOUND of M. Cut the petal book and header from page 13 and the remaining pieces from page 14 (plus the I CAN statements associated with these tasks from page 11). Your students should color the beginning sound pictures before cutting and pasting them. The petal book is easy to assemble. Simply fold inward along the dotted lines, until it looks like a square (or square-ish :). Glue the back of the petal book into your notebook.
Your page will look like this:
SHEET 13: (see above) This is our ABC Order sheet (pages 15-17, plus the I CAN statement from page 11 and the letter houses from page 8). Use color, or white paper, for the ABC Orders–I like to vary it from letter to letter.
Just like the Letter Sorting, the ABC Order will be specific to the letter you are working on. For Letter M we chose “map.” Additionally, the ABC Order will only include letters that precede the target letter–so this week we are reviewing A-M. Your students will only need to put the last 3 letters in order each week. If you’d like these sheets with all the letters A-M for your students to sort, you can find them here (coming soon!).
SHEETS 14-23: (pages 18-27) This section requires very little prep on your part. Most sheets will require you to simply trim the excess white space around the activity frame. The Find and Build sheet (page 19) and Order/Sequence sheet (page 20) are the only ones that will require you to cut out other pieces. It is also up to you what order you have your students complete this section. Here is how we set ours up:
These last two sheets we will use stickers to complete the activities.
Your little kinder padawans are going to love these editable double-sided desk helpers!
On the Han & Chewie Language Arts side you will find:
** Correct Letter Formation for Uppercase and Lowercase letters ** Beginning Sound Pictures (includes hard & soft sounds; long and short vowels) ** Highlighted Vowels ** Lines for writing Student’s Name ** Left & Right (hands and words) ** Colors and Color Words in a watercolor set ** Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow graphics/directions ** Days of the Week ** Sentence Writing Rules (visual and written)
On the Luke & Darth Mathematics side there is:
** Correct Number Formation 0-10 ** Number Words zero to ten ** Hundreds Chart ** 0-20 Number line ** 2D-3D Object Comparison (with shape names) ** Add & Subtract Number Line Directions (words and symbols) ** Up, Down, More and Less graphics and words ** Money in Cents (front and back of each coin with coin amounts and words; front only of dollar)
Half-price today and tomorrow! These posters are perfect for teaching number sense and correct number formation to your youngest padawans.
Each Star Wars Anchor Chart includes:
* Correct Number Formation
* Number Word
*Melonheadz Star Wars Character 10 or 20-Frame
* Counting Stars
* Lightsaber Tally-marks
* Tie Fighter Dice (for numbers 0-10)
* Death Star Dominoes (for numbers 11-20)
The perfect addition to your Star Wars-themed classroom—a lightsaber number line! These come in Black Galaxy and Silver. They are 3″ tall (the hilt is 4″ tall by 13.5″ long). You can add your favorite paper behind the blade for a “glowing” effect.
These number lines can grow as your students practice and master each group of tens. A lightsaber tip for each of the 10s is included in the set.
How do you celebrate your Kindergartener’s birthday while inspiring their little minds to grow? I’ve got something fresh and fun for you to use:It is jammed-packed with hands-on, independent learning for your pre-K and Kindergarten kids!
1. Your students will celebrate by sorting SHAPES of presents, balloons, cakes and candle flames on the party mats.
2. Your students will celebrate with COUNTING and NUMBER ORDER. They will count and clip cupcakes; count and tally gifts and candles; roll, move, and stamp (or write) numbers from 1-6; put the candle numbers in order; and color-by-number sense code.
3. They will celebrate with ONE MORE and ONE LESS. They will count the gifts and clip the number that is one more. Then count the balloons and clip the number that is one less. Finally, they will roll one die and stamp dots on the presents–decorating the wrapping paper; roll two dice and add sprinkles to the cupcakes; roll three dice and add candles to the cakes. All of the adding sheets have ten and twenty-frames to help your newest mathematicians total their rolls.
4. They will have a blast celebrating with MORE, LESS, or the SAME (>,< or =). Your students will follow the signs on these clip-it cards. They will clip all of the object that are greater than, less than or equal to the target number. {This set covers numbers 0-5}.
5. Time to have some fun with PLAY-DOH! Your students will form their number and then roll that number of balloons, candles and presents.
6. Your students celebrate with LETTERS and ABC ORDER! Using the gift letters, or any other lowercase manipulative you have on-hand (you can also use a dry-erase marker), your students will finish the alphabet sequence. There is also a birthday crossword puzzle to enjoy!
7. They will celebrate with LETTER SOUNDS and MATCHING UPPERCASE with LOWERCASE. They will strengthen their phonemic muscles as they sort the pictures that begin with FR from those that begin with PR. They will also build easy-cut (gotta have easy-cut!) Party Puzzles–matching the uppercase and lowercase letters with items that begin with that letter sound (hard sound for G and long vowel sound for I).
8. Celebrate all of those BIRTHDAY MONTHS by sorting appropriately decorated cupcakes and month symbols. You can practice recognizing and ordering the months of the year; print a second copy of the cupcakes or monthly symbols and match them; match the cupcakes to their month symbols; and build the months of the year using the sorting mats, month name cards, cupcakes and symbols.
9. Finally, grab those crayons, scissors and some glue! It is time to celebrate by COLORING icing with the Cupcake Colors booklet (includes one version with colored prompts and another completely black-and-white). Your students will also practice SEQUENCING the steps they take to wrap a gift. After ordering the cards, they will match the phrases they have to the cards and then glue the phrases (in order) to their recording sheet.
You will definitely be crowned Teacher of the Year after this fun week of school! Your kids are going to LOVE completing all of the activities that lead up to the BIG celebration of their birthday.
Grab this jam-packed set for half-off this weekend!!!
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The best thing about these centers is that there is ZERO-prep for you! They are perfect for your busy little classroom!
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Actually, we ended up with 3 notebooks filled with A to Z work! They are going to be such a GREAT starting point for kindergarten. I know you will love using them with your students!
These last two sheets we will use stickers to complete the activities.
It is jammed-packed with hands-on, independent learning for your pre-K and Kindergarten kids!
