Engaging Resources for BUSY Teachers!
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Engaging Resources for BUSY Teachers
Language Arts activities and resources for preschool and elementary classrooms
Spring is my favorite season! Celebrate the warmer weather in your class with this collection of spring read aloud books. 1. Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand Mole and Bear celebrate spring in this charming story. Spring is Here 2. Muncha, Muncha, Muncha! by Candace Fleming This is a fun story about a gardener protecting …
St. Patrick’s Day Activities Today I’m sharing some of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day activities for math and literacy. St. Patrick’s Day Measuring Length Cards Practice measuring length using these printable cards with fun St. Patrick’s Day pictures. Place the cards around the room or add them to a math center tub. Students choose a …
Springtime Activities for Your Lit Centers Spring is here! It’s time for butterflies, gardens, and rainbows — oh, and warmer weather. Look below to find some of my favorite spring activities for reading and language arts. Don’t forget to download the FREE Spring Vocabulary Game at the end of this post. Spring Hidden Words Activity …
Sweet Ideas for Valentine’s Day Add some of these sweet Valentine’s Day activities to your math or literacy centers this February. Students have fun practicing important math and reading skills with these engaging activities featuring chocolates, flowers, candy, teddy bears, hears, and more! Valentine’s Day Write the Room (It’s Editable!) Post the word cards around the room. …
Explore the Fun of Winter with These Engaging Literacy Activities. Penguins, snowmen, and polar bears, oh my! Winter is here. Your students will love practicing reading and writing with these fun winter themed activities. Winter Read and Cover Activity Set (It’s Editable!) Students choose a card and read the word. They then look for the …
Bring the fun and excitement of Christmas into your math and literacy activities! I enjoy seeing my students’ eyes light up when they see an engaging new learning game or center activity with elves, reindeer, and of course the jolly guy in the red suit. Students have fun while practicing important reading, writing, and math …
The situation is all too familiar. Your students do well on their weekly spelling tests. However, a week or so later they misspell some of those same words in a writing assignment. You thought they mastered the concepts from last week’s amazing grammar lesson about commas. Their writing papers show otherwise. What can you do …
Sentence Scrambles: It’s Time for Some Winter Fun Bundle up. Grab the hot cocoa. Winter will be here soon. My kids are looking forward to the first snowfall. They have big plans for making snow angels and building snowmen. With this in mind, I created a new snowman themed sentence building activity. Best of all, …
Alphabet Letter Search Try this fun activity for identifying letters. There are pages for both capital and lowercase letters. Students use dot markers to stamp the boxes with the matching letters. They could also use regular markers or crayons. Simply print out the pages, grab some dot markers, and you are ready to go. The …
Have you tried using clip cards yet? Clip card centers are quick and easy to set up. Simply print and laminate the pages, cut apart the cards, and provide students with a set of clips. Students clip the correct answers. Use regular clothespins, chip-bag clips, or even paper clips. Incidentally, students work on fine motor skills at …
While many teachers and students are on vacation, there are quite a few that are involved in summer school or have year-round-calendars. Here is a list of beach themed writing prompts for summer. The list includes topics about summer, the beach, sailboats, seashells, and more. Be sure to look for the free writing papers at …
