Looking for more ways to practice writing words? A list of 27 strategies will engage learners of any level. Kids can choose between writing their words in peanut butter, criss-crossing them with words that share common letters, and...

In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.

Enhance language proficiency with a Special Friends themed English language development unit. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that is guaranteed to get your scholars discussing topics such as animal...

How can others help when we're feeling strong emotions? Help your learners express how they feel by naming and drawing an animal who feels a certain emotion. They write in the emotion and then describe why the animal feels that way, as...

Anyplace can become a beach! Budding readers explore Faith Ringgold's world of imagination in her book Tar Beach, which can be found on YouTube if you don't have it. What words will budding readers learn? They focus on the following...

Franklin the turtle is on another adventure in Paulette Bourgeois' book Franklin Goes to the Hospital, and there are plenty of new words for your young readers to explore as they hear this story. Although you can include more,...

In this collection of -ain word family worksheets, 1st graders will create mini books of -ain words and sentences, fill in missing letters to create -ain words to match pictures, select -ain words from a word bank to properly complete...

In this rhyme worksheet, students see 16 full color cards and word labels for the rhyme pattern ---at. This is an independent center activity and there are directions for sorting, writing, and classifying.

Teach your class the rules of capitalization with this fun, engaging lesson. Children participate in a learning activity, collaborate with peers, and practice their writing as they learn three specific rules: to always capitalize the...

Tag along with Travis the Train as he encounters various baby animals that live on the farm. The spring time story introduces special-needs or autistic children to the types of plants and animals found on farms, each animal is identified...

In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.

In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.

In this finding pictures of words that begin with E worksheet, 1st graders look at twelve pictures, color the ones that begin with E, then using the word bank at the bottom, write the words under each picture.

In this letter H activity worksheet, students examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letter H. A word bank is provided.

For this letter X, Y, Z activity worksheet, young scholars examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letters. A word bank is provided.

In this word and picture matching worksheet, students say the name of a picture. Students circle the word from 5 choices that matches the picture.

Review the phonemic sounds of the alphabet letters before examining how to blend letter sounds to make a word. During this teacher-modeled lesson, learners make word bugs out of three phonemes that blend together. As an assessment, read...

Think of all the things that are green! Check out this specially designed resource that shows and reinforces those items. Show your special-needs child any of the nine green images then use the following five pages to prompt them to...

Pretty in pink! Share the color pink and build word recognition skills with your special-needs or autistic students. This resource includes nine different items to recognize, their corresponding words, and five questions which prompt...

Build your class's knowledge with a vowel game. With a list of code words for each vowel, kids begin to construct fences with the words that share long vowel sounds.

In this initial /a/ worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities in the word bank.

In this recognizing words that start with the Oo sound activity, students observe pictures of objects, color the ones that begin with Oo, and use the word bank to write their names.

In this word and picture match worksheet, students match a set of pictures to their names, choosing from 5 words. A reference web site is given for additional activities. 

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack! Inspire some competition between your learners with a baseball-themed reading game. Players take turns reading as many words as they can, and once they reach a card they can't read, they tally...