Jackson Public Schools
Summer Reading Activities
Provide parents with the tools they need to bridge the summer learning gap with this collection of fun activities. Whether it's creating an alphabet poster with illustrations for each letter, playing a game of sight word concentration,...
Dr. Seuss Enterprises
Read Across America
Celebrate the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a collection of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics activities, each linked to a popular Dr. Seuss story.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Digraph Delight
There are three spinners to use in this phonic activity. Spinner one contains digraphs, spinner two contains vowels, and spinner three contains consonants. Learners spin each spinner, write down the letters they get, blend them to make a...
Education.com
Alphabet and Number Derby!
Young children roll and shout their way to victory in this simple number and letter recognition game. Using the included game board students roll a die, move the number of squares indicated, and call out the name of the number...
Curated OER
Lesson Plan fo The Magic Eyes of Little Crab
Interested in a "how and why" story to read with young students? In this storytelling lesson, readers will discuss sea creatures, focusing on practicing new terminology through retelling the story. This resource provides a list of...
Curated OER
Comparing and Contrasting Heroes
Here is a language arts lesson that can be used with virtually any grade level. The only thing that changes is the reading level of the books. Learners compare and contrast different heroes and the characteristics they hold. They use a...
Primary Success Publication
Autumn
Explore the beauty of the changing seasons with a mini book about autumn. It features pictures of autumn imagery for kids to color, as well as short explanatory sentences for them to read (or for you to read to them).
Manchester University
Where The Forest Meets The Sea
Join a father and his son as they explore an isolated location off the coast of Australia in the children's book Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker. Engage young learners in reading this fun story with this series of...
Curated OER
Physical Education Word of the Week
Practice physical education vocabulary in your classroom. Working with language arts teachers, learners use dictionary skills to define and explain a word dealing with a concept in physical education. They also complete a task and have...
Curated OER
Chile Peppers
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read about peppers and participate in a variety of related activities. For example, students create a chile pepper pattern.
Curated OER
Long Vowel Phoneme - y
The long vowel phoneme /y/ is the star of this language arts lesson. Kindergarteners share the book, I Spy a Little Fly then brainstorm more words that end in /y/. Since so many of our words end in /y/, this would be a very...
Curated OER
Kelly's Kindergarten: K Words
All hail the king! Study the letter K with a worksheet that features six kings flying their flags, on which kids can glue pictures of words that also begin with (or include) the letter K.
Curated OER
Describe common actions and objects in specific and general language
Having a diverse and well-developed vocabulary make for both good readers and good writers. The class discusses basic grammar, such as nouns, verb, and adjectives. They then view a series of pictures and work as a class to create simple...
PreKinders
Halloween Word Cards
Halloween doesn't have to be spooky! Bring these cute pictures to your preschool or kindergarten class to help kids learn about Halloween and the fall. Each card features a picture of a Halloween item, including a bat, a witch, and a ghost.
National Gallery of Canada
My Own Tree
Nature contains both symmetry and asymmetry. Have your young artists examine symmetry and asymmetry in their own surroundings. After viewing works of art, pupils find trees in their neighborhoods and determine if they...
Nosapo
Word Family
What do a man, a can, and a fan have in common? They are all in the same word family! Young readers practice adding the first letter or letters to each word within a particular word family.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Rhyme or No Rhyme
Scholars listen to a rhyming song, clap when they hear a rhyme, and shake their heads when they don't. They then draw a pair of objects that rhyme.
Arkansas Government
Creative Adventures with Literature - Whoever You Are
Celebrate our similarities and differences through multiple readings of Whoever you Are by Mem Fox. Readings are accompanied by a grand discussion, charts, creative art, dramatic, and music play to reinforce the uniqueness that is...
Little Giraffes Teaching Ideas
Snowman Snowman
What do snowmen eat? Or smell? Read about the senses of a snowman with a cute picture book. Kindergartners cut or fold the pages to create a story about a snowman and what he sees, smells, hears, eats, and feels.
Kelly's Kindergarten
Kelly's Kindergarten: F Words
Fly your flag! Kids attach pictures of words that begin or end with the letter F to squares on a flag, and then write the words below. For additional practice, they write a sentence with one of the words listed.
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I Spy...at the Grocery Store
Take learning out into the world by asking your pupils to accompany a parent or guardian to the grocery store and complete this exercise. Kids circle the food items they see and then color them when they get back home.
Education Center
Real or Make-Believe?
A worksheet about Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann challenges young learners to decide which story events could be real, and which could be make-believe. After writing the events in each space, they then use the back of...
PreKinders
Garden Word Cards
Whether you are starting a class garden, reading a story about gardens, or want to teach your little ones about sustainable living, these vocabulary cards are a great introduction. Featuring words like watering...
Seussville
The Cat in the Hat Birthday Tic-Tac-Toe!
Play a classic game of tic-tac-toc with a Seuss-ical twist. Instead of X's and O's, the game pieces are either hats and cakes or hats and cats. Kids color and cut out their game pieces before sitting down for a game or two.