Polar Opposites: FREE Printable with Sight Words
ALuv (currently in Kindergarten) is about to begin a study of the animals of the Arctic and Antarctic during our science time. To integrate a little sight word review, I made a word matching activity...
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…that on Monday, I’ll be posting Lesson 2 of my new Phonics by The Book series! Its focus is the fall of man (from Genesis 3) and short e with blends and digraphs. I hope you’ll join me! ~Becky...
View ArticleNonFiction Re-Defined
If you are new to This Reading Mama, welcome! This is the first post of a series I’m going to be doing on nonfiction. I’d like to share ideas and activities I’ve done with my reading students as a...
View ArticleFREE Printable: Hundred Board Spelling
I don’t know if your 100th day of school has already come and gone, but ALuv has been working on numbers through 100 in math. We’ve done several activities with the hundred’s board, but I was mulling...
View ArticleX Marks the Spot (5 FREE Printables included)
I’ll have to admit, the letter x was the most challenging letter, yet. Not because NJoy didn’t get it, but because I had a hard time finding printables that focused only on the /ks/ sound of x. My two...
View ArticleFREE Printable: Mirror Me Letter Symmetry
When I think of Valentine’s Day and hearts, I think of symmetry. So, here’s a FREE printable that gets kids exploring symmetry within the capital letters: Mirror Me Letter Symmetry. Students use...
View ArticleY is for Yarn: FREE Printables Included
Here is our week of Y is for Yarn. I am really proud of how NJoy is getting his letter sounds! I saved Y to be one of our last letters because early letter learners tend to confuse the sound of Y and...
View Article"This Shaped Heart" Emergent Reader: FREE Printable
I know I’ve already posted today, but I had this idea and went ahead and made it up to share; just in case you’d like to use it before Valentine’s Day (or on Valentine’s Day). This Shaped Heart...
View ArticleH is for Heart: FREE Printables Included
I thought I’d go ahead and post the Valentine’s Day activities we did this week featuring H is for Heart, seeing that today is Valentine’s and all. If you are looking for the next part of my Nonfiction...
View ArticleBuilding Fluency: My Autographs Page {FREE Download}
When kids make their own books, much of the fun and pride comes from reading it over and over (and over) to other people…albeit classmates, teachers, mamas, dads, brothers, sisters, etc. This is also...
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