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Day 6: Romping and Roaring ABC Packs by 3 Dinosaurs {Review & Giveaway}
If you’ve ever used any of Cassie’s printables, you are one blessed person! I sit in amazement that she can crank out such amazing printables all the time {Okay, so I may be a little envious, to!...
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FAQ about our NEW Shop
About two weeks ago, I opened up “shop” on This Reading Mama! This was an exciting move for many reasons. As we have launched the store, emails have arrived with questions. Most every question fits...
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Concept Sorting with Buttons
Concept sorts are a great way to integrate vocabulary and literacy into other content areas. Just recently, ALuv and I did our own concept sort with with buttons; which led to more sorting fun with...
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Sorting the Alphabet
Yesterday, I posted a concept sort with buttons. And since we’re on the topic of sorting, I thought I’d share the sort we did with the alphabet. (This lesson can be as complicated or as simple as...
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Our A_E Week in Action
I was so excited that ALuv did as well as he did with the A_E Pattern Pack I made for him! Here are some “action” shots of him as he worked this past week: Day 1: Introducing the Sort He cut out the...
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Long i Vowel Pattern (FREE Printable Pack)
Because ALuv (end of Kindergarten) did so well with the Long a Vowel Pack I made him, I created a Long i Vowel Pack to introduce the i_e pattern. The activities are all similar to the Long a pack; just...
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FREE Pre-K Farm Packs
{Update- this Farm Pack has been updated and expanded. Click on the image above or HERE to download yours! The homeschool group we’re involved in is doing a book club of sorts with Charlotte’s Web...
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I'm Diving In
Yes, that’s right. I’m taking the plunge…I’m opening shop on Teachers Pay Teachers! Of course, all of the things I’ve made will still be FREE. By moving to TpT, I feel that I can share my literacy...
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CVCe Bottle Cap Spelling (FREE Download)
My kiddos all love to play with bottle caps over here. Okay, I’ll admit it. I like to “play” with them, too! After creating the bottle cap farm animal spelling in my PreK Farm Pack, ALuv (6.5 years...
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I kind of feel like the inchworm in Inch by Inch, moving my FREE printables over one by one to Teachers Pay Teachers; but I’m getting there! I now have several items in my “store”; but what I’m most...
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CVC and CCVC Bottle Cap Spelling (FREE Printables)
Just because it’s so much fun to make printables (hehe), I went ahead and made two more bottle cap spelling activities that you can download for FREE at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. I posted about...
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Red, White, and Blue Sight Words (FREE Printable)
Just in time for the 4th of July…it’s fun with Red, White, & Blue Sight Words! Since red has 3 letters, blue has 4, and white has 5; I designed this game to help ALuv (6.5 years old) review...
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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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Just a reminder…
…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...
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NonFiction 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...
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FREE 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...
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X 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...
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FREE 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...
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Y 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...
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"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...
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