Play Ball!

We will be working on reading (and pronouncing) words with the "ed" ending correctly!

Here's a fun game I just made to reinforce these skills.

The game cards can be used to for matching, sorting, and/or recognition skills.

I've included the baseball field as a game board and a simple spinner.

(Grab the goodie here!)

If you are interested in using it as a game board, you may want to model how to read the card, spin the spinner, and advance correctly along the baseball diamond.

Play Ball!

A Resource for Early Literacy

Here's a resource to share!

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Read the books online!

The Book Builder CD's are wonderful!

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Check out Pioneer Valley's Blog for free resources and more inspiration!

What's In The Hat?

Read What's In the Hat!

A Game To Reinforce Sight Word Recognition

(Click on the picture to download the pdf.)

Print the game cards and grab a hat!

Students take turns drawing a sight word card from the hat.

If the student can read the word card correctly, he/she keeps the card.

Students continue taking turns.

(If the word card drawn is unknown, place it in a discard pile to review at the end of the game.)

If a "Thing One and Thing Two" card is drawn, the student returns all of his/her word cards to the hat.

(The "Thing One and Thing Two" card is placed in a separate pile and does not need to be returned to the hat.)

Play continues as time allows or until the hat is empty!

I've provided a pdf of 100 sight words and 24 "Thing One and Thing Two" cards.  Include as many or as few of the cards as appropriate for your group of students.  This version of the game "Bang" reinforces sight word recognition during our week of Dr. Seuss Fun!

Enjoy!

Reading Pals Resource

Here's a resource I enjoy using in my classroom!

Perfect for use during small group instruction!

After repeated reading experiences, we also practice writing (and spelling) the words correctly on our whiteboards.  We do use magnetic letters to make and break the words, but I forgot to take a photo to post here.  Sorry!

We also use the word mats to reinforce vocabulary, rhyming, and various phonological awareness skills.

Here's a look at the other books!

The best part ~ these book are on SALE right now for $3.20 each!

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Happy Teaching!

Rhyming Connect Four

Click on the "Connect The Rhymes" board to download the pdf.

Connect the Rhymes is played when the students partner up and select a chip (distinguishable from their partner's chip).  

To begin one player selects a picture from a "cell" and calls out a rhyming “cell”.  The player must name the cell's contents correctly and the rhyming match before placing his or her chips/counters over both of the cells.  

Players should try to block their opponent.  

Play ends when a player "connects” any four cells in a row (diagonally, horizontally, vertically).  

~Book Recommendation to use with the Connect the Rhymes game ~ 

Buzz, said the Bee by Wendy Cheyette