Tips for Incorporating Geography in K-1

 

How do you help your students understand geography in K-1?

Ending Blends Games for K-2

Decoding words with ending blends has always been a confusing concept for my early readers. 

I find when they encounter these words in a long sentence, they become even more overwhelmed!

Easy Phonics Centers for K-1 with Print and Play Games

Games are an engaging way to help students review key skills daily. They enjoy the repetition and predictability of the game, while increasing their ability to decode new words.

As a teacher, I know that low prep are always a favorite of mine. All you need to do is print these games and then your job is done!

Resources to Help Start Your Year Strong!

TpT's Back to School Bonus Sale is happening August 30th and 31st!  Save 25% with promo code: BTSBONUS22

Here are some resources to help you start the year strong!

Sustainable Oral Care Swaps

For the past 5 years I have been swapping out wasteful items in my life, and switching over to more sustainable items. I wanted to start sharing some of my favorites with you!

120 Chart Puzzles

 Do your students struggle with portions of the hundreds chart?

Commutative Property of Addition Task Cards for K-2

My 1st graders tend to struggle with understanding what equal really means.  I have always found that using a balance scale to visualize this concept helps a lot!

Reinforcing Phonics Skills with Learning Games

I have always used games to reinforce the concepts my students learn it class. I started creating them over 17 years ago when I worked in a Title 1 school. It was a great way to motivate them while reviewing key math and phonics skills they needed!

Valentine's Day ELA Games for K-1

Are you looking for activities for your Valentine ELA centers next week? Here are two of my favorite print and play phonics games!

Valentine's Day Short Vowel Games

This print and play set features 6 game boards: 

• short a words (ex: pal, tap, jazz)

• short e words (ex: neck, fell, hem)

• short i words (ex: lick, fib, miss)

• short o words (ex: pop, loss, box)

• short u words (ex: jug, fuss, sum)

• mixed short vowels (ex: fizz, max, loss, vet, yum)

Check out this video for a closer look!

Valentine's Day Short Vowel Bingo

A print and play bingo game to help review those medial sounds!

• 24 Bingo Boards

• 6 - 3 x 3 boards with Short Vowel Sounds (letters only.)

• 6 – 5 x 5 boards with Short Vowel Sounds (letters only.)

• Word Cards for Short Vowel Sound Bingo.

• 6 – 3 x 3 boards with Short Vowel Words (cvc and some short vowel ending blends; wish, rest, past..)

• 6 – 5 x 5 boards with Short Vowel Words (cvc and some short vowel ending blends; wish, rest, past..)

• Letter Cards for Short Vowel Word Bingo.

• Heart game pieces, 2 sets, one for 3 x3 boards and one for 5 x5 boards.

A fun activity for reinforcing medial sounds!

Both of these sets are on available in my TPT shop! 

TPT Seller Spotlight for K-1 Resources

 

My shop is featured this week in TPT's newsletter in the Seller Spotlight, it was a lovely way to start of 2022!

One of the resources featured is my Kindergarten Bingo set.

 

This set includes 7 math and literacy skills: Uppercase and lowercase letters, number words, numbers 0-10, numbers 0-20, color words and shapes. Each skill has 6 bingo boards for a total of 42 boards!

I use this in centers and as an alternative to worksheets for homework. 

The other resource is my Short Vowel Games Bundle.

This set features 6 different games all with short vowels. Some sets are decodable cvc words, while others contain blends and digraphs. 

This allows you to easily differentiate activities for ELA centers and homework.

Thanks to TPT for this feature and a Happy 2022 to all my readers!