FREE Simple Daily 5 Signs

These Daily 5 signs are simple and straightforward.  Easy to read and easy to coordinate with your theme.  These signs are aimed for older students, but can be used in any classroom.

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I also have a few more freebies in the works.  By the way, I'm holding a sale in my TpT store Tuesday through Friday!

Elkonin Boxes for CVC Families

It's hard to express how much I love Elkonin boxes.  They are useful in so many situations.  I can pop a picture up on the SmartBoard and as a whole group we sound out the word counting phonemes, draw the boxes and fill them in to create the word.  I can print out pictures like the one shown above, laminate and practice or reteach with small groups or one-on-one during RtI or small group time.  The students love working with them during Work on Words in our Daily 5 time.

All of my Working with CVC Word Family activities have this Elkonin boxes activity with picture cards, letter tiles and assessment sheets.  Due to the fact I LOVE them so much I created products consisting of the Elkonin boxes (or phoneme boxes, as I often call them) for each short vowel. 

Click on the picture to go to the product listing in my store:

 

Working with CVC short vowel word families

FINALLY!  Finding time to finish the short vowel family units and the bundle has been hard this summer.  But, it has all been finished and uploaded to TpT.  Yea!

The bundle is $18 which is $10 off buying the short vowel units individually.  It's a great deal.  The bundle has 450 pages, each vowel is a separate file, each unit has 7 centers/activities plus assessment sheets, center directions, center signs, center management board small signs, Roll-Say-Keep games, word finds, word searches and some more short vowel goodies!

I am proud of these units.  In first grade I will be able to use these units throughout the first 2 grading periods and be able to pull in words and cards when we begin long vowels.

Click on the cover picture to check out each vowel individually:

Here are some examples of the short a activities:

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Working with Short a Word Families!

I am so excited about this series of short vowel units!  First up is the Short a Word Families giant, mondo, humongous 118 page unit of centers, activities, assessment sheets, games and practice.  It includes both color and black lines for easy printing.  It is on sale for $5 for the first 24 hours.

{Word Sort examples}

 Each activity includes:

• Center instructions
• Center board management cards (two versions-one with just the title and one with the title and a picture cue)
• Flash cards or game pieces
• Separate assessment sheets which can be used for center accountability, morning work, homework, reteach/RtI, or, you know...assessments.

{Phoneme Boxes examples - See them in action here}

 {Match It! and Memory Match examples}

{Word find example ~ each word family has its own page.}

{Roll Say Keep and Word Search - Download the preview to get these documents for FREE!}

Seriously, how cute is the clip art?  The wagging dog and the fat cat are my favorites.  It think it is because we have both.

I am finishing similar units for all the other short vowels.  Hopefully they will be finished by the weekend.  I am having a sale to celebrate.  Everything in my store will be 20% off.  Follow my TpT store to stay updated.

New Product: Working with Y as a Long Vowel

 I just uploaded my newest product: Working with Y as a Vowe {long e and long i}l.  It covers Common Core State Standards in Reading Foundational Skills.

The pack includes picture and word cards for 24 different words ending with y, 12 with the long e sound, 12 with the long i sound.  I use them for a "Y Sound Sort" activity during Daily 5.

 

 

Students always do the Phoneme Boxes Wednesday or Thursday to get ready for Friday's spelling test.  In the photo the student is using the Phoneme Boxes from my Working with Vowel Team OW pack.

 

Each of the 24 cards in separated into picture only and word only for use in two matching games.

As always, I included a Roll~Say~Keep game board and 48 word cards (24 y as long e, 24 y aslong i) because, who doesn't love Roll~Say~Keep?  I use this game a lot during RTI for the "other" students not being pulled for small group help.  The kids love it and get pretty competitive about reading the most words correctly.

 The pack has several assessment sheets to check for completion and practice.  The preview includes the Roll~Say~Keep game board and this cut-and-paste printable!