Kindergarten
A spooky twist to a favorite classic, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, uses the repetition of the book to reinforce colors and color words.
These 3 worksheets are a great way to get students thinking about addition, not just memorizing it!
Use these worksheets to assess your students' understanding of beginning sounds. Four letter sounds are reviewed on each page (5 pages total): b f k n - d z l r - v j p s - y w t m - c g h q
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Get ideas for inviting families, decorating the classroom, engaging families, parent take-aways, and a checklist (a teacher's best friend) to make the night go smoothly!
Introduce different hats with any of these wonderful stories:
- Which Hat Is That? By Anna Grossnickle Hines
- The Hat Book by Leonard Shortall
- Hats? By Dana Meachen Rau
- Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel
- Hats Off to Hats by Sara Corbett
- The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wague Diakite
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Hats off to hometown heroes! Have student write to local heroes and ask them about their favorite books. Showcase these hometown heroes and their choices in you reading celebration.
Have students make a list of hats that denote jobs (ex: fireman's hat, chef's hat, etc.). Draw a person wearing a hat. Have students write about it. For younger students, provide the prompt, "When I grow up. I want to be a ..."
Check out NEA's website here for more ideas!
Have children follow the directions and color the shapes. Can be used to assess shape or color word identification.
Practice spelling and reading CVC-silent e words by assembling ice cream sundaes.
Simple and effective tips for helping children improve their reading and writing ability.
A great way to review CVC words with large group, small group, and independent activities.
If your child is 3-5 and has trouble pronouncing words starting with these letters...
Let students get creative with this prompt: "Pretend that you could bend and twist a hanger into any shape you like. What could you use the hanger for?"
