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Get a free template for a student-created homophone book using these free worksheets! Children will love using these worksheets to create a book for learning and reviewing the meaning and spelling of common homophones. 💜 Why We Love It This student-created book is made up of our free homophones worksheet. These worksheets provide targeted practice…
Get this free printable Alphabet worksheet focused on learning the 26 uppercase & lowercase letters! Students will practice identifying and matching uppercase and lowercase letters along a colorful rainbow using their letter and alphabet knowledge and visual discrimination skills. Why We Love It This letter matching worksheet is so much fun! Students will cut out…
Read all about the BEST instructional strategies and activities for teaching homophones. Included are sample activities and best practice strategies to help! What Are Homophones? Homophone is a word made up of two Greek bases – homo and phone. In Greek, homo means same and phone means sound. The translation of the word literally means:…
Get these 3 free Thanksgiving-themed word mapping worksheets for practicing 3, 4, and 5 phoneme-grapheme mapping! Each fun worksheet features seasonal imagery, including pumpkins, acorns, and a Pilgrim’s hat. Why We Love It We love celebrating the seasons! Our Thanksgiving-Themed Acrostic Poem, Color-By-Sight-Word, and Activity Placemats printables are classroom favorites, and now we’re coming in hot…
Syllable division is an important decoding strategy that helps children read multisyllabic words that follow the syllable patterns. Read about syllable division here, and get 3 FREE pdf worksheets for students to practice and master syllable division for VC/CV (Rabbit) pattern words. What Are VCCV Words? VC/CV words are words that follow this specific pattern:…
Learn all about the vowel teams ai and ay, and get free printable worksheets to help students practice identifying and reading ai & ay words within sentences and context. About Long A There are 8 ways to spell Long A, but the first four spellings are the most common ways to spell it. Focus the…
Get 4 free versions of this printable Thanksgiving-themed Color by Sight Word worksheet! Each worksheet has fun seasonal imagery, and there are 4 versions for students at different levels (Pre-Primer and Primer) who are practicing decodable sight words and irregular heart words. Why We Love It Get the four Thanksgiving printable worksheets! There are four…
Learn all about how to teach consonant digraph SH and get our 5 best tips for teaching SH so that kids quickly recognize, read, and spell the /sh/ sound in words. Plus, get a FREE Digraph SH poster that kids will love! About Digraph SH A consonant digraph is two consonants that come together to…
Get four free printable Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems to help kids share about what they’re grateful for, with options featuring the words “thankful,” “family,” “turkey,” and “blessings.” Use them as a classroom activity or at home to reinforce lessons on Thanksgiving or gratefulness and appreciation. Why We Love It These Thanksgiving acrostic poems are such a…
Learn all about the Long U sound, including the 2 sounds long U can make. Then, grab yourself two printable pdf lists with over 215 long U vowel sound words, organized by sound and spelling pattern. All About Long U In our previous long vowel posts, we’ve consistently said that the rule for long vowels…