Work on letter identification and visual discrimination with these alphabet sheets. Here is a set of free letter ...
Guided Reading: Tools, Activities & Ideas
Fun, standards-based and age-appropriate activities and resources to help you plan smart for your guided reading groups.
Free Letter Name Game for Kindergarten: Treasure Quest
Work on naming letters with a simple alphabet game for kindergarten. Print this free pirate-themed treasure quest card ...
Free Naming Letters Activity: I Spy Jungle Letters
Go on an alphabet search and play I-Spy. Here is a free naming letters activity for kindergarten that encourages ...
Teach How to Write Sight Words Fluently
My students need to know sight words. They are a key step in the reading process. They aren't the end-all-be-all, but ...
7 Free Blending Onset and Rime Mini-Books for Kindergarten
Learning to read CVC words is key to reading success in kindergarten. Learning to rhyme in addition to blending onsets ...
Free Race Card Reading Activity - CVC Nonsense Words
Looking through favorite games I've used in my guided reading groups, I found this free race car reading activity. ...
How to Teach Kinders to Segment and Blend Using Hand Motions
Use simple hand motions and a basic office supply tool to help teach kindergarteners how to sound out words. You'll be ...
Let's Build a House! Free CVC Word Building Activity
Work on beginning reading skills with a fun building block activity. This free onset and rime activity is perfect for ...
8 Free Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten
Let's teach how to rhyme with these rhyming activities for kindergarten. Here are 8 free rhyming activities you can ...
Why My Guided Reading Groups Weren't Exactly Guided Reading Groups
Do you find yourself needing more time to teach everything we're supposed to? Yeah, me too. One of the ways I felt ...
4 Free Beginning Sounds Activities for Small Groups
Learning how to read means learning lots of intertwining skills - like beginning sounds. Here is my list of my top ...
Free Long Vowel Patterns Roll, Say, Keep! Game
Keeping higher readers in kindergarten challenged appropriately doesn't mean more work, or even more {{uuugh}} ...
12 Must-Have Guided Reading Tools to Use in Kindergarten
Keep fun reading tools on hand to encourage kindergarten readers. Here are my must-have reading tools that are fun and ...
How to Make Guided Reading Mats for Kindergarten Groups
I like working smart and one way I found to do that was by making sets of handy charts to use during guided ...
6 Fun Ways to Teach Reading With Toy Race Cars
When it comes to shopping at the Dollar Tree, I'm always looking for ways to keep the fun in standards-based ...
Easy "Flashcard Flash" Game for Kindergarten
Simple is my style. So when you find a game or tool that is simple and can be used for many things - it's a keeper in my ...
6 Free Ending Sounds Activities for Small Groups
Practice ending sounds while teaching kindergarten readers in small groups. Here are my favorite free ending sounds ...
Roll n' Read: A Fun Way to Blend CVC Words in Kindergarten
Using fun phonics games and reading activities make guided reading groups easier. Here's a new blending cvc words with ...
4 Clever Spinner Word Games for Kindergarten
Teaching reading skills through games now helps make up half of my guided reading group instruction time. This is a ...
6 Free Letter Naming Activities for Small Groups
We teach so many different skills to develop young readers. Here is my list of my top teaching alphabet identification ...
3 Hands-On Word Work Ideas for Kindergarten
Accomplish kindergarten word work Common Core standards with manipulative learning. Playdough, magnets, and dry erase ...