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DOLLAR DEAL | CVC Words Pocket Chart | Kindergarten CVC Words Activity Game

By Crystal McGinnis

Kindergarten CVC Words Activity Pocket Chart Center - CVC Word Practice - Your students will love this CVC words pocket chart center including cvc word worksheets for practice! If you are a kindergarten or first grade teacher looking for new

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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RF.K.2d

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How To Build a Snowman Unit | Craft, Books, Song, Printables | Winter Activity

By Crystal McGinnis

Winter Activities - This how-to build a snowman literacy unit will let your students practice their sequencing skills using this fun and engaging topic. This winter reading and writing set includes activities that would be perfect to use during

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Balanced Literacy, Writing, Winter

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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DOLLAR DEAL | Alphabet Sort | Tall Letters, Short Letters, Hang Down Letters

By Crystal McGinnis

Alphabet Sort Pocket Chart Center - If you teach handwriting skills, your kids need to know the difference between tall letters, short letters, and hang-down letters. This pocket chart sort can be used as a teaching instructional tool, or a hands-on

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Balanced Literacy, Writing, Phonics

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities, Printables, Centers

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RF.K.1d

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Alphabet Activity Mats | 8 Hands-On Alphabet Centers | Alphabet Recognition

By Crystal McGinnis

These alphabet activity mats are perfect for alphabet recognition, beginning letter sounds, alphabet centers, and more. Add them to your morning tubs or literacy stations! This set of alphabet mats includes 8 different hands-on activities that

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities, Centers

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Quick Sub Plans Ready to Go! The Little Red Hen Story Based Sub Plans

By Crystal McGinnis

If you liked my Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sub Plans, you will also like this set. This set has the exact same format and activities with a new story. Enjoy! We all know how exhausting it is to make sub plans. With that in mind, I created

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities, Printables

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355

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Valentine Pop Up Cards | Valentine's Day Writing Activity | Valentine's Day Card

By Crystal McGinnis

Valentine's Day Cards Activity - Your kids will love to decorate and write a message using this Valentine's Day Pop Up Card Valentine Writing Craft! This set of 7 Valentine's Day pop-up cards are perfect for Valentines Centers, Valentines Party

Subjects:

Writing, Valentine's Day

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities, Printables

$1.50

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If I Were President Writing Craft | Presidents Day Craft Using Student Photos

By Crystal McGinnis

President Craft - Presidents Day Writing Craft - Presidents Day Activity - What would you do if you were president? Your students will write about what they would do using this president craft template. You get a president craft template to add to

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing, Presidents' Day

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities, Printables

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150

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10 Weather Pop-Up Cards | Weather Activity | Weather Craft | Reading or Writing

By Crystal McGinnis

Your kids will love this weather activity and learning about the weather with these pop-up cards! You get 10 different pop-up cards that cover the topics of tornadoes, blizzards, clouds, rain, snow, fog, floods, hurricanes, and more. The cards come

Subjects:

Reading, Other (Science), Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables, Centers

$3.00

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Alphabet MEGA BUNDLE (9 Alphabet Packs) Centers, Books, Printables, & Much More!

By Crystal McGinnis

I have bundled up my 9 newest alphabet packs just for you! Included in this MEGA bundle are my Alphabet Activity Books, Alphabet Activity Mats, Alphabet Write & Highlight printables, Alphabet Clip It Strips, Alphabet Find & Glue, Alphabet

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities, Printables

$16.00

$9.00

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Pigs on the Farm | Nonfiction Literacy Unit about Pigs | Reading | Writing

By Crystal McGinnis

Pigs On the Farm - This 50 page nonfiction pigs reading and writing literacy unit provides information about pigs on the farm. This unit gives you real photographs and nonfiction information about pigs including books, crafts, writing activities,

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables

$3.00

119

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Color Words Worksheets | Color Words Activity | Color Word Practice

By Crystal McGinnis

Engage your students with this set of 11 color word worksheets that give your students the chance to trace each color word, write each color word, read sentences with each color word, draw a picture of each color word, and cut and glue the letters

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities, Printables

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January Writing Journal | 20 Writing Prompts | Winter | Snow | Snowman

By Crystal McGinnis

Winter, Snowman, Snow, Winter Animals, and more! I created this January Writing Journal with writing prompts to get your kids thinking about winter and all of the fun that winter has to offer. This journal includes a journal cover, 20 writing

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Printables

$2.00

102

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April Writing Journal | Writing Prompts | Earth Day | Spring | Life Cycles

By Crystal McGinnis

Spring, Earth Day, Life Cycles, and more! I created this April Writing Journal with 20 writing prompts to get your kids thinking about April activities. This journal includes a journal cover, 20 writing prompts, and 4 blank writing prompt papers. I

Subjects:

Writing, Spring, Earth Day

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$2.25

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Sight Word Sentences | 40 Pre-Primer Words | Sight Word Activity

By Crystal McGinnis

Sight Word Activity - Are you a kindergarten or first grade teacher looking for pre-primer sight word activities? These predictable sight word sentences are perfect for new readers. Your kids read each predictable sentence and fill in the blank

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.3c

$2.50

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Sight Word YOU | 14 Activities for the Sight Word you | Sight Words Activities

By Crystal McGinnis

Sight Word Activities - This set of 14 sight word activities focuses on the sight word you. These sight word games, sight word worksheets, and sight word activities can be used in literacy centers, guided reading groups, morning work activities, and

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Printables, Centers

$1.00

101

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I Can Build CVC Words! POWERPOINT (Elkonin Sound Boxes Activity)

By Crystal McGinnis

One of the first steps of reading development is breaking words apart into separate sounds. This powerpoint slideshow includes 54 cvc words that are ready to be broken down into elkonin sound boxes. The teacher will display each cvc word using his

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

$2.50

244

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I Can Build CVCC & CCVC Words! POWERPOINT | Elkonin Sound Boxes Activity

By Crystal McGinnis

One of the first steps of reading development is breaking words apart into separate sounds. This powerpoint slideshow includes 28 CVCC and CCVC words that are ready to be broken down into elkonin sound boxes. The teacher will display each picture

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

$2.25

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Digraphs Write the Room | Beginning Digraphs Activity | Digraph Activities

By Crystal McGinnis

This write the room beginning digraph activity is perfect to teach beginning digraphs sh, ch, th, and wh in a hands-on way. Students hunt and find pictures with the beginning digraphs. (They also find pictures with the digraph ph, although it is not

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

$2.00

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February Writing Journal | Writing Prompts | Valentine's Day | Presidents

By Crystal McGinnis

Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Presidents, snow, winter, polar bears, and more! I created this February Writing Journal with writing prompts to get your kids thinking about February holidays and all of the fun that February has to offer. This

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing, Valentine's Day

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

$2.25

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November Themed Simple Predictable Sentences for Kindergarten Reading

By Crystal McGinnis

Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Veterans Day, & Food - These are the included topics included in my November simple sentences set for kindergarten reading. This reading fluency practice set includes 10 simple sentence printables that will help

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Printables

$1.50

168

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I currently have 11 years teaching experience ranging from kindergarten thru fifth grades. I am currently a kindergarten teacher in Missouri and I absolutely love it. There is never a dull moment in kindergarten, and I learn something new everyday along with my students.

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Anatomy, Basic Principles, Other (Science), Social Studies, Arts & Music, Other (Art), Health, Other (Specialty), Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Classroom Management, Word Problems, General Science, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, End of Year, Phonics