The United States turns 250 years old!

This summer on July 4th the United States will turn 250 years old. There will be so many colorful parades, barbeques and fireworks you won’t know which ones to attend! A fun (and almost unbelievable fact) is Americans will eat over 150 million hotdogs on this 4th of July! Because of this milestone birthday we’ve created a few products that introduce information about our country. There is even a song!

Fourth of July Red, White, and Blue Packet

This packet is an innovation of the familiar “1-2 Buckle My Shoe”. There is a Shared Reading book, pocket chart cards, Beginning readers, several themed writing papers, and a Vocabulary Word Chart. Included are 3 Math BUMP games, math interactive worksheets, math manipulatives. The colorful Photographs will help build background information and spark discussions about the activities that take place on and around the 4th of July. 4th of July Red, White, and Blue

BUMP Games

These BUMP games are a hit with any age student and can be customized to just about any skill level. Players roll a die and place their cube on that number. When a player rolls a number that has their opponent’s cube on it they can “BUMP” it off and replace it with their own. Placing a second cube on top of a number a player has already placed their cube “locks” that space. Now they can not be bumped off. Play continues until one player places all their cubes. Sooooo fun! Our versions always come with EDITABLE versions so ANY skill can be inputted.

Happy Birthday USA! Song and Packet

This song is easily sung to the tune….wait for it…..Happy Birthday! We wrote original lyrics that celebrate our country. A Shared reading book, some interactive printables, and photographs of some American symbols like the flag, Liberty bell, parades, fireworks, and a US map will engage your PreK and Kindergarten students and introduce them to the concept of our nation’s birthday. Happy Birthday USA

FREE Game

This easy to prep and play game will assist your students in practicing these L blends: BL, CL, FL, GL, PL and SL. There are 36 cards with blends on them. Players turn over a card, say the picture, and move to that space that has that BLEND on it. Go ahead and go back cards keep the play exciting! L Blends Game

We hope you have a great start to your summer vacation and enjoy celebrating our country’s birthday this year! P.S. Want more patriotic resources? Click HERE

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Growing up in Michigan meant we spent a lot of time playing games indoors during the winter. Two of my most memorable games were Authors and Park and Shop. Authors was a a regular set of 52 cards with the 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades but the graphics on the cards were classical authors like Twain, Alcott, Dickens, Shakespeare and a few others. 4 of each author’s most famous works were listed below their pictures so you couldn’t help but learn those titles for each author. The other kind of weird game for kids was Park and Shop. This board game was covered with shops like the Butcher, Tailor, Hay Grain & Feed store, and the one I remember the most, the HABERDASHERY! Really…..what 7 year old knows that word and its meaning! Throwing the dice got you moving around the board completing your shopping list. We played this one a LOT! Guess it might have been like a version of Monopoly! Playing games is a great way to learn a new skill such as math facts, vocabulary or High Frequency words. We LOVE to engage our students with a variety of learning games. Below are 6 of our most popular formats.

Game 1 – SWIPE

Swipe uses cards with any type of phonic or word skill that needs practicing. Our game below features Vowel Digraphs. A player turns over the top card and reads the word below the Snowman graphic. Play passes to the next player who turns and reads the next card. Play continues until a SWIPE card is turned over. That player can take a card from any other player! Play continues until the “SUN” card is turned and the game ends…because the sun would melt all the snowmen! The player with the most cards wins! We offer this game in a lot of different themes- bats, insects, sports, trolls etc. All come with EDITABLE cards so ANY words can be added. Check out SNOWMAN SWIPE!

Game 2 – TRICKY

Tricky is one of our students FAVORITE games! Again, we offer it in a variety of themes. Tricky involves taking a bit of a risk. Players turn over cards one at a time and read them. Hidden in the deck are several TRICKY cards. Players must decide whether to risk the cards just read and continue to draw and read words. If a TRICKY card shows up they lose the cards drawn on that turn. It’s fun to see which of your students are the risktakers and which ones are more cautious! Play continues until all cards have been played. Again the player with the most cards wins! EDITABLE cards are available with these games too. You will LOVE this Tricky game too! TRICKY SNOWBIRDIES

Game 3 – Path Games

Path games can be a lot of fun. Play is determined by the roll of a die so everyone has an equal chance to win! Cards with high frequency words are turned over and read after player has rolled and moved that many spaces. If a child can’t read the word an adult or more capable student helps them. The goal of a learning game is to learn and no one is penalized for not knowing something yet! It’s not an enjoyable experience to play something too hard…so we provide a bit of support. EDITABLE cards again are provided so you can customize the cards to suit the level of your students. Just run the cards on different colors of card stock or paper and differentiate the levels that way. SNOWBALL FUN

Game 4 – BUMPER

We modeled this game after the popular math game BUMP. Using word cards or a word spinner, players place unifix cubes on the words they draw. If another player turns over a word with an opponent’s cube on it they can BUMP them off! This is done is a joyful manner so no feelings are hurt. Children love to BUMP each other’s cubes off time and time again. Of course they must read the words each time so lots of exposure to those high frequency words takes place! EDITABLE Mats, cards and Spinners are included. Storage labels are used to organize each of the games with their “parts”. READY, SET, SNOW BUMPER

Game 5 – Roll and Cover

This is an easy prep game. 6 words are printed on both colored or Black & white mats. Dice are shown above each column. A die is rolled and players move their cubes or other “cover-ups” up to the top of the column of the number rolled and read the word. Keep going until a player reaches the top of a column. Clear the board and play again or switch to another of the 6 mats with 6 new words! EDITABLE mats are provided. WINTER ROLL & COVER

Game 6 – CVC Roll & Read

Build some CVC words and determine if they made a REAL or not! Players roll a die 3 times recording a consonant from the first, then a vowel from the second, and finally the last consonant from the third column. They use the recording sheet and then read the word. Now it’s time to determine if it formed a real word! Circle YES or NO. This is fun because our littles don’t always know what words are real! This game fits perfectly with the Science of reading CVC words. There are NO EDITABLE mats with this as we strategically placed all the consonants and vowels on the cards so that no “naughty” words would ever be formed! There are 4 different mats with each game and we have this format in LOTS and LOTS of different themes! SNOWBALLS ROLL & READ

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Hope you are enjoying a white winter wonderland or a warm weather winter depending on your location! Happy January!

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January can be a long, cold month with a lot of inside recesses….well, for most of the country anyway! A fun new thematic unit of study is just what you need to spark the learning! We LOVE learning about Arctic Animals! One fun fact about the Snowy Owl is it is the heaviest of all Owl species in North America due to the abundance of feathers it has to help keep it warm! How’s that for some Arctic Trivia……in case you ever need it? Now go check out the resources we’ve created!

Non-fiction Beginning Readers – 4 Arctic Animals

The animals included in this set of Beginning Readers are the Snowy Owl, Arctic Fox, Polar Bear and Reindeer! These readers have:
*Strong picture support *Controlled text *Familiar Concepts *Natural language *Wider spacing between words *Large print that is limited on a page There are 2 versions of each book – one with engaging photographs and the other one has B/W clipart so it can be easily printed and sent home. Lots of Interactive printables and information about these animals will help your students build knowledge. ARCTIC ANIMALS BUNDLE of Beginning Readers If you only want to study one of these animals you can purchase any of them as separate packets. Snowy Owl Arctic Fox Polar Bear Reindeer.

Polar Bear Poem/Song

This fun song is sung to the tune The Itsy Bitsy Spider. There is a mini-movie that shows the pages of the book turning as we sing the lyrics. Your students will be singing along in no time! Some interactive printables are included to extend the learning. It’s a DOLLAR DEAL! Grab our POLAR BEAR SONG!

Polar Bear No Prep Reader

Polar bears are pretty cool and this set of 3 NO Prep readers are just what your student will love to read! Simply fold each one page booklet to create a little booklet. Included are 3 interactives, one for each book. Informational text about polar bears will provide background knowledge and spark discussion. Polar Bear Begining Reader

Read about Reindeer FREEBIE

This beginning reader has all the same resources as the set of readers featured above but includes just the one beginning level of text. Check out this freebie to discover how well this will work with your students. This Beginning Reader targets key sight and high frequency words. It comes with engaging interactive printable activities in B/W.  REINDEER BEGINNING READER

Right now all our WINTER and PENGUIN products are on sale for 20% off! Visit our TPT store soon! and stay warm out there!

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Christmas is fast approaching but there’s still time for some learning fun in those busy classrooms! Check out these easy to prep and fun to use resources!

Time for a Christmas Song….and movement

Want a fun song that will get the wiggles out of your students as vacation is coming nearer? This is just what you need. Sung to the tune JIngle Bells with new lyrics your students will be snapping, clapping and turning around with every verse! JINGLE BELL BOP SONG. There is a Short E Bingo game with ready to print and play game boards for 8 players. A great learning center activity!

Still time to read! No Prep Readers

Grab these easy one-page fold and read booklets and add some reading fun with a new one every day for 2 weeks! These 10 No prep readers are just right for getting more reading practice in before school breaks for the holidays! NO PREP CHRISTMAS READERS

1-2 Christmas For You

This fun packet has several resources that will add learning…and fun…to your classroom. There is a Shared Reading book with an innovation of the familiar 1-2 Buckle My Shoe. 2 different beginning readers (in color & b/w) and 3 POPULAR Math BUMP games are included as well as several other activities. Check it out by clicking 1-2 CHRISTMAS FOR YOU!

Free Ready to Print and Play Path Game

Just print this game in color and cut out the OP Family Word Game – Santa’s Workshop Surprise and it’s ready to play tomorrow! Students roll a die, move that many spaces, and read the “OP” family word oh that space. If they roll a six they turn over a card and move ahead or back 1 or 2 spaces according to the card. First player to reach Santa’s sleigh WINS! The black and white version can be sent home with a parent directions page! Easy no stress homework!

We certainly hope you are enjoying many festive activities, books, crafts and learning games with your students this month! We wish you many happy moments and a restful well deserved vacation!

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Music does more than just delight and entertain us. It can build connections in the brain, introduce and develop new vocabulary, promote emotional intelligence and so much more. Moving to a simple tune makes learning fun while stimulating several areas of the brain all at the same time. As teachers we know young children need to move their little bodies a LOT throughout the day!
Children immersed in music build reasoning and problem solving abilities. Keeping a simple beat by clapping or using a small percussion instrument develops the sense of pattern and focus. There is a lot of brain research that supports using music with young children to develop essential skills. New vocabulary can be learned in the context of a song. How many of you can still sing “Frere Jacques” and were curious to learn the English translation to those lyrics? We probably all know the French word of brother because of this simple song learned as a child.

The brain remembers so much more when connected to music. I can remember all 50 state names because I taught my 3rd graders a song! All 50!!! I amaze (and probably bore) my friends when I burst into that 50 state song! But it does prove the point, music helps the memory!

We LOVE to use music and movement in our classrooms. We write what we call “singables” using familiar tunes but with new lyrics. Here are a few of our Thanksgiving singables our students enjoy!!

A Turkey Named Fred

A Turkey Named Fred is easily sung to the tune I’m a Little Teapot. That’s because the song comes with a mini-movie where the pages of the book turn as we sing the lyrics. Just show this a few times and your students will be singing along! Stick puppets are included and so easy to prep. Cut them out, tape a tongue depressor on the back, and place them in the hands of even the most reluctant child. They will stand in front of their classmates as they sing the song. Holding a puppet gives them reason to be in front of the class even if they are too shy to sing along yet. A Turkey Named Fred

Five Little Turkeys

Here is another singable, Five Little Turkeys, with some cute stick puppets. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is the tune and again there is a Shared Reading book with a Mini-movie to help students learn the lyrics. Five Little Turkeys

My Colorful Feast

Need to review some color words? My Colorful Feast uses the tune The Itsy Bitsy Spider and again has the large picture book, a mini-movie, pocket chart cards, a take-home booklet and a few interactive printables to extend the learning. My Colorful Feast

FREE Singable – I’m a Little Turkey

This FREE singable is also sung to the tune I’m a Little Teapot. There are song charts in both color and black & white, pocket chart cards, a writing paper, and 5 stick puppets. Download I’m a Little Turkey and enjoy singing it today!

If you love singing with your students and need some fun songs like these, please consider following our TeachersPayTeachers store JK SIngables. You will find lots of songs to use in your classroom!

It is amazing how quickly fall is flying by! Can you believe its the middle of November and Thanksgiving is just around the corner? We hope you have a fabulous colorful Thanksgiving feast with family and friends. Stuffing or dressing? What does your family call it?

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Do Spiders Dance?

It is fairly well known that honeybees do a special dance outside their hive to tell the other bees that a new field of flowers has been found! How they do that is a complete mystery to me! I got to thinking about spiders and asked myself, “Do spiders dance?” Well, thanks to the internet that question will not go unanswered!

Come to find out there are a few kinds of jumping spiders who do dance, mostly to attract a mate! Peacock spiders (appropriately named, I think) do a spectacular dance that a helps a discerning female tell which of these “dancers” possess the best physical qualities that will result in some strong offspring.

Spiders are truly AMAZING to learn about. We love studying them with our students and have created some great SPIDER products ! Click this LINK to see them all at our TPT store.

All About Spiders

This 70-page packet is all you need to teach a Spider unit! It comes loaded with a Shared reading book, informational text, photos, Beginning Readers Interactive printables, a vocabulary chart and themed writing paper and more. Try out a sample of this product (see below). Find the complete product HERE.

Non-fiction Beginning Readers – Spiders

Need more guided reading books to provide that “just right” level of text? Here is our set of 8 readers that focus on spiders. There are both colored and black/white versions, lots of interactive printables that extend the learning, teaching charts, and information to build background knowledge. Your students will LOVE reading these books that promote natural language, use predictable text and have great illustrations. Non-Fiction Spider Readers

Spider Songs

Here are 2 very familiar Spider songs that we have used as a basis for teaching some literacy skills. There are poem/song charts with pocket chart cards that illustrate each line, 2 No Prep Readers, some photographs that illustrate The Itsy Bitsy Spider and a fun game to help teach the most important high- frequency word ever…THE! SPIDER SONGS and ACTIVITIES

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This free download is a mini-sampler of the larger product called “All About Spiders”. This sampler has a beginning reader featuring the lyrics of the song, 2 of the 6 beautiful photograph cards, and some of the Interactive printables that are part of the whole product. Download the FREE Spider Sampler here. FInd the full product – ALL ABOUT SPIDERS at our TPT store.

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Leaves Are Falling Song and Activities

Don’t you just LOVE all the fall colors? The Northeastern states are always packed with visitors looking to catch the peak color of the changing trees. I grew up in Michigan and have to admit I miss seeing the trees turn those brilliant colors…but hated the bare limbed trees….Don’t miss all the raking though!

We wrote a song about falling leaves. Easily sung to the tune Are You Sleeping? AKA Frere Jacques, it comes loaded with Beginning readers and a path games with word cards (with EDITABLE cards so any words can be added). Themed writing paper, Math BUMP games and math practice sheets are also provided. Check out this wonderful addition to your Fall-themed studies! Leaves Are Falling

Fun BUMPER Game…played just like Math BUMP but with words!

This MOST popular game is one our students LOVE to play! Choose one of the 4 mats and either the cards or the Word Spinner. A player places one of their 10 Unifix cubes on the mat matching the word they just turned over. Play passes to the next player. They turn over a card (or spin the word spinner) and place their cube on their word. Once a player turns over a word that has the opponent’s cube on it they get to BUMP that cube off and place their cube there. Students LOVE to BUMP…..all in good fun, of course! When a player gets a word that has THEIR cube on it, they add a second cube and “Lock” that space. It can never be bumped off. Play continues until one player has placed all of their 10 cubes on the game mat. Children beg to play this again and again. FALL FRIENDS BUMPER

Non-fiction Beginning Reader- Leaves

Can you EVER have enough reading books for your students at that “just right” level? Our readers come in two levels of difficulty AND have supportive Interactive printables to extend the learning. Teaching charts and informational text is included to build background knowledge before or after reading the text. FInd these Leaves Readers HERE. A COMPLETE set of readers focus on 4 additional fall themes: Apples, Crows, Pumpkins, and Scarecrows. FALL Beginning Readers

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This is an BONUS packet of 2 No Prep Readers that goes with the complete set of Fall-themed No Prep Readers. Find this FREEBIE HERE.

Here is the COMPLETE set of 10 more Fall themed NO Prep Readers.

Here’s to a Happy colorful fall!

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Don’t know about you but our Kindergartners and even some 1st graders have trouble identifying and forming teen numbers. I think this is partly because most of those numbers have “unhelpful” names like eleven and twelve and the others are said “backwards” from the way they are written…like seventeen 17 and nineteen 19. And whose idea was it to come up with thirteen and fifteen as names? I often would say “three-teen” and “five-teen” when we would count just to clarify those numbers for the students who might be a little confused! You often will hear the teen numbers described as TRICKY TEENS!! No kidding!

Teen Frame Math

We LOVE to use themes in our classrooms and PIRATES were always a hit with both our boys and our girls. Here is a peek into all the resources that come with this PIRATE Themed TEEN PACKET! First there are Number Building Mats Students turn over two of the provided cards and determine what number from 1-20 was formed, Then they place the correct number card on the mat in the small box. This activity works well with a small group of students in a Math center.

Another version has the ten-frame card already showing on the mat. Students turn over a single digit ten-frame number to determine what complete number was formed. This version helps emphasize the numerical value of the numbers….they are 10 PLUS a single digit.

Math Games- BUMP and BINGO

What better way to practice a new skill than with a game! The popular BUMP game is so much fun. In our version, a student turns over a card and place it next to the TEN FRAME already printed on the mat. They turn over a smaller single digit card and identify the number they formed. They place their “cover-Up” (we use Unifix cubes) on that number. The other player continues in the same way. Play continues back and forth. Now the fun really begins! When a player forms a number with a cover-up already on it If the number formed has the opponent’s cube on it this player gets to “BUMP” it off and places their cube in its place. If it has their own colored cube then they place a second cube on top and now that number is “frozen” and can”t be bumped off! The bumping and freezing continues until one player has placed all 10 of their cubes. WINNER! Students LOVE this game!

Nine BIngo boards are provided and is played the traditional way. A caller selects one or the provided cards, shows it to the players, and they cover up that teen number on their board. All 9 cards have the same 9 numbers but in different positions on their boards. The same TEN FRAMES cards from the “building mats seen above are used to determine the “called out” number. Small Pirate cover-ups are provided.

Pirate Practice Worksheets

This packet is LOADED with practice worksheets. A variety of formats allow students to hone their skills with identifying and forming teen numbers in many different ways. When your students have completed these they will know those tricky teen numbers!

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Did you know that “National Talk Like a Pirate Day” is September 19th? Click the title to read all about it and its origins. Soooo much fun! Want to do a whole week…or month with a Pirate theme? We have songs, beginning readers, literacy activities, and other math resources all using a Pirate theme. Click PIRATE PRODUCTS to view them all.

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Learning the Alphabet Letters and Sounds

Learning all the letter names and the sounds they make is a primary skill usually taught early in the school year in Kindergarten (although sometimes introduced in a Pre-K or Transitional Kindergarten class). With only 26 letters to learn this should be a pretty easy task. Thankfully about half of the letter are fairly easy to memorize because their “sound” is closely related to their letter name. Examples are T (tuh), M (mmm), and P(puh)! Then there are those outrageous ones like H (huh) and W (wuh) and of course the C which says (kuh) and the G…not (Juh) but (GUH)….well, mostly in the CVC words that Kinders typically learn to decode first. Kind of confusing for a few of our kiddos!!

How do we go about teaching these 26 letters so they are memorized quickly without taking 26 weeks (think Letter of the Week) and the process of actually using the letters and sounds can begin? 26 weeks is almost the whole school year where there are about 30 weeks of school in most districts! Here is one product we created to help speed up this learning. Many different components reinforce the letter names and their sounds. Consistent ANCHOR pictures goes with each letter. These same pictures are used throughout all the activities so there is little confusion! 5 different types of interactive printables are included to provide lots of practice with the letters. Large teaching cards and anchor charts are also provided. This is a valuable resource that can supplement a district adopted reading curriculum easily. Find it HERE at our TPT store.

Need another ALPHABET song besides the traditional ABC song?

Are you tired of the oh so familiar ABC song? Well we were also….. sooooo we created this new song. It both introduces the letter name AND associates it with an anchor picture that clearly starts with that sound. The tune is Mary Had a Little Lamb and is so easy to learn. There are colorful pictures to go with every letter and interactive printables in 2 layouts. Students can personlize their papers with the letter starting their name or the letter of a favorite family member, toy, food, etc. Find I LIke Letters here.

Popular Center Activities for you to try

Our best selling products are a hit with many students. Included are interactive mats and cards to use in a learning center, Interactive handwriting and matching worksheets and a path game. ABC Race Cars will have your students will racing the lower case letter cars to the finish line that has the matching CAPITAL letter. Kids LOVE this one!

Comments from some teachers about these products!

“Such a cute way to help them learn the skill so that they are having fun at the same time.”

“Another fabulous unit!!! These will be perfect to use in my Kindergarten! This one is so cool to motivate learning the alphabet! Thank you!!!”

ABC Outer Space has students flying space monsters to match their spaceships. Again interactive printables and a path game are included.

Fly your lower case letter airplane to the matching UPPER case runway in this engaging center. Like the two other products above there are loads of supportive activities and path game. Click ABC Flyers.

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Hope you enjoy the remaining days of summer break and have a great start to a new school year!!!!

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Maybe you’re lucky enough to live near an aquarium where you could take your class on a field trip. I’ve been to the Monterey Aquarium in California and would have loved to take my class there…but alas, it was just a bit too far away. Hey, with all the content on the internet you can actually take a Virtual field trip to the ocean! Check out these! Zoo Tours: Monterey Bay Aquarium  or KidVision Field Trip

Adding a new theme- Oceans!

Thinking about adding an Ocean unit of study to your 1st or 2nd grade classroom? Well, you should and this 145-page Ocean Packet will provide the base of everything you need to kick it off! Loaded with informational text about whales, dolphins, sea lions, lobsters, jellyfish and soo much more your students will be engaged by the text we wrote specifically to teach them fascinating facts about sea life! There are body part charts of lobsters and crabs. The life cycle of a Hermit crab or the Food chain of the Orca with interactive printables will have your students applying the information they learned in many different forms. There is a big section where the concept of Fact vs. Opinion is practiced in a variety of ways so your students wil begin to understand the difference. So many helpful activities are included you’ll jusr have to check out the extensive Outrageous Ocean Life product and Preview.

Here are a few comments from teachers who have used this product.

“What a comprehensive packet. This has everything I need to do an ocean study with my kiddos. Love the manatees! I really like the fact and opinion pages. It will give my students great practice.”

“Thanks for this product! This has been a wonderful addition to my ocean unit. A great resource for my special education students. The kids enjoy this and will continue using it. This is a time-saving resource that has helped my students catch up on skills they have missed. I would recommend it.”

Kindergarten Packet for Ocean Study

Need something for your Kindergarten classroom to kick start your Ocean study? This packet starts with an innovation of the familiar “1, 2, Buckle My Shoe” but is Ocean themed! Beginning Readers, games, writing papers, pocket chart cards, and even Math practice pages are included. Check out “1-2 An Ocean For You” !

Tricky Sharks Game

This is our MOST popular gsme format for practicing High Frequency words. We’ve even included cards with “AR” and EDITABLE word cards so you can customize them to fit the needs of your students! If you need to learn how to play Tricky Sharks just check out our FREE game packet that has a video tutorial on how to play this fun game. Download the free Tricky Robots game there too and try it with your students!

No Prep Readers

Here are some easy No-prep Readers for Kindergartners or beginning 1st graders. Simply print the page, fold, and it’s ready to read. Each of the twelve booklets come with an interactive printable to extend the learning. Click No Prep Ocean Readers to view it at our TPT store.

Time for a FREEBIE!

Here is a fun little poem we wrote about ocean life in the sea! Included is a poem chart in color and B/W, directions on adding movements to each sea animal, a vocabulary chart, writing templates and photographs of the ocean critters written about in the poem. Find it here on our FREE Resources page! (Lots of other freebies are there too!) Check them out!

Take a deep dive and add an ocean theme to your classroom this coming school year! You’ll be glad you did!

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