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20 March 2014

Kindergarten Planets



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18 March 2014

The Ocean: Teach Thematically!




Whether you live near the ocean or not, your students will love learning about it! The ocean is full of many wonders. With books, pictures, and/or hands-on artifacts you can grab your students attention and interest.

As your students investigate the ocean materials, you can play math and reading ocean-related games. Use the theme to develop writing skills. Read books,  fiction, non fiction, and guided readers, to learn more about the ocean as well as to practice reading. Sing songs, design a fish, and make a wave bottle to round out this unit.

The ocean and all that is in it will fascinate your students! For games, directions and other materials, check out our Ocean Thematic Unit: Strategically linked to Common Core Standards.




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17 March 2014

Homework for Kindergartners



Did you know that homework could have a negative impact on learning? Homework often bores or frustrates students and can result in a loss of interest and motivation to learn. 

What’s the solution to this homework dilemma? Choose homework that is short, fun, and interesting to students. Games are ideal! With games parents can help their children with letter recognition, sound identification, rhyming, blending, segmenting, decoding, sight words, etc. Most students willingly play the games more than once so they get extra practice with the assigned skill. Most parents enjoy a game approach to homework because they help their children, have fun with them, and keep current with the skills being taught at school.


If you’re looking for an easy homework solution, check out our monthly homework packets. Each packet features literacy and math games that are aligned to the Common Core. In addition, a version with Spanish directions is included with each packet. Make homework a positive and fun experience for your students!

Following are contents of our Kindergarten Packets. We also have Pre-K and 1st Grade packets available.



January Homework Contents
Table of Contents:
The Snowman A guided reading book
Snowy Lotto An alphabet game
Winter Delivery A sight word activity
Color Match Snowmen A color word activity
A Winter Wonderland A blending game
Snowflake Swirl A Counting activity
Snowman Clock A math activity
January Calendar A number handwriting activity

February Homework Contents
Table of Contents:
Little Valentines A guided reading book
Heart Bingo & Flash Hearts Sight word activities
Don’t Break My Heart A word segmenting game
My Valentines Using valentines to extend learning
Dragon Dance Alphabet Sound Fluency
Number Games Math Activities
February Calendar A number handwriting activity

March Homework Contents
Table of Contents:
Out in Space A guided reading book
Mr. Spaceman Conventions of Print
Letter Blast Off Alphabet Letter Sound Naming Automaticity
Race Through Space Alphabet Letter Naming Automaticity
Skip Counting Counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s
Alien Planet Segment Words into Individual Phonemes
Decode it-Defeat it Reading CVC Words
Alien Snap Counting From any Given Number

April Homework Contents
Table of Contents:
The Pond A guided reading book
Slithering Snakes Alphabet sound fluency
Frogger A decoding game
Turtle Lotto A sight word game
Family of Ducks Word families
April Calendar A number handwriting activity
Frog Eggs Composing numbers
Easter Egg Delivers Plus and minus

May Homework Contents
Table of Contents
The Jungle A decodable, sightword reader
Roar! A decoding game
Safari Sights A sight word game
The Jungle A writing activity
Around the Zoo A comprehension activity
At the Zoo An addition game
Gorillas in Cages A subtraction game

June Homework Contents
Table of Contents
Capture the Butterfly A word family game
Mosquito Slap A sightword game
Flower Garden A sentence game
I Can be a Scientist A sightword reader
Lilypad Leap A number line game
Ladybug Addition An addition activity
Dragonfly Subtraction A subtraction activity
Across the Curriculum A collection of fun learning activities

July Homework Contents
Table of Contents
The Beach A sightword reader
Sand Castles A sightword game
Summer Celebrations A sentence game
Diving for Letters Alphabet recognition game
Shell Addition An addition game
Beach Ball Subtraction A subtraction activity
The Number Swim Writing Numbers


August Homework Contents
Table of Contents
Rhyme Book A book of rhymes
My ABC’s An ABC activity
Ride to the Park A color recognition game
The Shape of Things A shape recognition game
Number Flashcards A number recognition activity
Name Writing A handwriting activity
All about ME A classroom community building activity

September Homework Contents
Table of Contents
The Game Sightword reader
Football Flashcards A capital letter review
Kick off ABC Game An alphabet game
Name Cheer A letter recognition activity
Football Rhymes A rhyming game
The Team A number game
Huddle Up A number activity

October Homework Contents
Table of Contents
Haunted House A syllable game
Boo to You An alphabet game
Spider Race An alphabet activity
Monster Cookies Beginning sound activity
Dark Woods Math A number game
No Tricks, Just Treats A sort and graph activity

November Homework Contents
Table of Contents
My Bear A sightword reader
Time to Hibernate An alphabet game
Star Gazing A letter sound game
A Walk in the Woods An ending sounds game
Letter Trace A handwriting activity
Bear Math Various math activities
Number Bears A flashcard activity

December Homework Contents
Table of Contents
Christmas Time A sightword reader
Christmas Tree ABC An alphabet game
To the North Pole A rhyming game
Christmas Sounds A phonemic isolation game
Sound Train Alphabet Sound Fluency
Christmas Memory A number game
Letter Cookies A handwriting activity

Fall Intervention Homework Contents (Spanish Version also included)
Table of Contents
I like Books A guided reader
Alphabet Flashcards An alphabet activity
Capital Shake An alphabet game
My Letters A letter fluency activity
Beginning Sound Isolation Beginning sound game
A-Z Handwriting Handwriting
Number Practice A math activity

Winter Intervention Homework Contents (Spanish Version also included)
Table of Contents
Planes An alphabet sound game
Letter/Sound Fluency Practice sheets
Matching Middles A phonemic awareness activity
Find the Picture A blending and segmenting game
Handwriting Handwriting Practice
Sight Word Study A sight word activity
Color the Shape A math activity
Bingo 0-20 number recognition.

Spring Intervention Homework Contents 
Table of Contents
The Early Bird An Alphabet Fluency Game
The Hungry Lamb Sound Fluency
Rain Go Away A decoding game
Flower Garden A sightword activity
Bunny Hop A segmenting game
Word Riddles Phonemic awareness
Number Hunt Number recognition
Baby Lambs Addition




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12 March 2014

Space and Alien Thematic Units


Today we started our thematic units "Out in Space and Alien Planet" 
We had all sorts of fun learning opportunities.
















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07 March 2014

Word Family Interactive Little Books




Students love this interactive little books. Great reinforcement for rhyming words, words families, and CVC words.

This set includes: an, at, ap, et, ig and og
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06 March 2014

Kindergarten Sight Word Worksheets


This set of worksheets contain all 40 words from the Wonders Reading Program. Your students will cute, glue write, and draw. Great sight word practice for Common Core Standard: Literacy. RF.K.3c. Read common high-frequency words by sight.


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05 March 2014

Roll and Write CVC Words



Strategically teach Common Core Standard L.K.2d. as students practice writing CVC Words using these “Roll and Write” interactive worksheets. There is a worksheet for each short vowel sound.
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01 March 2014

March Math Worksheets

These great "March Themed" worksheets will enhance math concepts that are being taught to kindergartners in the Springtime of the school years. Yes! They are clearly labeled with Common Core Standards.



Contents are:
Pot of Gold: Less Than, Greater Than
Tricky Leprechaun +1
Tricky Leprechaun +2
Tricky Leprechaun +3
Catching Bugs: Decomposing Numbers
Cloud Shapes: Geometry
Raindrops: Decomposing Numbers using Algebraic Thought
Lamb and Lion: Decomposing Numbers and Probability
Racing Kites: Comparing Numbers and Writing The Difference

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