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I Can Read Simple Sentences NO PREP (Sampler)
Building FLUENCY and CONFIDENCE is such an important aspect in learning how to read. This I Can Read Simple Sentences NO PREP Sampler packet is from our I Can Read Simple Sentence BUNDLE! The hands-on and engaging activities included in this sampler packet will make reading and fluency into a GAME!
Here is what is included in this FREEBIE:
These pages are taken from Set 1:
*I Can Read it and Match it - Read the simple sentence, cut and paste to match the picture.
*Roll and Read Simple Senten
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K - 2nd
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Free Sequencing Stories
This set of 4 black and white sequencing stories are a sample from my Four Seasons Sequencing Set that includes 80 stories. These sequencing stories are great for targeting a variety of speech and language goals including auditory comprehension, story retell, sequencing information, answering questions, sentence structure and articulation in conversation. *NOTE: The pictures on the stories are in order to provide visuals for students as they read the story. The pictures are designed to be cut
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K - 3rd
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Silent E | FREE Silent E Reading Passages (All-in-One)
Silent E | FREE Silent E Reading Passages (All-in-One)Enjoy these new and FREE CVCe based reading passages that incorporate phonics, fluency and comprehension all at once! A cute journal cover is also included. =)These passages are related to (but not included in) my NEW All-in-One Reading Passage Bundle {Growing} SET TWO!...Or, you can find the original and BEST SELLING set here: All-in-One Reading Passage BundleYou can click here to see how I use these free stories in my primary classroom!⚠️
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K - 1st
Christmas Would You Rather Questions to Print FREEBIE! Fun Holiday Activity!
Here are 20 Fun Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. They can also be used for classroom polls or journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 Page with 20 Would You Rather QuestionsGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students loved this resource. I’m sure they weren’t even thinking
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1st - 8th
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FREE CVC Stories Reading passages CVC Words Sight Words Comprehension Fluency
These no prep stories will have your kindergarten and/or first grade students practicing so many reading skills. Each story uses CVC words and sight words to build student's fluency and comprehension. This listing is for FIVE FREE STORIES! ♥♥ NEED MORE CVC STORIES? ♥♥CLICK HERE FOR SET #1 CLICK HERE FOR SET #2CLICK HERE FOR SET #3CLICK HERE FOR SET #4⭐ SAVE WITH THE BUNDLE ⭐Purchase all four sets of these CVC stories in a money saving bundle!I read the story first, then we read it together c
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K - 2nd
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Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions with Poll FREEBIE
Here is a set of 20 Would you Rather Questions about Thanksgiving. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:List of all 20 Would You Rather ChoicesDIGITAL:Classroom PollGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students love this activity and shared with some others at home! with all the stressful things going on at this point in t
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1st - 8th
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FREE Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions - First Grade - Kindergarten
This reading passage with comprehension questions is FREE! Included are pre-reading activities and follow up reading and and writing activities too. Students are practicing fluency, comprehension, writing, vocabulary, sight words, illustrating and MORE!This is a FREE preview of my complete READ AND COMPREHEND unit. Included in the complete unit are 10 reading passages with coordinating activities. I like to use one topic per week. To learn more, please CLICK HEREI hope you love this resource
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K - 2nd
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FREE Halloween Would You Rather Questions Print, Easel, and Google Slides
Here is a set of 20 FREE Would you Rather Questions about Halloween. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts. What's Included:Print copy Easel Assessment (great for a class poll!)Easel Activity - digital activity that requires students write about why it's there favoriteGoogle Slides digital activity - more challenging for advanced technology users! The students move move around a flashlight to try and read the questions.Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,6th, 7th, or 8th g
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1st - 8th
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Executive Functioning Escape Room Activity
This free escape room activity is a puzzle challenge related to executive functioning skills. Students can work together or independently to solve a puzzle and discover the secret phrase to unlock the door and win the challenge in a specified amount of time. This escape room activity is ideal for small groups, advisory periods, morning work, resource rooms, or just for fun!Note that this is a free sample puzzle that includes only one challenge. If you are interested in more similar challenges pu
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4th - 8th
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Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson
Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they’ll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!This activity taps into students’ natural love of scary stori
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4th - 7th
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FREE Perspective Taking Scenarios! Social Skills for Middle & High School
This is a FREE, shortened sampler version of one of my most popular sellers!Your students will get perspective practice with these 9 task cards! Each card features a situation relatable to teens, where the student must identify 3x different perspectives of both characters. Regular education teachers, special education teachers, SLPs, or other support professionals could all benefit from using these task cards with their students. These cards are specifically designed for middle and high school
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8th - 12th
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Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer Template
Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer TemplateYou may use this template in any way that you wish. You can even use it in your commercial product as long as you credit Lovin Lit.The size of this plot diagram template was made to fit into a standard composition notebook when cut out along the perimeter. If you teach reading or literature in grades 4-8, please click Follow Me to be notified of freebies!I hope you find this plot diagram template useful.
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2nd - 12th
Maze Run Escape Room Logic Puzzle Game Challenge Activities Freebie Pack No Prep
Maze Run Escape Room Puzzles provide a fun brain boosting challenge for students. Great for School Party Activities, Puzzle Competitions, Extra Credit, Individual or Team Building Activities! These escape room games are designed to help exercise problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. It is a great way to keep the students busy and help build/improve essential skills. There are 4 Fun Unique Levels of the Maze Run to choose from. Each level is different and as the levels increase
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FREE 2nd-3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
This FREE resource includes two reading comprehension passages followed by a set of six questions and offered in 2 versions. VERSION 1 : The students will have to find the evidence in the textfor the multiple choice questions and underline it with different crayons.VERSION 2 : The students will answer the questions without findingthe evidence in the text (standard version).The students will have to:* read each text 3 times and color a star after each reading (to increase theirreading fluency)* a
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2nd - 3rd
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100 Character Traits Free Printable PDF List
100 Character Traits Free Printable List! This list is perfect for teaching students to identify character traits! It can also be used as an anchor chart or a reference list for interactive notebooks. SUPPORT CHARACTER ANALYSIS WITH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS! *This freebie is part of the larger Character Traits Graphic Organizers Bundle. Click here to preview the printable, editable, and digital Character Traits Graphic Organizers. INCLUDED WITH YOUR FREE DOWNLOAD:100 Character Traits PDF: An alphabet
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4th - 7th
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St. Patrick's Day Would You Rather Questions
Here are 20 Fun St. Patrick's Day themed Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. You can use them digitally with the Google Slides Version or you can print them to pass out to the students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. Teacher Tip: Share the digital version as a collaborative file with editing rights and your students can drag a gold coin to mark their choice.Use for discussion, classroom polls or journal prompts.You can get 200 Would
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1st - 8th
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Phonics Reading Passages for Fluency & Comprehension - Blends - FREE PREVIEW!
Practice fluency, comprehension and blends all in one!
THIS IS A PREVIEW OF MY PAID FILE FOUND HERE
Silly Stories to practice FLUENCY and COMPREHENSION!
Help your students practice their fluency, decoding and comprehension using these silly tongue-twisting stories.
These stories are focus and written with a variety of words each centered around the specific blend. The stories are fun, silly and engaging.
These stories contain more than just basic sight words and are best for (in my opinion)
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K - 2nd
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FREE! Common Core Mathematical Practices Classroom Posters
8 Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practices Classroom PostersRemind students of these valuable Math Practices with these colorful and simple legal-size posters. Each practice has a specially designed icon to help students not only remember the 8 Math Practices, but use them as well.You can print all 8 posters in color at your local office/print center on 8.5 x 14 white card stock for around $5-$6.You might also like:Tangram Fraction Task CardsIt Takes Two to TangramPattern Block Fraction
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K - 12th
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Making Inferences Role Play Activity
Students with language difficulties struggle to make inferences and draw conclusions when faced with text in the classroom and on tests. Teach them that these skills are actually things that they do everyday! Help them master the art of making inferences and drawing conclusions - exclusive of text - then they can grow from there! Take out your cell phone in language therapy, and role play (or have them role play) the phone conversations in this fun and funtional activity. Even do the different
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2nd - 7th
FREE Animals Mindfulness Mandala Coloring Pages, Kids Relaxing Printable Sheets
Introducing the "FREE Animals Mindfulness Mandala Coloring Pages" - a set of printable sheets designed to promote emotional well-being and improve concentration in children.These pages are perfect for teachers looking to introduce mindfulness practices into their classrooms, as they have been instrumental in helping students take a break from their daily routine and find some inner calm.The detailed designs incorporate various animals themed drawings that create hours of coloring fun for kids, w
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1st - 6th
Folktale Genres Poster Set FREEBIE! Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Fable, Myth, & Legend
Folktale Genres Poster Set FREEBIE! Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Legend, Fable, & Myth.This set was created with upper elementary and middle school ELA classrooms in mind.6 Poster Set for teaching the subgenres of Folktales: Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Legend, Fable, & Myth.You can buy the full set of 12 here: Fiction Genres Posters Set of 12Please check my TpT store for more reading and literature poster sets and other resources.
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1st - 9th
Thanksgiving Gratitude Worksheet FREEBIE - Print or Use with Digital Easel
Go beyond, "What are you thankful for?" with these fun worksheets. The first one asks children to think of things they are thankful for that meet specific criteria. The second has an ABC format.Not only do these questions facilitate flexible and fluent thinking, but they also get kids to think more deeply about all the things they have to be grateful for. This activity is a good one for Thanksgiving, but could be used at anytime of the year.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Gratitude WorksheetsDIGITAL:
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3rd - 8th
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FREE Kindergarten Reading Comprehension (Summer Edition)
FREE Summer Reading Comprehension For Beginning Readers
4 Free Emergent Reading Comprehension and Fluency Passages.
To see the full packet here:Summer Reading Comprehension - Beginning Readers
These reading comprehension passages are great for literacy centers, guided reading, homework and more!!
These READING COMPREHENSION AND FLUENCY PASSAGES will give your students confidence in reading.
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PreK - 1st
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Logic Puzzle FREEBIE
If you are wondering what a logic puzzle is, it is a puzzle where you use clues, a grid, and some deductive reasoning to figure out who matches with what, or what items go together. It is a great way to exercise your students' brains!Here is my blog post about the benefits of logic puzzles!Bringing Logic Back by Carrie Whitlock These would also be great early finisher work, early work, or even for a classroom center.If you want an even harder challenge, try my free "triple matrix" logic puzzle
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2nd - 5th
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