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1st Grade Word Work | Editable Sight Word Activities & Spelling Word Games

By Jodi Southard

Help your students master sight words, spelling words and even word families with these EDITABLE word work activities! These 1st grade word work activities and sight word games allow you to use ANY words that you would like your students to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RF.1.3, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3g

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Reading Fluency Sentences | Fluency Sentence Trees | Sight Word Practice Bundle

By Jodi Southard

Do your students struggle with reading fluency? Help them increase their fluency with these reading fluency sentences cards bundle. These sentence tree cards are perfect for beginning readers to practice reading and increase their reading fluency!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

$16.00

267

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Ou Ow Diphthong Activity

By Jodi Southard

This fun and engaging lesson is wonderful to use when you are teaching the vowel pattern, ou/ow. Students will have to find clues and make predictions about what happened to their teacher. The clues have many ou and ow words. This lesson will

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RF.1.3, RF.1.3c

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Daily Dictation Sentences | Phonics & Writing Practice

By Jodi Southard

Dictation sentences are one of the best ways for students to show that they have a true understanding of their phonics skills. Each day, you will read aloud focus words and a dictation sentence for students to write in their notebooks. This gives

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

CCSS:

RF.1.1, RF.1.1a, RF.1.3, RF.1.3a, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c, RF.1.3g

$6.50

110

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1st Grade Phonics Booklets

By Jodi Southard

Want a fun and engaging way to review phonics skills each week? These phonics booklets are the perfect way to add additional phonics practice and review to your classroom. This set of 27 phonics booklets are jam-packed with phonics activities.

Subjects:

Reading, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Homework, Printables

$10.50

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Reading Fluency - The Ultimate Bundle

By Jodi Southard

This 5-Step Fluency (The Ultimate Bundle) includes 7 5-Step Fluency products to meet all the needs of your students. Students love using this unique format because they get repeated practice, but in a fun and engaging way. You will find the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Homework, Printables

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RF.1.4, RF.1.4a, RF.1.4b

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$55.00

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Phonics Fluency Mats for Beginning Readers

By Jodi Southard

If you teach beginning readers, these Phonics Mats are a MUST-HAVE in your classroom! Beginning readers need a lot of phonics practice in order to break the code of reading. Students will have to strictly rely on their phonetic skills to read each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

$5.25

288

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Phonics Newsletters | Parent Communication Tool | Homework

By Jodi Southard

Do you need a better way to communicate with parents about what their child is learning at school? These Phonics Newsletters are the perfect home-to-school connection. Each informational newsletter includes an explanation of the phonics skill and

Subjects:

Reading, Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Homework, Printables, For Parents

CCSS:

RF.1.3, RF.1.3a, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c

$6.50

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Decodable Word List Phonics Bookmarks

By Jodi Southard

These Decodable Bookmarks are perfect for building reading fluency with phonics skills. Each bookmarks contains numerous words to go along with an explicit phonics/decodable skill. These are great for extra practice at the end of phonics lessons,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Centers

$3.00

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Phonics Based Poems

By Jodi Southard

This set of phonics based poems includes 70 poems covering the following phonics skills:short vowelslong vowelsblendsdigraphsdiphthongssoft c & gEach poems allows students to highlight or circle the phonics skill, and then write a sentence about

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables

$8.00

484

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Reading Warm Ups Bundle

By Jodi Southard

Warm Up Cards are a great way to review phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, grammar, and fluency skills in a small group setting. Simply print and laminate these cards. Place on a ring, and use them as a quick warm up at your guided reading

Subjects:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RF.1.1a, RF.1.2, RF.1.2a, RF.1.2b, RF.1.2c, RF.1.3, RF.1.3a, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c, RF.1.3g, RF.1.4a...

$18.00

$15.00

259

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Phonics Color by Code

By Jodi Southard

Phonics Color by Code sheets are a fun way to reinforce your weekly phonics lessons. Students will follow the phonics skill on the page to color their picture correctly. These are always a big hit in the classroom.What does this product

Subjects:

Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.3, RF.1.3, RF.1.3a, RF.1.3b, RF.1.3c

$6.75

304

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Phonics Fluency Passages for 1st Grade {The Bundle}

By Jodi Southard

These phonics based fluency passages are perfect for working on phonics skills while practicing fluency. Each passage allows for students to circle or highlight words, write words, and use the words in a sentence to practice each phonics skill.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Printables

$22.40

$18.00

357

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Phonics Tic Tac Toe Games

By Jodi Southard

This set of 25 Phonics Based Tic Tac Toe games makes practicing phonics skills fun. The students will play like the traditional Tic Tac Toe game, but each player will have to read the word or name the sound in the picture before placing their X or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Games

$4.50

252

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Fluency Folders - Phonics Based Fluency Practice

By Jodi Southard

Reading fluency is an important skill for all students, even children just learning the alphabet and letter sounds. This Phonics-Based Fluency Folder allows students to feel successful with reading, since they are practicing with decodable passages

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Homework, Printables, Centers

$16.50

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CVC Sound and Word Fluency Task Cards | Phonics Practice | Science of Reading

By Jodi Southard

Do your students still struggle to read CVC words fluently? These CVC Sound and Word Fluency Cards are a fun and effective way to have students practice their letter sounds by blending the sounds together and reading words more fluently. These

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

$3.25

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Au Aw Word Work Activities

By Jodi Southard

Word Work with Au and Aw This word work packet is perfect for practicing with the vowel variants au & aw words. In this packet you will find: Read the Room Activities Color and Write Roll, Find, and Highlight Spin and Color Color by Word

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$4.25

197

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Phonics Practice

By Jodi Southard

This 5-Step approach to phonics fluency makes learning and practicing phonics fun. It is an engaging and effective way to practice phonics skills in isolation and in context. This 5-Step Phonics packet includes 28 phonics skills. Students will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Printables

CCSS:

RF.1.4, RF.1.4a, RF.1.4b

$6.50

247

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Blends {l blends, r blends & s blends} - Word Work Activities

By Jodi Southard

This word work packet is perfect for practicing with blends. In this packet you will find the following activities for l blends, r blends, and s blends.Read the Room ActivityColor and WriteRoll, Find, and HighlightSpin and ColorColor by Word

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.00

188

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Kindergarten 1st Grade Reading Comprehension Decodable Phonics Passages & Boom

By Jodi Southard

These kindergarten and 1st grade reading comprehension passages are perfect for beginning readers! The decodable phonics passages are the perfect way for kindergarten and 1st grade students to work on their phonics skills and their reading

Subjects:

Reading, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Internet Activities, Printables, Centers

$15.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

My name is Jodi Southard, and I have been a classroom teacher for the past 20 years. I began by teaching K-5 Art for two years before becoming a classroom teacher. I have taught both 1st and 3rd grade, but my heart is definitely in 1st. I began my teaching blog, www.funinfirst.com, in 2010 and started creating educational resources for teachers shortly after. I absolutely love researching and developing educational products that work well in the classroom. I strive to make learning fun, practical, and rigorous for all students. Still being in the classroom every day allows me to fully understand today's students' needs.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in getting my children involved as much as possible with their learning. I want learning to be exciting and for children to love coming to school. My classroom environment is welcoming and nurturing and includes participation and hands-on involvement.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

-"Make a Difference" Award Winner from WTHI-TV -Deming Elementary Teacher of the Year -Vigo County School Corporation Teacher of the Year

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelors in Elementary Education - Indiana State University Masters in Elementary Education - Indiana Wesleyan

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Numbers, Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Health, Other (Specialty), Other (Social Studies), Critical Thinking, Classroom Management, Professional Development, School Counseling, Character Education, Word Problems, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community