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Free 1st grade english language arts resources for SMART Notebook

Preview of Letter A Alphabet Smart Board Activities Letters Sounds Freebie

Letter A Alphabet Smart Board Activities Letters Sounds Freebie

Looking for a fun and interactive way to teach students to identify letters and beginning sounds? These activities will have your students singing and identifying their letters and sounds before you know it! This is a free preview of a larger bundle with all 26 letters included! To view this bundle click here!***This preview only includes activities for letter A!***Each letter is broken down into 5 days of mini lessons☆ Day 1: Introduce letter, video, circle the letter.☆ Day 2: video, sort pic
Preview of Boggle for the Smartboard

Boggle for the Smartboard

Created by
TeacherTastic
This is a Boggle game for the smartboard. Its FREE, all I ask is you leave feed back and/or a rating please! This has extra letter pieces and a colorful template. To create a new game board just rearrange the letters or add in some new ones which are provided. It also has a timer feature to add a little intensity and a word bank to allow students to share words they found with the class. Ways to use this: 1. Smartboard center during daily 5 or guided reading. 2. Early finishers activity. 3
Preview of FREE Adding -er and -est SmartBoard Lesson for Primary Grades

FREE Adding -er and -est SmartBoard Lesson for Primary Grades

Created by
Lisa Rombach
Teach your students about adding -er and -est to adjectives with my 17 page SmartBoard Lesson. The file includes a lesson plan, interactive pages (click and reveal, sound horns), links to videos that illustrate words with -er and -est and 2 printable posters to post in the classroom. Your first or second graders will have fun learning to use all kinds of adjectives with this lesson! Printable materials (pdf) included in the attachment tab for a write the room activity. Lisa RombachOther prod
Preview of Compare and Contrast Gingerbread Man Stories( Smart

Compare and Contrast Gingerbread Man Stories( Smart

Created by
Justin Staley
This is a smartboard slide show with venn diagrams to compare and contrast the gingerbread man with the gingerbread baby, gingerbread cowboy, and gingerbread girl.
Preview of Introduction to Cloud Types Interactive E-Book for Smartboard (Freebie!!)

Introduction to Cloud Types Interactive E-Book for Smartboard (Freebie!!)

Created by
A Turn to Learn
Introduce your students to clouds and how they are formed using this FREE non-fiction e-book! This Smart Notebook presentation has great information about clouds and fun interactive components to check for comprehension and allow students to demonstrate their knowledge on the topic! WHAT OTHER INTERACTIVE E-BOOKS ARE A PART OF THE SERIES? • Introduction to Cloud Types - FREE!!! • Cirrus Clouds • Cumulus Clouds • Stratus Clouds • Cumulonimbus Clouds • Cloud Types BUNDLE WHAT OTHER INTERACTIV
Preview of SMART Board Letter Writing Practice

SMART Board Letter Writing Practice

Created by
Shanni Fox
This SMART Board program draws each capital and lowercase letter using correct letter formation for the student to trace as it draws. Then it allows the student to practice tracing and forming the letter 3 more times on the SMART Board. My other product "Letter Writing Practice Handouts" goes along with this program. You can give the handouts to the class to practice on paper while one student at a time works at the SMART Board. Optional alternate letter formations are included for certain l
Preview of Summarizing by Sequencing graphic organizer

Summarizing by Sequencing graphic organizer

This graphic organizer can be used with nonfiction and fictional texts and connects sequencing events to writing. Smart Notebook format enables repetitive use, incorporates technology, encourages student involvement and increases student interest. Skills: Analyze text for signal words; Sequence events using signal words; Write a summary paragraph using sequenced details Can be used with main idea and detail lessons. Teaching Point: Good readers connect events as they read. They look for an
Preview of Phonemic Awareness SMART board Interactive Center, Game, Whole Group Activities

Phonemic Awareness SMART board Interactive Center, Game, Whole Group Activities

Created by
Matthew Bitner
Understanding that speech sounds can be segmented and blended is necessary to make connections between speech and print. To provide students with a more hands-on, visual, and "tangible" understanding of phonemic awareness, I have created a basic SMARTboard activity that is both teacher and student-friendly. Use this tool to: * Explicitly teach phonemic awareness concept/skills * Differentiate instruction * Engage students in the learning process * Implement phonemic awareness into student led c
Preview of FREE SMARTBOARD Sight Words and Interactive Mini Game - Sample

FREE SMARTBOARD Sight Words and Interactive Mini Game - Sample

Sight Words SmartBoard Activities - Flash Cards and Mini-Games: Here is a sample of my Sight Word Mini-Games for Your SmartBoard product. In this file you will find the first set of 'flash cards' and a SPLAT! mini-game which your students are sure to love. They get to throw a BALL at the SmartBoard!! Click below to see the full product listing (which includes 6 mini-games X10 sets of words) FULL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Here is a fun way to lear
Preview of Smartboard Interactive Word Sorts & "Pocket Chart"

Smartboard Interactive Word Sorts & "Pocket Chart"

Created by
Liv to Teach
This smartboard activity allows the children to practice sorting similar special sounds, begin identifying patterns, and start recognizing where they hear the sound in each words. Sorts include: Long A (ay, ai, a_e) Long E (ea, ee, e_e, -y) Long I (ie, i_e, igh, -y) Long O (oa, ow, o_e, oe) Long U (u_e, ue, ew, oo) R-Controlled (ir, ur, er, ar) (ou, ow) (oi, oy) Digraphs (ch, wh, th, sh) Pocket Chart has all sounds above, all letters, ed, ing, ng, aw, & tch Thanks for stopping by!! If you
Preview of Halloween Craft - Following Directions

Halloween Craft - Following Directions

This interactive SmartBoard craft lesson is a perfect Halloween craft for teaching your students to follow directions. After the students have followed all of your directions, they will have completed a spooky Halloween picture. The lesson comes complete with a teacher instructions page, a page of directions for your students that are linked to visual images of the directions, and finally a picture of the completed craft. Happy Teaching ~ Michelle Hanson
Preview of Valentine's Day Smartboard Party Games Lesson - Lessons

Valentine's Day Smartboard Party Games Lesson - Lessons

This 8-Page Interactive Smartboard Lesson has a wheel of fortune, tic tac toe, hangman, connect four, and sudoku games. The students come to the board to click, drag, and write the correct answer. Made by Smartboard Smarty. Valentine's Day smartboard lesson, Valentine's Day,Smartboard Party games, smartboard Valentine's day party, interactive smartboard lesson, smartboard lessons for Valentine's Day, Sudoku, Smartboard hangman, smartboard connect 4, Smartboard, language arts lessons for th
Preview of Special Education Morning Meeting Template

Special Education Morning Meeting Template

Created by
Amanda Ganelli
This Morning Meeting Template allows for students to discuss their schedule, the day, date, month, year, season, weather, temperature, and what the lunch menu will be while placing it in the new My Plate food categories. This is to be used with Smart Notebook Software so that students can interactively complete the sentences by writing on the board. Includes a link for students to look up the weather on www.weather.com. Students are able to fill in a graph compiling the weather forecasts for eac
Preview of Chrysanthemum Name Graph

Chrysanthemum Name Graph

Created by
Nellie's Niche
An interactive name graph for your students to compare the length of their name to their classmates.
Preview of Apples, Apples, Apples

Apples, Apples, Apples

"Apples, Apples, Apples" is an interactive SMARTNotebook file for the beginning of the year/autumn. This apple unit has: * counting songs * a "Ten Apples Up on Top" number activity * letter sorting * size and color sorting * patterning * learning about the parts of an apple * graphing about your favorite apple. There is also a slide that allows you to write in students' names so they may be a part of the activity too! The students will learn to identify the parts of an apple and watch a cut
Preview of He/She Pronouns + verb-ing - SmartBoard Activity

He/She Pronouns + verb-ing - SmartBoard Activity

He and She pronoun practice using SmartBoard interactive notebook. Male and female action pictures are presented to students. Students have the ability to move the correct pronoun into the sentence provided.
Preview of Sight Word Cookie Monster Game for the Smart Board

Sight Word Cookie Monster Game for the Smart Board

Students feed the hungry monster with cookies by revealing the sight word and reading it correctly. Then they can drag the cookie into the monster's mouth and feed him. Super fun way to review the following sight words: I, a, my, the, to, go, like. Words can be changed as needed.
Preview of How Many Sounds?  A Phoneme Segmentation Activity for the Smartboard Freebie

How Many Sounds? A Phoneme Segmentation Activity for the Smartboard Freebie

Created by
Judith Heideman
Here are 10 slides with 1 picture each. Click the number that shows the correct number of phonemes and it will spin. I hope you enjoy it!!! Judy
Preview of Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington for Special Ed

Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington for Special Ed

Created by
Mrs Benner
This file contains a full lesson plan and everything you need to teach Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington to younger grades or any elementary special education classroom. The file contains a link to a you tube video reading of the story (in case you don't have a copy). There are review slides with visuals and the file ends with a quiz. This is a great fall lesson about pumpkins that teaches students to sequence and recall key details about the text.
Preview of Rainforest SMART Board Thematic Unit

Rainforest SMART Board Thematic Unit

Created by
Miss Locher
This is a Schoolwide Enrichment Unit for grades K-2. This SMART Board presentation will amaze students in that it includes lessons, interactive slides, videos, and information on each layer of the rainforest. At the end of each lesson there are also websites for teachers to visit for crafts and other ideas that align with the unit.
Preview of Phonics - Long a Vowel Sound - Magic e - Interactive Whiteboard

Phonics - Long a Vowel Sound - Magic e - Interactive Whiteboard

Having trouble teaching the long vowel sounds when words are made with an e at the end of the word? eg, cake, line, rope. Here are 10 pages of interactive activities and games using your SMART Board to help students learn and better UNDERSTAND how the long a sound is made in words, particularly when they are made with the 'magic e' at the end of the word. Copy and paste the link below to view a video about how to effectively use this Notebook file as a teaching and learning tool... http://yout
Preview of Handwriting Freebie for Smartboard

Handwriting Freebie for Smartboard

Created by
Leigh Majer
This is a great smartboard to have on hand for introducing new letters to little learners. Each slide shows the correct formation of the letter and allows for the student to practice forming it themselves. You can separate each letter out into its own file or keep them stored together. In my class, we use them whole group to introduce new letters but students also use them during small group and individual practice time (Daily 5 etc.) to give them further opportunities to work on handwriting.
Preview of Dotted thirds Lined Paper on Smartboard

Dotted thirds Lined Paper on Smartboard

This is a simple smartboard file that contains one single page of dotted thirds lined paper.It contains two red lines at the top as well as a red margin down the left side so it is all ready for you to write on. Great for handwriting, spelling, writing or just about any learning area where you need to write on the smart board.
Preview of Alphabet-Letter A  SMARTBoard Activities FREEBIE (Smart Board)

Alphabet-Letter A SMARTBoard Activities FREEBIE (Smart Board)

Created by
Emily Ames
Letter A Smartboard ActivitiesFun, simple practice of the letter A! Includes 16 pages of interactive activities-drag and drop, find, circle, tic tac toe, and move and write!Includes practice of:-Identification of capital A-Identification of lowercase A- A sound identification (short and long sounds)- Writing capital A-Writing lowercase APlease leave feedback after you've used it with your class! I'd LOVE to know how it goes.Software Requirements:You need and active subscription to Smart Notebo
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Importance of learning English language arts

English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.

Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.

Benefits of learning English language arts

Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:

  • Develop effective communication skills
  • Build critical thinking and analytical skills
  • Nurture their creativity and imagination

By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.

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On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.

If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital English language arts worksheets, TPT has an extensive collection of resources across topics and grade levels. No matter what ELA topic your students are working on — whether you’re teaching the parts of speech to 1st graders or argumentative essay writing to 10th graders — TPT has instructional materials that are designed to help with any ELA learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning ELA will be so much easier.

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There are many different types of English language arts resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular ELA lessons include reading, writing, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing.

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Educators can save time preparing English language arts lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ELA resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of ELA lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.

How can I make my English language arts lessons fun and engaging?

Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your English Language Arts lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.