Sing “Happy Birthday” to Carrot Top. Place magnetic letters on cupcakes. Alphabet/sound identification.

Sing “Happy Birthday” to Carrot Top. Rapid recall, number identification to 10, more than, less than, etc. Carrot had one birthday, then one more. How many birthdays did he have in all?

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3 Rings of the circus over ring “a,” ring “b,” ring “c.” Choose 3 other letters…Alphabet identification, sounds, etc.

Elephants “stomp” correct number of times on each set of footprints.

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nopqrstu

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Toy clowns “march” around the alphabet as letters are said aloud. Variation: Call out letter (or letter sound), children find and mark correct letter with toy clown…what color?

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6 7 8 9 10Place clown on correct numeral (numeral identification, more or less than, sum of 2 numbers, etc.)

Letter/sound identification: Place letters on square boxes.

Directions: Lion “pounces” on correct number of footprints (1-5).

Place one relative for each word in sentence (syllable/phoneme).

One relative came. How many feet (hands, ears) in the house? Two relatives came. How many feet in the house, etc.

Manipulate small policeman to identify letters/sounds. Policeman blows whistle for correct answers.

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Police training: Teacher blows whistle. Children count number of times the whistle blows and place toy policeman on correct number.

Use unifix cubes to measure walls, doors, etc. of house.

Place letters in boxes. Identify letters/sounds. Variation: Make new words changing initial, middle or final sounds.

l n p Identify letters. Practice rapid recall. Variation: Identify initial/ending sounds.

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Place letter tiles on baskets. Place apple manipulative in correct basket if word begins with the letter on the basket.

Read “The Lonely Scarecrow.” Place crow on scarecrow if two words rhyme. Manipulate letter tiles for initial/middle/ending sounds.

Place a” bucket” (unifix cube) for each word in sentence, phoneme in word, etc.Manipulate buckets of milk for math word problems.

The pictures are: cow, lamb, goat, pig. Find the one that has the same beginning soundas: gift, peas, lamp, cake, panda, cup, peg, cave, lemon, etc.

Place letters over nests. Use half of plastic egg for manipulative.

Place magnetic letter tiles over turkeys. Identify letters, sounds, make new words, etc.

“Shoot” turkeys with rapid recall (letters and letter sounds.) Find the turkey that has the beginning sound of fire, Find the turkey with the ending sound of ball, etc..

Talk about life in America. There were no schools. Teach a Pilgrim to read. “Stir the pot” for phonemes in words. Manipulate letter tiles on squares to make new words.

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got

tog

hot hat

tag

gat

lag

o a

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ln

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Identify initial/final letter sounds, rapid recall drill, etc.

Build castle walls with one unifix cube for each phoneme in word. Place letters on cubes. Identify initial/middle/ending sounds. Change initial/middle/ending sounds to make new words.

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Place coin in chest if word pairs rhyme. Variation: Place coin for each phoneme in word, syllable in word or word in sentence.

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Identify initial/ending letter sounds.

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Place letters on boxes. Use castle manipulative to identify letters, letter sounds, etc.

Place letters on carriages. Help the princess find the correct carriage as letters or letter sounds are identified. Challenge: Identify final sounds.

For use with “Which Carriage story mat”. Run, laminate, cut apart and place on stick for manipulative.

1. hat2. hit3. hut4. hop5. hot6. hip7. ham

Rat Poison

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fuv jik

nov fac

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Tap out sounds in s-t-o-p. Spell word. Identify sounds. Continue with similar words.

into

my

can

have

up

was

run

has

Place letters on boats. Identify sounds.

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of

from

but

to

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bigIdentify sight words.

Place magnetic letters on lily pads.

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bogfog

frog

dog

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hog

jogTap out sounds in words. Place toy frog on word that has all the sounds in it.

Manipulate letter tiles on squares.

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Place one moon rock for each phoneme in word (word in sentence, etc.).

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to it

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Call out sight word, children “plant” the flag on correct word.

SPACE WALK

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Rapid recall alphabet review, initial/final sounds.

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qghxaeAstronaut Eye Exam- Astronauts cover one eye and practice saying alphabet/letter sounds with rapid recall.

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Rapid recall letter identification, sound identification.

Place letter tiles on squares. Identify letters, sounds, spell words, etc.

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Identify initial/final sounds.

“Shoot” the correct star.

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“Catch” the correct star in net.

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g k n q s v w a d i t e c x r y u o l p Rapid recall… Alphabet/sound. recognition…

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o uCall out CVC words. Place eagle over correct vowel.

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sef

daj

puv

liz

mok

jag

Place manipulative on correct nonsense word.

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muk

kic

fop

buk

vez

bim

sez

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Place letter tiles across bottom for the march of the nutcracker (rapid recall). Place letter tiles on candles. Manipulate sounds, make new words, etc.

Use stick to “whack” letter sounds.

Children march over alphabet letters for the march of the penguins. Place letter tiles over snowflakes. Identify letters/sounds. Make new words, etc.

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Rapid recall: Have children say the letters on each penguin as quickly as possible. Repeat saying beginning sounds of letters. Beat the previous score.

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3. wej bos

2. jut noc

4. hiz kom

5. zut daj 6. fob wen Penguins identify Antarctic nonsense words while on patrol.

Use magnifying glass to identify letters/sounds placed on bugs.

Butterfly catchers “catch” letters randomly placed on butterflies.

Place letters on bugs. Identify letters or letter sounds.

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Letter or sound identification.

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lit

lick

lug nip

luck nick

lot

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lockTap out sounds in words. Place bug manipulative over correct word.

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fej ac

jeb

cak ig dup

gov

heb

kix

las

nep og

Tap out sounds. Place fish on correct nonsense word.

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The pictures are octopus, fish, seahorse, shark. Find the one with the same beginning sound as: fan, olive, sand, shuttle, etc.

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Place half of plastic egg over correct vowel sound. Use CVC words.

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i j k l m n o p

q r s t

u v w x y z

mip pob cam dup sef

bon vit nep zat yut

hab wib

ix rev

hap mem bic gop dur

fic vob yun al cov eb

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paf yud

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Letter/sound identification: Place letters on peanuts. Counting by 2’s…

Place “cherries” in tree. Use toy “hatchet” to chop correct vowel sound. Pick a cherry if you told a lie.