Rockin' Teacher Materials: letter sounds

9:00 AM

I'm seriously in love with all the clip art that is being made now! It has helped me on so many of my new projects. I've now got paint sticks for short vowel sounds and for digraphs! I'm working on a new one for blends as we speak. I'm planning a long vowel pack and anything else I can think of!

The coolest thing is that once you have the paint sticks and notebook set up, you can just change out the pics and pages! Here's a closer look. Click the pics to stick one in your shopping cart!

By the way, I have more good news! Have you heard about the big {Teacher Appreciation Sale at Teachers Pay Teachers}. It is going to be May 7 and 8. Most everyone is having a sale, and TpT is taking another 10% off the sale price! Can't beat that! The code ID to enter in at checkout is TAD13!

Paint Stick Word Work Stations-FUN!

4:40 PM

NOTE: If you already bought this pack from me, please go back to your purchases and re-download the pack so you will get everything!

I LOVE these paint sticks (aka paint stirrers/paint paddles) that I saw on Pinterest and that Ronda from the {Hands On Bible Teacher} blog created. As I was reading her blog, I noticed that she had gotten her idea from Pinterest as well. Don't you just LOVE Pinterest?

From this awesome idea, I decided to create some word work activities using these awesome . . . and inexpensive . . . or free, paint sticks!

All of the places I've visited have given them to me for free. The sticks range from 6 to 21 inches long.

The cool thing with the different lengths is that you can differentiate the level for your kiddos. I thought that I might put kids' names on them for easy differentiation. Oh, and don't forget that this skill will help fulfill the Common Core Standard K.RFS.2 for phonological awareness.

I decided to create a beginning sound set first since I have such awesome clip art available to me. I really love all of the new clip art artists that are creating pictures that teachers really need to make their products. Here's a sneak peek into this super sound set!

I have included 290 pictures for the letter sounds A-Z (well, I didn't put x in because the sound is just weird!)

I added words to the pictures, but also added a set of 290 without the words.

I feel like it is good for the kids to see the words at the same time as the picture. You never know when they are going to pick up on reading you know!

I added 4 different alphabets so you can choose the type that fit your style.

There are worksheets that you can use with dry erase pouches at your station and there are worksheets that the kids can write on with a pencil or crayon.