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Games to Make

 

I recently started to organize all of the sight word games that I have found and/or created.  I realized that you may also find this listing helpful so I revised the directions to include how to make the games and have provided the black line masters for a few of the games.  My children really enjoy learning with these games. I use them for sight words, phonics skills (CVC words, etc), letters, numbers, addition/subtraction, etc. I have used many of these with students as old as 4th grade to practice story vocabulary and language skills (contractions, synonyms, etc.). These black line masters were created in Microsoft Word. To modify them for your own use, simply type in the text (sight words, numbers, etc) appropriate for your children. I hope that you find these useful.   

                                    

 

Dollar Store Delights and Big Lots Bargains

 

These games are made using items (TREASURES) that I found at either Big Lots or The Dollar Tree. Most can be used for a variety of skills.

More Games

This section contains several more games that you may find useful. **I did NOT create these games or the black line masters** The black line masters for these games can be found by following the links to the websites where I found them.

Billy's Phonics Games

 

A wonderful teacher in Ireland contacted me with some phonics games that he has created. Billy Reid has generously offered to share his games with everyone. All directions and games pieces are included!

 

 

Directions for Traditional Games

Songs Packet

Reading Strategies

 

These reading strategy icons were developed by my district (Baltimore County) for use during shared and guided reading. I used the copy machine to enlarge the icons and have them on a bulletin board near my reading table. I have a set of smaller icons on in a flip photo album (to focus on one specific strategy) and another set on a file folder (primarily to review strategies at the beginning of a lesson).

 

Reading Strategies Icons

 

 Phonics Materials

 

We use Open Court for our phonics instruction. However, the materials that come with the program are rather boring. Since we are required to have a “paper/pencil” assessment for our phonics lessons, I often create “project” type worksheets for the skills I teach (which often extend beyond the kindergarten OC program). Usually I create one “project” and just change the skill to meet the needs of each group. While the projects take longer to complete than a simple worksheet, they are more engaging and keep the children on task for seatwork while I meet with other groups.

 

Other Goodies

 

KDG Handbook: We update this handbook each year and share it with parents during Kindergarten Orientation.

Kindergarten Assessment (Reading): We use this packet 4 times a year to assess student progress. The items on the assessment correlate directly to our progress report.

Skill Stickers: In the past I have made a set for each student and presented the stickers as the child mastered the skill.

Star Writers: We posted a copy of this chart on each table to remind students of what is expected when writing. (Second half of the year)

Spelling Strategies: Fellow T-net teacher Barb created these to help her students become independent writers.

 

Classroom Pictures

 

2004-2005

 

Diagram of Classroom setup 04-05

 

2005-2006

 

2007-2008

 

Classroom Organization

Includes:

  • classroom labels

  • book basket labels

  • schedule cards

  • tips and tricks for name tags, desk tags, lunch money

  • Large Center Signs

  • Links to Online Classroom Design Programs

 

Behavior Management Tools

Includes:

  • explanation of behavior management system

  • individual behavior charts

  • rule charts (with pictures/icons)

  • behavior prompt cards

 

Picture Cards 

Use these picture cards to create skill games. They are designed to correspond to the activities in Getting Ready to Read (CTP) but can be used for any game. All picture sets were created in MS Word using clipart. All are in COLOR!

 

Calendar Materials  

Includes:

  • printable calendar pieces

  • printable weekly graphing questions/pictures

 

Ready Readers Resources

Open Court Resources

 

Music Power Points

I created these power points to accompany the songs I use in the classroom. You will need to own/purchase the songs in order to use these. Most are Dr. Jean and Jack Hartmann songs.

 

 Monthly Homework

*2009-2010 calendars are now ready!

Monthly homework calendars (generic for any year) with accompanying work packet. Each day has a written activity (half sheet of paper) to do.

Monthly Centers

 

*New Centers Explanation Page

*New Long Range Shared Reading Planner

Ideas for monthly centers that correlate with themes and shared reading books. Additionally, there are work tasks (non-theme related) for ABC Center, Math Center, Writing Center, and Science Center.

 

Dramatic Play

Use these printable pages to add literacy opportunities to your dramatic play area. Some of the pages are designed to be used as reading opportunities (word cards, recipes, etc) while others provide students with authentic writing experiences (grocery lists, checks, etc). I am just beginning this page and will add more as I create the pages.

 

Online Kindergarten Games

 

This is a child-friendly collection of websites with online games designed for kindergarten children. I created this page so that I could set it as my homepage on my student computers. This allows my students to easily access appropriate websites. This is an ad-free page.

 

 

  Math Activities

 

Science Center Activities

   Christmas Crafts 

Paulie offered to share these wonderful ornament ideas with us. Photos and directions for both easy and more difficult projects are included. She has also written an adorable poem to send home with the ornaments. Enjoy!

Newsletter Templates

 

After several requests for sample newsletters, I decided to create templates for each month. These are MS Word documents that allow you to enter your own text and print. You can use the existing headlines or create your own.

Watch my 08-09 class in action on Purple Fridays: http://www.wbaltv.com/video/18499021/index.html

 Contact Me

 

Please feel free to email me with any comments, questions, or ideas for new games.

 

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