Word Mats for October {Proud to be Primary}

Hi everyone! It's Elyse from Proud to be Primary. 

I'm excited to be back sharing October Word Mats with you! 

Word Mats are similar to Math Mats and take the same format, but cover ELA standards.

Word Mats for October provides a lot of practice on many different language skills. 

I created Word Mats so that I had something to give my students to practice the ELA concepts that we needed to know on a daily basis. I wanted each page of this resource to provide an abundance of learning opportunities, as well as the necessary review that is needed in order for students to retain an understanding of ELA skills and standards. 

Here is the breakdown of a Word Mat.

Each Word Mat is different and each month touches on almost ALL of the Common Core Standards for Language for first grade. It will also work as ELA review for second grade and for those in Kindergarten needing a challenge. You can be confident that your students are learning and practicing the necessary skills in ELA each month!

ELA Skills Covered in Word Mats

*Rhyming Words - Word Families
*Printing/Handwriting
*Nouns
*Verbs
*Pronouns
*Adjectives
*Prepositions
*Sentences
*Capitalization
*Punctuation
*Commas
*Spelling
*Phonics
*Vocabulary
*Sight Words
*Opposites
*Blends
*Digraphs
*Vowel Teams
*Final -e
*Letter Sounds - initial/medial/endings
*Vowels (short & long)
*Affixes
*Root Words
*Categories
*Compound Words

Another reason why I LOVE these mats is the low-prep aspect. They are print and go style printable sheets that lend themselves well to many uses. 

Copy Word Mats on card stock and laminate. You could also put the pages inside a wipe-off cover. Give students a dry erase pen to complete the Word Mat for that day. After they complete a mat, they simply clean it off and give to someone else to complete. They work great for your literacy center and during your fast finisher time.

You can print Word Mats on seasonal colored paper. You can keep them stored for each month ready to go.

A cover page is provided in each Word Mat pack with the option of creating a booklet for your students. These booklets work great for morning work time or for homework packets to send home with your students each month. Parents would love that!

Do you use Interactive Notebooks? Well, look no further...Word Mats are perfect for your math journals or interactive notebooks! 

Simply, change your printer settings to print off a smaller, scaled copy of a Word Mat. Follow the steps below!

Word Mats work great, as well during your small group time! 

Another option for keeping Word Mats and other ELA activities all in one place is to use a three pronged folder. I love using these types of folders because my students can keep them in their book baskets or desks and they are easily accessible when needed. 

You could make a copy of the monthly Word Mats for each students to place inside their folder and use for morning work and homework.

Here is close-up sample of a Word Mat. Each mat has a spot for your students' name and the date. Each Word Mat is clearly represented with the ELA concept (heading) at the top of each section. The instructions are below the headings and important text is in bold to help students complete the activities. Seasonal and related graphics are used to clearly represent the questions.

For the next 3 days (September 28th-30th), Word Mats for October will be ONLY $1. 

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Word Mats for September is available HERE. 

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Learning the ABCs with Print and Go Activities!

Hi there! It's Elyse from A is for Apples and I'm ready to show you some awesome, no prep, alphabet printables for you to use during this busy back to school time! I hope I'm not alone when it comes to doing lots of assessments with my students at the beginning of the school year... I needed activities that my Kinders could do on their own! (HA!!!) I created a couple alphabet printable packs last year so that my students could practice identifying the letters while I worked with other students.

These alphabet search and color pages are one of my favorite activities. It really helps the students differentiate between the letters of the alphabet as they hunt for the letter of focus. It also helps with their color word recognition.

There's never enough time for handwriting anymore! These print and go pages from my Print and Go Activities for Letters and Sounds pack are the perfect solution for some quick handwriting practice. I let my kiddos use markers to make it a bit more exciting. Then, I have them draw and label pictures on the back that start with that letter.

Also included in my Print and Go for Letters and Sounds are printables focusing on digraphs, blending, beginning-middle-ending sounds, and CVC/CVCe words. These pages are good practice for any of your higher Kinder kiddos, later on in the year, or as a review for first graders!

Click on the cover images below to see these packs in my store and grab them for

ONE DOLLAR each!! They'll be on sale all weekend (including our day off on Monday!)

Ways to Show Numbers ~ Printables & Posters!

Hi there, it's Elyse from A is for Apples! Recently, I've had math on my brain...which is very rare for me! Last week, I wrote a big post about math strategies and making math fun!

You can read it HERE!

In that post, I talked a bit about my "Ways to Show Numbers" packs. These number packs have been lifesavers when it comes to showing numbers! This is a skill we practice early on in the school year and it can be challenging for some of the kiddos.

Last year, I made a poster to help model different ways to show numbers. I printed the blank page from the poster pack on color paper using the poster option on Adobe. I laminated the pages so we could write on them and then taped the pages together. I had the students help me model each number before they went to their seats to work independently. 

 The poster pack also includes color and black & white versions with examples of how to show numbers from 1-20. I hang these up in my math station area so students can refer to them, if needed.

 I chose to print the pages 2-per page to make them into a half sheet. This way, we could fit them in our math notebooks. You can also print them full page and then staple the pages together to make a 'ways to show numbers' booklet!

Once my students had a good grasp on this concept, this was something I put into my math stations for them to complete on their own. I love finding something they can do independently early on in the year!
Another idea I'm going to try out this year will be to print these pages and put them in a dry erase sleeve. Then they can show lots of different ways to show numbers during their math center time!

These printables can be found in my Ways to Show Numbers 1-10 pack.

I also have a set for showing numbers 11-20.

Grab these packs for only $1 each!
They'll be discounted through July 7th!

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Back to School Printables {from The Primary Gal}

It's that time of year again.  I'm busy planning and preparing for the upcoming year.  This summer, one of my goals is to create several sets of simple, themed printable computation sets for one of my centers.  I have a few sets completed and would love to share them with you today for my monthly Dollar Steal!

I don't know what it is about pages like this, but my kids LOVE them!  Each page contains seven problems for students to complete.  Then, they paste the correct answer next to the problem.

I am pretty sure every student in my room races to my computation center when it involves a spinner!  With this engaging printable, students spin two numbers and then either add, subtract, or multiply them together.

I always love seeing my kids reaction to this printable.  I like for them to see that multiple combinations of numbers can all have the same sum, difference, or product.  With this center, they solve twelve problems and sort them between three different answers.

Spring Multiplication Printables {with The Primary Gal}

Hey there!  It's Amanda from The Primary Gal.  Lately, I've been running like 4,000 miles an hour.  I think it's the time of year.  You are either busy prepping for standardized testing or you are planning for end of year events.  And let me tell ya, it is EXHAUSTING! Because of that, I'm not going to lie...my products right now are being created to easy MY load.  My hope is that as I easy my stress load a little, you can find some use in your classroom as well.

During my centers each day, I have a math computation center.  This center is designed to target students who need continual, spiral review.  We all know the kids that I'm talking about.  You introduce a skill, they kick butt at it, and a month later they act as if they have NEVER completed that type of problem.  This year, that is half of my class.  So at my computation center, I typically have task cards or some type of worksheet to help them practice.  Unfortunately, they were getting bored.  Ouch!  That hurts admitting it.  But it's true.  They. Were. Bored.  So, I am working to improve this center through seasonal printables.  And so far, mission accomplished.

My kids love the opportunity to get a chance to cut and paste various answers to problems or even use a spinner to create their own problems.  Meanwhile, I am in love with the fact that they are no longer avoiding this center like the plague AND they are getting critical practice on basic skills right before testing.  Win, win!

I'd love for you to check these printables out while they are on sale for only $1.00!!! Also be sure to check back for more spring printables in division, decimals, and fractions.  :)

It's SPRING (in Florida at least!!)

Hey everyone! It's Elyse from A is for Apples and I'm writing this post to you ONE day away from spring break!!! I'm not going to lie and tell you I'm all planned and ready for when we return from break...because I'm not!!! (I'm already mentally on spring break, laying out in the Florida sunshine, which is why this post is going to be short and sweet!)
However, I've created a few new spring packs that will be a huge help when we go back to school!

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My Read-Trace-Write-Glue sentences are one of my favorite things in my store!! They are so simple, yet so efficient! Students have to read and trace the sentence. They have to write it and then cut out the words and glue the sentence in order.

Ok, I actually do have these copied and ready to go for morning work when we return!!

Yay, 1 thing planned!!!

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These tree map graphic organizers will be on the top of my list to use when we get back after break! This pack includes anchor chart cards and graphic organizers for all kinds of spring topics! I love using these to have my students plan their writing. It's so fun to see how far they've come with their writing skills!!

Grab these 2 spring time deals for just $1 each right NOW!!

THIS weekend ONLY!!!

Don't forget!! My Spring Write the Room is always a steal at $1!

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20 spring pictures and 3 differentiated recording pages. I must print and laminate this before I go on break because this girl is not working over spring break! (Except for creating new products and updating some really old ones!!)

P.S. I do apologize if I have offended you by: a) talking about the spring weather already happening here in Florida and b) talking about how I'm about to be on spring break!!!! Sorry, not sorry?? Isn't that what they all say nowadays?!