This month I am going to focus on previewing new materials here, so I will post them as I get them assembled.

First up…

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Phonics Clothespin Task:

Students Attach One Clothespin per Card to Match Objects to Their Beginning Sounds

More to come soon……

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Who Lives in the Desert Adapted Books Unit

This unit includes 2 adapted books, both the color (teacher) and black and white copies,

Who Lives in the Desert Adapted Books

And focuses on desert-themed vocabulary.

Desert Themed Vocabulary Words and Pictures

"Who Lives in the Desert?"

"Coyotes do....."

This unit also includes 3 desert themed file folder games:

Desert Themed File Folder Games

2 Cookie Sheet Activities:

Cactus Numbers Cookie Sheet Activity

Desert Animals Sequence Cookie Sheet Activity

1 Clothespin Task:

Desert or Rainforest Animals Clothespin Task

And desert vocabulary handwriting sheets:

Desert Vocabulary Handwriting Sheets

To view this unit at File Folder Heaven, click HERE.

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Complete Beach Adapted Books Unit

This unit includes two adapted books, both the color (teacher copy) and black and white (student) copy that focus on beach themed vocabulary.

"Have You Ever Been to the Beach?" Adapted Books

The teacher reads the book as students follow along and match a vocabulary word or picture to each page.

Beach Adapted Book With Matching Words and Picture Pieces

This helps increase student engagement and focus as students are asked to directly interact with the book.

Students match a word or picture to each page.

Also included in this unit are 3  related file folder games:

Beach Themed File Folder Games

2 Cookie Sheet Activities:

What Starts the Same Beach Themed Phonics Activity

Starfish Color Sort Cookie Sheet Activity

1 Clothespin Task:

Counting the Beach Clothespin Activities Focuses on Numbers 10-20

And 1 set of vocabulary handwriting sheets:

Beach Vocabulary Writing Sheets

To see this unit at File Folder Heaven, and to view our growing Adapted Books Collection, click HERE,

To see more beach-themed downloads including:

Beach Themed File Folder Games:

More Beach Themed File Folder Games

And Beach Themed Cookie Sheet Activities:

Count By 5's Beach Themed Cookie Sheet Activity

Count by 2's Beach Themed Cookie Sheet Activity

Click Here.

Build it! Read it! Write it! Sentence Builder Activities are simple, hands-on tasks to focus on beginning reading and writing skills, by having students to do three simple things: Build a Sentence, Read a Sentence, and Write a Sentence.

Sample Sentence Builder Activities

In this activity, students combine the beginning of the sentence with a picture card to form a complete sentence.

Students pair sentence beginnings with a picture card to complete a sentence.

Students create five unique sentences in this activity by pairing the sentence beginnings with the picture cards or sentence endings.

Students create sentences of their choosing. They may be silly!

Sentences in these activities focus on high frequency words (sentence beginnings) and themed vocabulary (sentence endings) and reinforce the concept of basic sentence structure. After the student builds the sentences, he or she reads the sentences out loud and writes the sentences on the student recording sheet.

Completed Sentence Builder Activity With Recording Sheet

Some other examples of Build it! Read it! Write it! Sentence Builder Activities include:

The Frog Life Cycle Sentence Builder Activity

And

The Weather Themed Sentence Builder Activity

Each Build it! Read it! Write it! Sentence Builder Activity includes both the sentence building strips and the student recording sheet.

Completed Sentence Building Strips and Student Recording Sheet

To see our growing collection of Build it! Read it! Write it! Sentence Builder Activities, and to try one for free, click HERE.

Word ladder activities are hands-on tasks that focus on word families and simple spelling patterns. These activities help build beginning reading, writing and spelling skills.

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Word Ladder Activities

What do they include?

Each Word Ladder Activity includes both a word ladder task and a student recording sheet.

Complete Word Ladder Activity

How do Word Ladders work?

Students build a complete word ladder by matching words to pictures.  Each word ladder focuses a single word family. For example this word ladder focuses on the “AM” Family and incorporates the words, “ram, jam, ham, yam and clam.”

Students Match Word Family Words to Pictures

Once the student completes the Word Ladder, the student reads the words out loud to reinforce reading skills.

Student reads, "Ram, jam, ham, yam, clam."

Finally the student records his/her word ladder on her “Word Ladder Recording Sheet,” to reinforce spelling and writing skills.

Student writes, "Ram, jam, ham, yam and clam."

Word Ladder Activities can be used in student work stations and classroom literacy centers.  They can be assembled as is, as a file folder game or as a cookie sheet activity.

Word Ladder Assembled As Is.

To see our newest Word Ladder Activities and download one to try in your classroom, click HERE.

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Complete "Who Lives in the Rain Forest" Adapted Book Unit

This habitats unit focuses on Rain Forest Animals and includes two adapted books:

Teacher (Color) Copy and Student (Black and White) Copy

Students match a vocabulary word and picture as the teacher reads.

"Who Lives in the Rain Forest?"

This Adapted Books Unit also includes:

Rain Forest Vocabulary Match, Rain Forest Plant Patterns and Counting the Rain Forest File Folder Games

Two Related Cookie Sheet Activities:

"What Lives in the Rain Forest Cookie Sheet Activity"

"What Starts the Same as These Rain Forest Animals Cookie Sheet Activity"

One clothespin task:

Rain Forest or Cold Climate Animals Clothespin Task

And one set of writing sheets:

Rain Forest Vocabulary Writing Sheets

For more information about this unit or to see our complete and growing collection of “New Adapted Books Units,”  click HERE.

Sight Word Adapted Books are simple, easy to read books that teach a single sight word and offer students hands-on interaction to increase student engagement.

Sight Word Adapted Books

Each Sight Word Adapted Book includes the color (teacher) copy, black and white (student) copy, and corresponding handwriting/spelling practice sheet.

The "This" Sight Word Adapted Book

How do they work?

Students read very simple text and match the corresponding sight word as they read.

Students match the sight word as they read.

Student reads, "This is a pig," and matches the word "This," to to the page.

Student reads, "This is a horse," and matches the word, "This," to the page.

At the end of the book, the student practices spelling the sight word by arranging the letters in the correct order.

Students spell the sight word three times.

How does the black and white student copy work?

Students can assemble their own version of the book by, coloring the pictures and  cutting and gluing the words or letters to each page. Another option is to allow students to practice writing the word in the box on each page instead of gluing the word to the page.

Students can glue the sight word to each page or write the sight word.

Each Sight Word Adapted Book also includes a student handwriting/spelling practice sheet to give students writing practice and reinforce learning.

Student Sight Word Handwriting/Spelling Sheet

To download a free Sight Word Adapted Book and to view our growing collection, click HERE.

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Complete Plant Life Cycle Adapted Book Unit

This unit includes two adapted books, both the color (teacher) and black and white (student) copies.

Plant Life Cycle Adapted Books

Students follow along as the teacher reads, matching a word or picture to each page, depending on their skill level.

Adapted Book With Vocabulary Words

This complete unit includes:  Three file folder games

Life Cycle File Folder Games

Two cookie sheet activities:

What Makes a Flower Grow Cookie Sheet Activity

The Plant Life Cycle Cookie Sheet Activity

One Clothespin Task:

Counting Sprouts Clothespin Task

And Plant Life Cycle Vocabulary Handwriting Sheets:

Plant Life Cycle Vocabulary Handwriting Sheets

To learn more about this unit, or to view our complete collection of “New Adapted Book Units,” click HERE.

Flip Strips

Flip Strips are printable hands-on activities that build and reinforce beginning reading skills.

"Weather is...." Flip Strips

Students read a phrase, fill in the blank with a picture/word card and complete the sentence. Once they complete the sentence, they read the strip out loud, “flip” to the next strip and repeat.

Repetition Builds Fluency

Students should practice reading the strips multiple times to achieve fluency.  ”Flip Strips,” are also easy activities to send home with beginning readers for extra practice.

Some examples of Flip Strips Include:

"Plants Have, Plants Need, Plants Grow" Flip Strips

Students fill in the blanks with the things that “Plants have, need and grow.”

"Plants Have Leaves. Plants Need Sun. Plants Grow Vegetables."

“We Recycle” Earth Day Themed Flip Strips

Students Complete Each Sentence With Things We Recycle

We Recycle Flip Strips

Although we only have a few Flip Strips created at this current time, we plan on adding to this collection throughout the coming months.  To download a free sample and see our growing collection of Flip Strips click, HERE.

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Backyard Critter Adapted Books Unit

This unit includes two adapted books; the teacher version (color) and the student version (black and white) that can also be used as a student workbook.

Backyard Critters Adapted Books

Teachers read the book to students, as students interact with the text by matching a word or picture to each page. This helps increase student engagement and reinforces the vocabulary word on each page.

"Way out back, 'neath a tall, tall tree.."

"A wiggly little inchworm was as wiggly as can be..."

Also included in this unit are:  Two Cookie Sheet Activities

Lady Bug Colors Sort Cookie Sheet Activity

Backyard Critters Sequencing Activity

Three File Folder Games:

File Folder Games for Backyard Critters Unit

One Clothespin Task:

Counting Backyard Critters Clothespin Task

And one set of Vocabulary Writing Sheets:

Backyard Critters Vocabulary Writing Sheets

To find the Backyard Critters Adapted Book Unit at File Folder Heaven, or the view the complete collection of NEW Adapted Books Units, click HERE.