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Question of the Day for Kindergarten

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

This version should get Kindergarten teachers through an entire year, 180 questions! I arranged the pack in a way where it progressively gets harder through the year. The pack is 191 pages! It begins with letter naming, then sounds, then nonsense

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities

$7.00

629

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Opinion Writing for the Whole Year! Common Core Aligned

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

This pack is perfect if you want to infuse opinion writing step by step into your teaching all year long. It addresses Common Core Standards: WK.1, W1.1, W2.1 (...and possibly even W3.1 for third grade, depending upon the level of your students).

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities

CCSS:

W.K.1, W.1.1, W.2.1, W.3.1

$7.00

724

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Label It! Mats

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

My students love to label pictures...which is awesome because it gets them reading and writing! I revised these mats to include B&W pages! There are now 62 (31 color and 31BW) Label It! Mats to use in a writing station...just print, place in a

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Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

$4.00

900

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Light Table Literacy Activities Bundle

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Light tables can be a way to integrate fun and increase engagement. Stations can become tiresome and boring for kids. This pack gives you so much choice and differentiation, your students won't get bored for a long time! I have games and activities

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RF.K.1d, RF.K.2d, RF.K.3, RF.K.3b, RF.K.3c, RF.1.3, RF.1.3b

$12.00

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Reader's Theater with Familiar Text

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

I love reader's theater...my students love it, too! What a great way to get kids to be active and involved while reading! I took familiar stories and adapted them to fit with reader's theater. Most are for two partners, but a few have more parts.

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

$4.50

676

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Bossy e Magical Wand Activity

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Do your students struggle with cvce long vowel patterns? This is a fun way for kids to practice this reading skill. I created this packet so that it could be used in multiple ways.Â Included are 56 cvc words (of varying difficulty), that have a

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$3.50

$2.00

321

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Blend Friends Lit. Station Mats and FlipBooks

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

A fun literacy station pack of 'blend friend' mats to help students start seeing the patterns in blended initial sounds. In addition to the mats for small group instruction and station review, there are flip books for all 23 blends. Along with

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Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

$4.50

506

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Super 'Wh'? Questions and More!

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

For as long as I can remember I have taught the digraph 'wh' sound through the use of questioning. All the big questions words (which most are tricky anyway) begin with 'wh' (except for how and of course the nasty little 'who' which I use my owl to

Subjects:

Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$3.50

193

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Label It Fall!

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Well, Fall is here! My students love to label pictures and these are perfect for all season! These are perfect for anyone who teaches at a Christian school and can't really utilize my Spooky Mats...or for anyone like me who can't get enough

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$3.50

308

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Sight Word Take Home Booklets includes Dolch Words and EDITABLE version

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Sight words are essential to reading development. These take home booklets are to be used by students to take home and practice. Once a list of 10 words is mastered, the student brings the booklet back to school and reads them to their teacher. The

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Homework, For Parents

CCSS:

RF.K.3c, RF.1.3g, RF.2.3f, RF.3.3d

$5.50

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Growing Book Companion Craft Bundle Mega-Pack

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

This bundle includes ALL my book companion craft and activity packs! Let's just call it a mega-pack! I will add all future book companions to the pack as well...although as I add them, the price may increase. Look over the packs included and when

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities

$124.40

$87.08

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Adjectives Say Things!

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

I love teaching adjectives. Descriptions come alive with vivid detail. I found the cutest clipart and decided what a perfect way to teach about adjectives! Included in this pack are: 2 color adjective posters, cut apart station matching activity

Subjects:

Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities

$3.50

240

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Question of the Day

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Many followers of my blog were very interested in the Data Board I created. I use 'Question of the Day' as a warm up activity included as part of my morning work time.Â Kids come into the class and after their regular routines, they read the

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$5.00

331

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Label It! Rainforest Edition

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Most of the animals in the set are found in the South and Central American Rainforest, but I do admit that I slipped in a few mats for animals that are found in rainforest in other parts of the world. Also included are some fun Graphic Organizers

Subjects:

Science, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities

$3.50

104

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Alphabet Tracing Cards

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Alphabet Tracing cards that fit perfectly inside small photo albums. Students use a dry erase marker to trace the letters. The set includes uppercase and lowercase cards, along with extra cards to fit inside the back of the albums if there is

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities

$4.00

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ABC Order Cards for Literacy Station

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

This is a great literacy center activity for kids to practice ABC order. Students use a pocket chart to put the word/picture cards in ABC order (one card per letter of the alphabet). Students can work independently or with a partner. I included

Subjects:

Spelling, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$3.50

144

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Cookie Sight Words Literacy Station

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Need a station activity to keep your kids engaged this winter? This is a great, fun activity pack using the first 100 Fry words. Add cheap aprons, plates, cookie tins, and a spatula for novelty and your kids will LOVE practicing their sight words!

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Centers

$4.00

$3.00

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Turn and Talk Poster

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Turn and talk is one of the first strategies I use in my classroom each year. Before using it though, the rules of listening and speaking must be reviewed or introduced. This poster (color and B&W) is a great reminder for your students on what

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Back to School

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Posters

CCSS:

SL.K.1, SL.K.1a, SL.K.1b, SL.1.1, SL.1.1a, SL.1.1b, SL.2.1, SL.2.1a, SL.2.1b, SL.3.1, SL.3.1a...

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Label It Nursery Rhymes! (and fairytales, too)

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Many of us in Early Childhood use Nursery Rhymes as a source for familiar text, reading, rhyming, and many more skills...these mats are perfect for your literacy stations to reinforce re-tell and writing/labeling skills. Nursery Rhymes included

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$3.50

334

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Label It Space!

By Blue Skies with Jennifer White

Great during a unit on Space...or learning about the soft 'c'...or even as an added non-fiction element in a lit station or science station! Pack includes 16 color Labeling Pages,11 B&W labeling pages, a direction Page for stations, and a

Subjects:

Astronomy, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

$3.50

144

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught for 26 years in a rural, K-12 self contained public school in Alabama. I have taught first grade, third grade, and currently teach kindergarten. I love what I do!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am creative and fun in the classroom, but still structured most of the time =)

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I have my National Board Certification in Literacy: Reading–Language Arts. I have also achieved National Board in Early Childhood in the past.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am a wife and mother of three...and I *love* reading mysteries! Visit my blog: firstandkinderblueskies.com {firstgradeblueskies.com}.

GRADES

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Other (Art), Computer Science, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Word Problems, General Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Summer, Informational Text, Handwriting, End of Year, Engineering, Phonics, Close Reading, Women's History Month