Free Word Puzzles using Onset and Rime

Are you teaching younger children phonics? Teaching onset and rime might help students sound out words to help them read. Why teach onset and rime? Teaching children about onset and rime helps them recognize common "chunks" within words. They learn about word families, which can help when learning spelling strategies. Students will be able to decode words when reading and spelling words when writing. 

Onset is the initial phonological unit of any word, For example; the b in bag or sw in swim

The term, Rime, refers to the string of letters that follow, usually a vowel and final consonants. For example the ag in bag or im in swim. Not all words have onsets.

Knowledge of phonological awareness is strongly related to reading and spelling success. I have created some worksheets to help students improve their phonics skills. 

How to Use Word Puzzles: 
Students cut-out the 8 letters at the bottom of the sheet. They arrange the letters (onset) around to make words with the word family (rime). All words need to make sense and no names are used. Students glue the letters in place. 

Puzzles include 3 levels of difficulty. 

Here are 3 FREE Worksheets. Click below to try Word Puzzles.  

Here is a pack of 40 worksheets like the free sample above. Word Puzzles include 3 different levels of difficulty. This will allow students to go from short vowels to long vowels with ease. Students will understand how words are chunked together. These worksheets are perfect to use at reading centers for a cut and paste activity or to send home for homework. Click the picture on the left to read more about Word Puzzles. 

Here are some resources you might also love in your classroom using onset and rime:
Dr. Fry's Word Sorts
Challenge a Word
Onset and Rime Blending Tiles
Word Building Sliders
Chunk Word Building Game
Sound Box Mat and Chips

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Freebie! Sunny Blends Game

To kick this summer off, I have a fun little freebie for you, Sunny Blends. This game will help students build words while they practice their phonemic sounds. Students take turns drawing cards with a blend sound on it and matching it with a word family. Players win the game by covering four squares in a row. This game will keep them busy as they will want to play it again and again. Plus they're reading! What can be better than that? To expend the activity, use the blend cards and the word families on the game board to make as many words as they can.
Click the picture above to download your freebie.

Try this Blends and Digraphs pack to spruce up your reading centers. This pack has 6 games that you can use for your reading centers. It focuses on the blends and digraphs. Plus two sets of words are included for each game. Adjust the words to fit the needs of your classroom. All game boards use the Safari/Jungle theme.

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Summer Ideas that are Fun and Educational

I have some great ideas on how your children can stay busy this summer while still using educational thinking. 

For many, the kids' summer vacation means bracing for the warm days ahead by planning trips to the pool or beach. Rising temperatures leave most people with little or no inclination to engage in chores or regular activities takes precedence over everything else. It's easy, then, for summer slide to set in among the kids. One of the best ways to tackle the problem is to engage them in meaningful activities that are both fun and educational so that they get very little time to be lazy! Check out these 'cool' ideas to motivate kids during their summer break and get the best out of them when the break is over.

1. Download premade calendars and have children plan summer special days for June, July, and August. In other words, improve their planning skills with this simple task! Better still, help children make the calendars at home. For younger kids, this activity will also teach them about the number of days in each month or in a season, etc. In case older children are making the calendars, have them note down important days during summer. For example, summer solstice, the occurrence of any eclipse, etc.

2. All those board games that have probably been lying in one place gathering dust can come out now. Bring out the Scrabble board and use it to practice vocabulary, spelling, and leaning new words. Try Yatzee to brush up on addition and multiplication facts. Monopoly will help with counting money and place value. It's a good idea to sit as a family and make games as part of your weekly or daily routine. If the kids are not eager to play a board game, you can consider engaging them with online games. Kids love spending time playing online games. Just make sure the games have educational value as well.  

3. Involve the kids in cooking. Cooking is an activity that is both educational and fun. Plus, it's great for fractions and measuring. Write down easy recipes like sandwiches, mug cakes, popsicles, salads, etc., and specify the quantity of each ingredient in clear handwriting. Let the little chefs cook the recipes from scratch. Besides learning to cook, which is an essential life skill, children will subconsciously practice their measuring skills too. It'll be an exciting way to find out how a dish can change if too much or too little of an ingredient is added.

4. Engage kids with theater. Roald Dahl is a good author to start with if you're dealing with children of 5 years and above. Adapt his short stories into plays and invite your children's friends to roll it out together. Have the kids memorize the scripts and put up a performance that's complete with dialog, emotion, and drama. What can be a better way to get kids to practice reading and developing an interest in literature and drama?

5. Support a book club with someone in your family. Go to your local library and pick up two of the same books. Read a few chapters and then get together to discuss characters, setting, and plot. Make predictions of  what will happen next. Assign new chapters to be read and by what date. Something you can add to your calendar. Local libraries always have some kind of reading reward programs going on during the summer too. It's worth stopping by. Children love the library. I've never had a student complain about going to the library.

These summer ideas are easy to implement and involve learning! Which is always a plus! 

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Free Monster Division Game

Are you working on division facts? Division facts are one of the hardest for students to learn and memorize. I have a FREE Monster Division Game to practice division facts! This Division freebie is a sample from my Monster Division Game Pack featured below. Your freebie has students practicing the divisor of 3! 

These game boards have no prep. All you have to do is just print and play. Students will be ready to start practicing dividing by 3s! Plus, students will be having some fun without knowing they are learning and starting to memorize their division facts. Click the picture below to download and try this Free division game. 

 

The entire pack of Monster Division Games include 15 game boards. The game boards include:
Divisors 1-5
Divisors 6-9
Divisors 1-10
Divisors 2
Divisors 3
Divisors 4
Divisors 5
Divisors 6
Divisors 7
Divisors 8
Divisors 9
Division of 10
Missing Dividends and Divisors  Facts 1-5
Missing Dividends and Divisors  Facts 6-10
Missing Divisors (1-10)

Here is the monster multiplication set too. This one is also separated by facts and a few game boards are mixed. There are a total of 16 game boards. Pick the fact you need to work on, and start playing! This fun monster theme will have your students eager to learn their multiplication facts. Click the picture to read more about it. 

Here are some older blog posts about division you may be interested in:
Free Division Poster
Free Multiplication/Division Fact Table

Here are some division resources that I have used in my classroom. All of these resources can be found on Amazon:
Self-Correcting Division Keys
Division Flash Cards
Triangle Flash Cards
DVD Division Rap
Division Tables Placemat

Are you interested in making your own classroom materials? Here are my monster clipart sets to get started:

Do you have a monster theme going in your classroom? Here are some fun monster themed items you might want for your classroom:
Monster Border
Monster Theme Classroom Decoration
Monster Name Plates
Monster Monthly Headers
Monster Classroom Chart
Make a Monster Stickers
Monster Notepad

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Tutoring Progress Report

Do you tutor over the summer? If you do, I have a progress report you can use when you tutor or for your tutoring business. I leave this progress report after each tutoring session. It is very helpful for parents. They have something in writing about the skills their child is working on and how they’re doing on each of those skills. It also makes note of their child’s behavior while tutoring. It also acts as proof or a receipt that I was there. Many parents keep the report and then it's easy for me to look back at what we did during our session and what we still need to work on. 

Here is an example:

You might be able to use these for notes to parents for students who are on individual behavior plans. Parents would love to see how their child is doing in class. Hopefully you can use this progress report. These are great communication tools for parents.

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