Author, Nicole Hernandez is a primary school teacher with 30 years teaching experience. Nicole completed a B. Ed (Bachelor of Education) majoring in Language Arts and graduated with a Masters degree in Literacy Instruction. Her passion for visual learning is woven into her style through the use of colour and kid-friendly graphics. She always looks for creative ways to make learning both fun and engaging.
Author, Nicole Hernandez is a primary school teacher with 30 years teaching experience. Nicole completed a B. Ed (Bachelor of Education) majoring in Language Arts and graduated with a Masters degree in Literacy Instruction. Her passion for visual learning is woven into her style through the use of colour and kid-friendly graphics. She always looks for creative ways to make learning both fun and engaging.
Homophones
This fantastic homophone pack is over 100 pages full of ideas. It contains 154 cards, 17 posters and 2 writing activities total. This pack features a range of 14 different homophone pairs for your kiddos. The pairs are:
won/one
nose/knows
bear/bare
blue/blew
ball/bawl
toe/tow
see/sea
flour/flower
hair/hare
mail/male
pair/pear
sale/sail
night/knight
ate/eight
This resource contains the following:
28 picture cards (4 per print)
28 picture cards with labels (4 per print)
14 paired cards (4 per print)
28 Cards-Words only (8 cards per print)
3 Homophone Posters (with definition and Word lists up to Grade 6)
14 Homophone Pair Posters- Each poster features a different word with a colorful illustration and a helpful example to put the word into context
1 Concentration Game
1 My Pear of Pairs Student Book- Writing words activity
1 Homophone Fun Mini Book-Writing sentences activity
28 Popsicle Picture Cards
28 Popsicle Word Cards
2 Bonus Worksheets
Homophone Memory Sheets are a fantastic way to get your students to remember the spelling of confusing homophones. Research has shown that when students use drawings and illustrations with words they make meaningful associations thus facilitating easy recall. Let your kiddos draw their own pictures to remember the homophones. In the case of low imagery words that cannot be depicted students can either find their own unique way to remember the word or simple leave it blank. The trick is that the other word in the pair would help them to make that distinction in spelling. Students can compile the sheets and form their own homophone dictionary for future reference.
Included in this set is a blank template for adding more pairs to the set.
** Fishing for Multiple Meanings** is the perfect addition to your literacy centers for both word work and writing focus. This handy set of 135 dual picture cards can be used to spark sentence writing and for your Homonyms | Homographs | Multiple Meaning Words unit. These words represent some of the many common words that can be used in different context. With multiple meaning words the spelling is the same and pronunciation are the same. However, some pronunciations may vary slightly. I included two graphic organizers for extended writing purposes.
Verbs: Time To Play!- Helpful Color Coded Cards for Practicing Simple Verb Tenses: Time To Play is a helpful set of color coded cards for reviewing simple verb tenses. It gives students the opportunity to review and practice inflectional verb endings, forming present tense, past tense and future tense using colorful illustrations in a way that your kids will have fun.
Past tense pictures are grayscaled
Present tense pictures are full colored
Future tense pictures are blue scaled.
This set is perfect for your literacy centers or for individual students. Simply print, laminate and cut cards either as formatted or you can cut them for sorting by tense. I also included a blank card for your students to make their own. A sentence worksheet is included for extended writing using their cards.
The fifteen (15) words included in this set are:
ask
bathe
cook
dance
drink
exercise
fix
push
run
save
sit
swim
walk
won
wrote
Enjoy!
Nicole
Compound Words: This literacy center activity is a fantastic way to engage students in reviewing compound words. The set includes sorting cards, worksheets and a mini book to spark compound words creativity.
The center includes:
36 sorting cards
1 sorting mat
4 worksheets
1 Silly Cone Mini Book writing template
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For more Compound Words activity sets click below:
Compound Words...I Have Who Has With Picture Cards Set
Compound Wordpecker Fun! A Matching Activity for Elementary Grades
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Enjoy!
Letter Writing:
Are you looking for alphabet writing sheets, tracing mats and playdough learning mats? Well you have found just that! These writing sheets were created with versatility in mind. You can print and laminate sheets to work in any of the three ways outlined above. Another option is to print and tie sheets together using punched holes then place in your early writing centers. All your kids will need to do is use the dots as a guide to begin writing each letter, getting as close as possible to the lines for uniformity.
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You might also be interested in:
Number Writing Starter Sheets (1 to 10).
Letters - Formation Visual Aids. These are a handy set of printables that serve as visual cues and reminds of the formation of letters for your beginning writers using the giraffe, chicken and monkey method.
Alphabet Writing - {Visual Clue Posters and Cards}. These were created and inspired by my 5 year olds who showed some difficulty with the formation of letters. These are an enhancement to the sketches and visual images that I drew on the whiteboard to help them remember the directions and start points.
Alphabet: This is a wonderful way to get students to practice their letter identification and sounds. Simply cut out the alphabet fish cards and place a paper clip over each card. Fishermen (kids) will use their fishing line to catch a fish. The fishing lines can be bought commercially or made with a short stick, 20 inches of store string and a small magnet for the fishhook. Each child gets a turn trying to catch fish. If he can call a word that begins with the consonant sound on the fish he has caught, he may keep the fish. If he is unable to think of a suitable word he returns the fish, face down to the fishpond. This activity is for both small and large groups and is self-directed.
Enjoy!
Nicole
A Teacher's Idea
These large Trigraph Posters provide an engaging and visually stimulating way to learn the fundamentals of trigraphs. Trigraphs are three letters that represent one sound (or ‘phoneme’). The following are represented:-
sch
scr
squ
spl
shr
spr
str
thr
These posters feature large, high-quality images that help to illustrate trigraphs and provide students with a great visual for their understanding. Each poster is designed to be simple and easily accessible, making it an ideal educational tool for all ages. With their large size, these posters are also perfect for class discussions and group activities.
SUGGESTED USES:
Classroom posters can be used as a teaching tool to recognize goals, set expectations or to introduce or review concepts. They can be used as standalone aids to help students master particular strategies and techniques.
The following are different ways of using classroom posters:
They can be printed standard size (8.5x11 inches) and binded into a booklet as a study resource for students as an individual or small group activity.
As anchor charts
They can be used as reference books for small group use. Simply print and slide pages in sheet protectors to compile a binder or folder document.
They can be used as individual reference charts. Simply print the black-line version (if available) onto colored paper for students to stick in their notebooks or interactive journals.
Onset and Rime:
These onset and rimes matching cards are great for your budding readers to practice word building. They can build both real words and nonsense words and make their lists as they go along. An extension of this activity is to categorize the words in two sets: real words and nonsense words. The rimes included are those recommended by reading experts as the 37 most common rimes that children should master. The onset cards include consonants, consonant blends and beginning digraphs The rimes are:
ack, ail, ain, ake, ale, ame, an, ank, ap ash, at, ate, aw, ay
eat, ell, est
ice, ick, ide, ight, ill, in, ine, ing, ink, ip, it
ock, oke, op, ore, ot
uck, ug, ump, unk
No word lists or pictures are included in this set.
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You might also be interested in:
Ending Digraphs- 51 Picture Word Cards.
Beginning Trigraphs - 75 Picture Word Cards.
Double Consonant Endings - 63 Picture Word Cards
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Beginning Middle End: Sound Center Cards: This is an editable powerpoint for your customization. Simply edit or remove the text boxes as desired and print selected page. After editing I suggest that you save the file under another name to avoid permanently altering the original file. You can delete beginning, middle or end phonemes for students to insert. Another alternative is to delete all the letters so that they write them in. I included small picture cards to aid mastery. The pages or sections that cannot be edited are specifically marked.
Enjoy!
Nicole
Bossy e
Here's an original poem and accompanying visual aid to help your students with the CVCe pattern (split digraphs).
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You might also be interested in:
Silent e - Illustrated Word Cards
Long Vowels_ e-Harmony
Silent e Poem
Sneaky e Poem
Magic e Poem
Ninja e Poster
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Needs and Wants: What does Santa need to survive in the North Pole? What does he want but can do without there? This is a two-poster set that explains needs and wants to your little ones. I include varying versions of a needs and wants graphic organizer that your students can list or draw Santa's needs and wants.
This product does NOT contain any picture sorting activities.
Enjoy!
Nicole
Main Idea and Details: Main Idea and Details- Hanger Graphic Organizer printable: Here's a graphic organizer that your kids can use to organize their writing. You can print the colored version and laminate for your writing area. The black and white version can be used for individual students' writing folders or notebooks.
Enjoy!
Nicole
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You might also be interested in;
Main Idea and Details - Ladder Graphic Organizer.
Main Idea and Details - Pony Graphic Organizers.
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Synonyms: SayNoName Synonym Task Cards: Here are 60 individual synonym task cards that are great for literacy centers and work stations for those students who are early finishers. Your students can choose to work together in cooperative groups to complete tasks. These cards can also be used for individual work.
(C)Nicole Hernandez 2012 at http://nicadez.blogspot.com
This set of noun cards are great for reviewing the formation of nouns using verbs. The clear use of graphics can help your students to make connections between the verbs and the nouns. The noun endings are in red type to allow for easy visibility. This is a wonderful addition to any literacy center.
(C) A Teacher's Idea 2012 http://nicadez.blogspot.com
