Who Let The A Out

I made these dogs to go with Dr. Jean's song "Who Let the Letters Out?" As we sing the song, the students bring up the letters in order. We can play with capital letters, lowercase letters, or initial sounds.

Who Let The A Out?

While we sing Dr. Jean's "Who Let The A Out" song, the students come up to a pocket chart and put the letter up. I have lowercase, capitals, and pictures for initial sound.

Thanksgiving Bulletin Board

Students told me what they were thankful for to make this paper quilt. Then we added the paper bag turkeys with pattern leaves.

Christmas Tree Counting Center

There are twenty four trees with numbers on the stars. Students choose a tree and count out the correct number of presents to put on the tree.

Domino Counting Pumpkins

Students order the pumpkins from 1 to 16.

Leaf Initial Sound Center

Lowercase letters are written on half the leaves. Picures are stamped on the other half of the leaves. Students must match the picture to the initial letter.

Apple Centers

The top center is made from apples using Doodlecharms. I simply cut them each in half and wrote a capital letter on one side and a lower case letter on the other side. The bottom center was made using My Community. I cut the tree (four to a page) in green and then the trunk in brown. I drew apples on the tree, put numbers on the trunks, laminated them and attached velcro dots to the back.

Chicka Chicka Matching Game

The top coconut tree is from Lakeshore. It came with foam letters, but the velcro peeled off and didn't last long. I remade the letters with Mickey Font and laminated them. I laminated them and used velcro on the back. The students can read the story and add or take away the letters to act it out.

The bottom coconut tree was made with Doodlecharms and the fit to page feature. I shadowed it as well. Then I made the lower case letters go around the tree. I wrote uppercase letters on the clothespins. Students reach in to get a clothespin and attach it to the coconut tree on the lowercase letter.

Dismissal Chart

Dismissal is a busy time. The kids frequently change their schedules throughout the year so I wanted something I could update easily. I used pocket charts in read and blue from the Dollar Spot at Target. The buses are from Doodlecharms in blackout. The sneaker and the head are from Paperdolls.

Pointers

These are pointers I made with dowels from Home Depot. My husband cut them in half. I then used hot glue, ribbon, googly eyes, and ink to embellish them. The students will use them for Reading the Room, reading our Morning Message and Shared Reading book, and during calendar.