Here is a picture preview of the newest Peek-a-Boo!  Peek-a-Boo! Place Value: whole numbers.

I'm still here

Don't worry, I'm still here.  This time of year is always busy as teachers know, so I have not posted anything for a few weeks.  I have been extra busy since I am the head coach for the girls middle school basketball team for the first time, and practices started a week before school.

I am in the process of creating my second and third installments of my Peek-a-Boo! series.  The first uses place values from 0-100,000, and the second uses place values from .001-100.  I'm hoping to have at least the first ready to share in the next week or so.  Be sure to come back and check it out when it is done.  I have been getting some great feedback from the teachers I have showed it to so far.  Hope the start of your new school year is going well!

Peek-a-Boo! CCVC and CVCC Blends

Peek-a-Boo! for CCVC & CVCC blends is an activity I created for my ESL students to help them work on blends.  It also helps them see the different sounds in a word, and how those sounds come together to create one whole word.  In this activity students open one flap at a time and say the sound under each flap.  Once they are successful making the sounds under all three flaps they reveal the whole word under the larger flap on the right.  Breaking down the word visually is less intimidating to my beginning readers so they feel more comfortable tackling these larger words.

The hands on experience is beneficial to my ESL students, but can also help native English speakers who are just learning to read.  Students of all backgrounds enjoy sliding in a new card and "peeking" into each flap. The sleeves are easy to cutout and create, and come with picture guided direction.  If you are interested in checking out this item you can get a FREE Sample here.

Common Core Standards practiced:
ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2b
ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2c
ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2d

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