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Sound and Say
Practice sight words with your class. This series of slides featuring words such as they, all, and are, could be used as a daily review. It would also make a good center activity. Use this same technique to review other topics.
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Phase 5
A colorful presentation on common vowel blends awaits your class. Each of the 25 slides has a two-letter vowel blend in a large circle, accompanied by a smaller circle that has the phonetic sound that the blend makes. Pretty fish and...
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Rhyming Words
Using endings, such as -it, -id, and -ip, learners practice reading and spelling words. This is a simple and motivating way to have your kindergarten or first grade class practice important skills. This could be done in a whole group, or...
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Shapes and Colors: Beginning ESL Lesson
Helpful for beginning ESL classes as well as any elementary class working on colors and shapes, this presentation is clear and easy to understand. Each slide features one shape that is also one color (white circle, yellow square, purple...
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Playing "Pin the Tail on the Donkey": A Social Story
What is "Pin the Tail on the Donkey?" It's a game people play at parties. Prepare your Autistic pupil to play along by reading this social story. Each page contains rules of the game and what to expect. Playing games is a great way to...
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Spelling first 44 Frequency Words
The first 44 high frequency words are listed in this PowerPoint. These are great slides for practice. As a class, read through each slide. Tip: Make copies of this PowerPoint for take-home practice.
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ee Words
Words with the letter ee in them are displayed in this PowerPoint. Each word is also portrayed with a colorful image. There are seven words total. After showing this presentation, ask your class to share more examples!
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Alliteration: Poetry
Explore alliteration using this resource. This short presentation discusses the use of alliteration in poetry. Learners will love reading these silly sentences, and also creating some of their own.
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CVC Words
The -ap word family includes many members. This colorful PowerPoint shows five words ending in -ap; each slide also includes a great image to match the word. After viewing this slide show, ask your class to share more examples of -ap words.
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Summer Breeze
Introduce a lesson on wind with this short poem titled, "Summer Breeze." After reading the poem, ask your class why wind is important for our environment. What a great resource for a lesson hook!
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The Hare and the Tortoise
Here is a simple re-telling of the classic fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare." Learners are either read to, or they read along, as each slide progresses through the tale. The moral of the story is present as well; slow and steady wins...
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le Sound
The blend le is the focus of this primary-level presentation. It's nicely done; clear examples, and a lot of them! Pupils should gain a good understanding of this blend after viewing this PowerPoint.
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Who Wants to Win Millions: Counting
Have your learners review counting skills using this motivating game. Using enticing visuals, they identify the number of items displayed. This would make a terrific center activity.
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Counting Objects
Little learners can practice counting. Each slide presents a set of objects to be counted by the class. A finger points to each object as it is counted. This presentation is short, but developmentally sound.
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5 Funky Little Monkeys
Here is a cute twist on the classic, "5 Little Monkeys." Students will sing 5 funky little monkeys jumping on the bed and then subtract 5-1=4 to determine how many monkeys are left.
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Comparison words
Here is a list of rules for adding "er or "est" to words when comparing. Three examples are shown with little cartoon figures which are cute, but not relevant.
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Hickory Dickory Dock
After singing the classic "Hickory Dickory Dock" rhyme, your students can practice telling time with this themed PowerPoint. Each slide has a clock showing a particular time. Tip: Ask students what time the clock is showing, prior to...
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Alphardy
Completing this PowerPoint should enable young readers to better-associate the sounds that go with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Each slide has the letter with a cartoon drawing to help with recognition of the beginning sound....
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Tongue Twisters
Young readers practice their letter sounds by engaging with this language arts PowerPoint. Six letters are used: p, l, s, w, c, and d. Pupils learn tongue twisters for each letter such as: "Wiggly worm wiggles in the water." Very nice!
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Tell the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" to your little learners with the help of this animated slide-show. Read along or have the students tell the story of Goldilocks as you forward each slide. Note: This presentation would...
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Who Let the Letters Out
Reviewing the letters and the short vowel sounds, this resource provides an enjoyable way to go over this topic. While the presentation is just a basic review of letters and their sounds, there is animation that is sure to appeal to...
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Count the Sounds
Sing along with this phonics song. Your early readers will count the sounds using their fingers as they sing or say the sounds of four simple words. Tip: Use this song with other words, make connections by using words from the class word...
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The Numeral Song
Numbers 1 to 10 are largely displayed in this bold PowerPoint. "The Numeral Song" is not included, but you can create your own tune for counting to 10 with your students. This is a great presentation to help increase students' number...
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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Preschoolers will love learning the song, " I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" with this PowerPoint. Each slide contains an image of an old lady and the animal she swallowed. Note: Audio does not appear to be working, however this...