First Names and Rain, Rain, Go Away (and Other Nursery Rhymes)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nursery-Rhymes-and-Name-Unit-Kiddos-Connect-to-Nursery-Rhymes-3282974

This Nursery Rhyme and Name unit is 

a resource to help teachers 

use the power of rhythm and rhyme 

to teach kiddos 

to recognize, identify and write their names. 

The shared poem format and extensions

 provide many opportunities for kiddos 

to read and write their own names 

in meaningful and contextual formats.

The following are the  Nursery Rhymes




  *Jack Be Nimble 

 



*Polly Put the Kettle On

 


*Mary Had a Little Lamb

 


*Rain, Rain, Go Away

 


*Did You Ever See a Laddie?

The following activities are in included with each Nursery Rhyme/Name section
Shared Poem
Pocket chart activity

Ideas to act out the poem using kiddos’ names

Retell wheel

Name paper

Class book

Name game

Enjoy!
Janice and Ann

 PS We know ALL teachers do not want it to rain 
from about 8ish to 3ish 
Monday through Friday!
They want ALL the kiddos to go out and play!

NAMES!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beginning-of-the-Year-Name-Activities-Kiddos-Connect-to-Names-3297180


 
The name unit is a resource to help teachers 

use the power of the name to teach kiddos 

about alphabet recognition,

 letter/sound connections, 

and word work (alliteration/rhyming) 

in meaningful and contextual formats.
The activities are centered 

around phonemic awareness and phonics activities connected to the most important word for each kiddo - his/her own NAME!
The product offers many opportunities for the kiddos to recognize, identify and write their names 

throughout the school day.

 The following activities are included:

*Emergent readers

*Class graphs

*Cut-up sentences 

*Morning songs

*Phonemic Awareness 
(rhyming, syllabication, 
 substitution/deletion of names)

*Name chants and class books

*Daily sign-ins

*Name hunts

*Name writing papers

*Art with names

*Cooking (recipes) with names

Enjoy!
Janice and Ann

PS HINT--

Write the names with a highlighter
for kiddos to trace.

Back to School with Cool Cat Freebie!

It is back to school and it’s all good! 

Cool Cat is ready to help with:
*5 books
  *5 graphs
*5 songs
*5 crafts

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beginning-of-the-Year-Cool-Cat-Freebie-3320204

and with this Cool Cat Freebie

*5 games

( 3 in unit + 2 in freebie = 5)

 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beginning-of-the-Year-Sing-and-Dance-and-Learn-with-the-Cool-Cat-2682781

This unit is comprehensive and complete 

with activities 

to last 5 days or 5 weeks!

Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

PS We hope you have a great year

full of singing and dancing and

laughing and learning--

And it's all good !

Have a Kind August and a Sunflower Freebie!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindness-Sunflower-Freebie-2701709

We have included the following:

Spin a Kindness Game

Retell of the Sunflower House

How to Draw a Sunflower
as well as a class game and book. 

This freebie

includes some additional ideas 

to go with our unit

  Sunflower Garden of Activities--

  Kiddos Connect to Kindness All Year Series.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindness-Sunflower-Garden-of-Activities-Kiddos-Connect-to-Kindness-All-Year-2016757

 

The Retell is based on the book,

Sunflower House.

In the  
Sunflower Garden Unit

we included several items in the 

Literature Close--

Text Dependent and BIG thinking Questions

WOW! Words

Writing Formats

to help  kiddos make 
connections

to themselves,

to other books,

and 

to the world!

Enjoy!

Janice and Ann

PS Have a Kind August!