Cut and Paste Alphabet Activities from Preschool to Second Grade

Here you have 26 cut and paste activities to help students recognize words and sounds of the alphabet, practice spelling and acquire new vocabulary. These cut and paste worksheets are also great for kids to learn fine motor skills, especially in pre-k and Kindergarten. 

Although cut and paste activities can be used beyond these grades for students below grade level, English learners or special education. It is at this time that kids are being introduced to use of scissors and to create more complex craft projects. For your workshop time or your literacy centers.

In these cut and paste activities students have to cut out the words that begin with the same letter and paste them onto the picture. Finally, they can color the pictures.

 

 

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Compare and Contrast: Tracing and Matching Words( Common Core Standards: K.G.2)

Here you will find 26 fun tracing and matching activities for grades pre-k and kindergarten. Although they can be also used in first and second grade for students who are below grade level, newcomers to the country, English learners and special education. 

 Matching activities help children develop fine motor skills, visual discrimination and critical thinking. Providing children with a strong background in simple languages arts concepts through fun activities and games will help prepare them to perform more complex tasks later.

In this set of activities students have to trace the word and   draw a line from the word to the dotted silhouette.

  Finally, students trace the dotted silhouette and color the pictures.

Reteach Phonics Skills: Beginning Alphabet Sounds

Here you will find 26 fun tracing and matching activities for grades pre-k and kindergarten. Although they can be also used in first and second grade for students who are below grade level, newcomers to the country, English learners and special education. 

   
Matching activities help children develop fine motor skills, visual discrimination and critical thinking. Providing children with a strong background in simple languages arts concepts through fun activities and games will help prepare them to perform more complex tasks later. 

In this set of activities students have to trace the word and draw a line from the word to the dotted silhouette. Finally, students trace the dotted silhouette and color the pictures.

Flash Cards: Letters of the Alphabet with Vocabulary Words

Flash cards are a great way for kids to master the letters of the alphabet and their sound correspondences through short repetition sessions. The integration of vocabulary adds complexity and depth to this kind of activities. 

 

 

  

A a = apple + ant + astronaut + alligator 

 
 

 Students can color, cut and laminate the flash cards and use during phonics to practice beginning sounds or in any literacy centers during workshop time. Flash cards can also help students with reading of isolated words.

 
 

 

  

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How to Teach Vocabulary to First Graders

One way I teach vocabulary to my first graders is with a quilt.

I grab a piece of paper and show my students how to fold the paper three times. Then they copy the vocabulary I want them to learn and draw a picture that goes with the word. For CELDT levels 1 or 2, or newcomers to the country, I use my fonts for teachers software.

  
I create my own templates/quilts with the names on it or the beginning of the word. That way I differentiate instruction for my different levels. Tell us how you teach vocabulary and join this awesome party at Ladybug's Lounge.

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