English Literacy
Phonological Awareness
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The ability to segment phonemes, or hear the individual sounds within words is a crucial phonemic awareness skill. This bundle includes four sets of words, with each set containing six pictures representing words with 2-4 phonemes.
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This bundle includes everything you need for your phonological awareness shelf: - Word counting - Compound words - Syllable segmentation - Rhyming - Beginning sound identification - Phoneme segmentation - Ending sound identification - Middle sound identification
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Phonics
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This bundle includes printable shelf work that helps children learn the different ways to spell the following sounds: /r/, /s/, /j/, /n/, /w/, and /ng/. These skills are taught in Sets 1.5 and 1.6 of the Integrated Montessori CKLA Scope and Sequence.
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Alternative Vowel Sound Spelling Bundle
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This bundle includes printable shelf work that helps children learn the different ways to spell the following vowel sounds: long e, long i, long u, short i, short o, and short u. These skills are taught in Sets 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 of the Integrated Montessori CKLA Scope and Sequence.
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The first letter sounds that are introduced in the Integrated Montessori CKLA Scope and Sequence are m, a, t, d, o, c, g, i. After children have mastered these 8 sounds, they are able to use them to write several words with the movable alphabet. This bundle includes pictures representing CVC words, which can be used with the movable alphabet after children have mastered the letter sounds for m, a, t, d, o, c, g, i.
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This bundle includes pictures and matching CVC words. The first 2 sets only include the letters m, a, t, d, o, c, g, i, which are introduced first in the Integrated Montessori CKLA Scope and Sequence. The third set includes the letters m, a, t, d, o, c, g, i, n, h, s, f, v, z, p, e.
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The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English, and it is one of the hardest for children to read and spell because it can be represented by all of the vowel letters. This bundle provides children with practice sorting words with the most common spellings of the schwa sound. This corresponds to Set 2.5 in the Integrated Montessori CKLA Scope and Sequence.
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This work helps children practice decoding skills by reading sentences and matching them with pictures. This set includes 16 sentences that only have short vowel VC and CVC words and the sight words "the" and "a".
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This Individual Code Chart from Core Knowledge shows all of the spelling patterns for each of the sounds in English. The gray bar, or "power bar" under each spelling pattern represents the frequency of that spelling pattern. This is a powerful tool to support children's writing. This resource is from the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum, which can be accessed for free here: www.coreknowledge.org
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Tricky spellings are spelling patterns that can have more than one pronunciation. For example, the letter s at the end of a word can be pronounced /s/ or /z/. This bundle includes sorting activities for the following tricky spelling patterns: -s can be pronounced as /s/ or /z/ oo can be pronounced as in moon or look -ed can be pronounced /ed/, /d/, /t/
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Tricky spellings are spelling patterns that can have more than one pronunciation. the letter g can be pronounced /g/ or /j/. This bundle includes sorting activities for the following tricky spelling patterns: g can be pronounced /g/ or /j/ c can be pronounced /k/ or /s/ n can be pronounced /n/ or /ng/
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The vowel digraph 'oo' can be pronounced as it is in moon or as it is in look. This bundle includes a set of picture cards for each pronunciation and a sorting activity where children sort words based on the sound of the 'oo'.
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These 14 sets of cards help children to read and spell the following sounds: long /oo/ as in moon, short /oo/ as in look, /ou/ as in shout and cow, /oi/ as in oil and boy, and /aw/ as in paw, pause, caught, and talk.
Note: Neither 'oo' sound is technically a diphthong, but these sounds are often taught together.
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This download includes the following sets of picture cards that can be used with the moveable alphabet: - 4 sets of consonant cluster picture cards (24 words total) - 1 set of picture cards for each of the following consonant digraphs: ch, sh, th, qu, ng, mixed practice (36 words total) - 1 set of picture cards for each of the following double consonant spellings: -ss, -ll, -ck, mixed practice (24 words total)
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This bundle includes the following activities: - Sorting pictures by initial letter sound (6 sets with 16 picture cards in each set) - Spelling CVC words with the movable alphabet (9 sets with 4-6 picture cards in each set) - Matching CVC words with pictures (9 sets with 6-8 pairs of words/pictures in each set) These skills align to Skills Units 3-5 of the Kindergarten Amplify CKLA literacy curriculum.
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Puzzle Words
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These eight sets of puzzle words (tricky words/sight words) are taught in the kindergarten Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum. The tricky part of the word, or the part of the word that does not follow the rules, is underlined on each card. There are a total of 44 words..
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These six sets of puzzle words (tricky words/sight words) are taught in the 1st grade Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum. The tricky part of the word, or the part of the word that does not follow the rules, is underlined on each card. There are a total of 24 words.
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These four sets of puzzle words (tricky words/sight words) are taught in the 2nd grade Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum. The tricky part of the word, or the part of the word that does not follow the rules, is underlined on each card. There are a total of 28 words.
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Grammar & Language
Grammar and Language Learning Trajectory
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Montessori has a rich grammar and language curriculum, which can be used to teach the skills outlined in this learning trajectory. This document lists all of the grammar and language skills covered in the CKLA curriculum (Kindergarten through 6th grade), which are also included in the Grammar & Lang. tab of our scope and sequence.
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In this work, children match the words with their definition and a sentence. Words include those with the prefixes "mis-" and "dis-" and the suffixes "-er" and "-or". Blank cards are included so that children may add new words as they find them in their reading. These words are different than those in the CKLA workbook so that children have additional practice opportunities.
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Morphology: prefixes un-, non-, re- & pre-
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In this work, children match the words with their definition and a sentence. Blank cards are included so that children may add new words as they find them in their reading. These words are different than those in the CKLA workbook so that children have additional practice opportunities. As an extension, you may consider having children write additional sentences for each word.
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In this work, children match the words with their definition and a sentence. Words include those with the suffixes "-ist", "-ian", "-y", and "-al". Blank cards are included so that children may add new words as they find them in their reading. These words are different than those in the Amplify CKLA workbook so that children have additional practice opportunities.
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Writing
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These editing checklists support students in independently editing their own and others' writing. The checklists are based on the Common Core Language Standards for each grade level, kindergarten through 6th grade.
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