Back to School with Learning through Literacy

Who says teachers get summer's off?

Because this teacher right here may not have set foot in the school, but I sure did wear this computer out! I've spent all summer creating and putting together things for my firsties that I haven't even met!

My HUGE labor of love this summer was creating monthly literacy activities and centers.

Meet Learning through Literacy

Learning through Literacy focuses on skills taught throughout the 1st grade year.

I know students learn best when they get to practice what they are taught, after it "sinks in". 

So my goal was to create a literacy activity my students could practice successfully on their own. 

Each month's pack includes an activity for the following categories:

 phonics, word work, grammar, writing, & sight words

Within each month, the skill in each category changes.

For example, in November the phonics skill is blends but in December the phonics skill is digraphs.

This is true for each category. 

I like to be able to tell whether or not my students need help in their center work as it lets me know if they have mastered the skill, are progressing in the skill, or need to be retaught the skill. 

So, I made a recording sheet to accompany each activity. 

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of September. 

Recognizing consonants in CVC words
Reading CVC words
Rhyming words 
Simple sentences
Sight Words

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of October. 

Short Vowels

Reading CVck words

Categorizing Nouns

Simple sentences

Sight Words

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of November. 

Words with Blends
Rhyming Words
Common & Proper Nouns
Sentence Building
Sight Words

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of December.

Words with Digraphs
Compound Words
Verbs
Punctuation 
Sight Words 

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of January. 

Words with Blends & Digraphs
Compound Words
Nouns & Verbs
Alphabetizing Words
Sight Words

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of February. 

Words with CVCe
Contractions
Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
Punctuating Sentences
Sight Words

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of March.

Words with Adjacent Vowels

Synonyms and Antonyms

Alphabetical Order

Punctuating Sentences

Sight Words 

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of April. 

Words with Dipthongs (oo/ou/ow/oi/oy/au/aw)
Adverbs and Adjectives
Alphabetical Order
Vocabulary and Context Clues
Sight Words

Here is a peek into the 5 activities for the month of May. 

Words with R Controlled Vowels
Prepositions
Alphabetical Order
Building Sentences with Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
Sight Words

You can grab each one individually or the whole bundle.

If you purchase the bundle, it is 20% off, which means you get 2 month's worth free!

Click on the pictures above and they will take you where you need to go in my TpT store. 

They will all be 20% off through this weekend!