Weekly Boost
This Week in Preschool
Week 14
Opposites
Opposites
Review opposites that your child is familiar with in order to build a conceptual understanding of opposites.
Using opposites that students already know can be helpful in introducing other opposites and to build a conceptual understanding of what an opposite is.
Identifying Opposites: From Sour to Light
Worksheet
Identifying Opposites: From Sour to Light
Give your child practice identifying antonyms with this printable first grade worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opposites Writing
Lesson plan
Opposites Writing
Help students apply prepositional concepts while having fun. Students will love honing their writing skills in different "opposite" areas throughout the classroom.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Learning Opposites
Activity
Learning Opposites
This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!
1st grade
Arts & crafts
Activity
Math Fun!
Math Fun!
Use these Thanksgiving themed math activities to review math topics like number recognition, patterns, shapes, and addition!
Use these Thanksgiving themed math activities to review math topics like number recognition, patterns, shapes, and addition!
Making Turkey Patterns
Lesson plan
Making Turkey Patterns
Festive fall decorations will fill your classroom after students complete these pattern-filled turkeys!
preschool
Math
Lesson plan
Race the Thanksgiving Turkeys
Worksheet
Race the Thanksgiving Turkeys
Here's a fun game that you can take anywhere! Kids practice counting and boost direction-following skills as they race the turkeys from start to finish.
preschool
Worksheet
Paint a Cornucopia Still Life!
Activity
Paint a Cornucopia Still Life!
Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!
kindergarten
Math
Activity
Retelling Stories
Retelling Stories
Retelling stories in fun ways is a great way to build reading fluency. Repeition and practice are key!
Retelling stories in fun ways is a great way to build reading fluency. Repeition and practice are key!
Felt Board Stories
Activity
Felt Board Stories
Make some fairy tale felt board stories with your child the next time you're looking for a fun activity for a lazy afternoon.
preschool
Arts & crafts
Activity
The Rainbow Fish
Lesson plan
The Rainbow Fish
In this literacy lesson, students have the chance to explore feelings using The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They will role-play, answer comprehension questions, and create a craft!
preschool
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
A Rainbow of Feelings
Lesson plan
A Rainbow of Feelings
In this fun hands-on lesson plan, your ELs will love practicing retelling a story while learning all about feeling words. Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the Rainbow Fish lesson plan.
preschool
Lesson plan
Holiday Writing Fun
Holiday Writing Fun
This week invite your child to practice their writing skills by focusing on being thankful! Use this selection of activities for your child to get excited about writing and gratitude at the same time.
This week invite your students to practice their writing skills by focusing on being thankful! Use this selection of activities for your class to get excited about writing and gratitude at the same time.
Make a Mini Book: My First Gratitude Journal
Worksheet
Make a Mini Book: My First Gratitude Journal
Children are introduced to the life-changing practice of expressing gratitude with this sweet mini-book.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Create a Kindness Card
Worksheet
Create a Kindness Card
Use these traceable cards to incorporate more opportunities for gratitude in your day-to-day life by sharing what you are thankful for with your friends and family.
preschool
Worksheet
Make a Family Gratitude Jar
Activity
Make a Family Gratitude Jar
The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how
preschool
Activity
Your message has been sent
