January No Prep Math & Literacy Pack - FREEBIES
JANUARY MATH AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES
Whew! December is over and the new year is here!
I love January because I always get a burst of energy after the long break off from school.
I think we all kind of need this as teachers to recharge our batteries and start fresh.
I sure miss my kindergarteners' sweet faces and I am excited to see them bouncing through the door.. ready to learn and get back at it!
We have A LOT to do too! From now until Spring Break we push hard and make incredible strides.
DECEMBER 2023: I just updated this best-selling TPT activity pack with even more standard-based math, reading, writing and phonics activities! This resource now includes over 100 pages of printable worksheets.
I give you a ton of easy, no prep tools in my monthly Kindergarten No Prep Math & Literacy Packs.
My goal with these packs is to teach the standards in a fun, hands-on and spiraling way that makes your life easier.
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NO PREP READING ACTIVITIES IN JANUARY
Are you tired of the constant laminating, cutting and organizing your monthly centers?
I switched to my no prep method, and there is no going back!
Almost all of my centers are print and go, and the activities have a similar set up each month so students know my expectations.
I do not have to constantly give directions.
I include a labeling activity in each month’s pack that is perfect for an easy, no prep literacy center.
Just make the copies, put glue and scissors in this station and you’re set.
This also works well as a whole group activity.
We are also in full swing tackling the standards… mastering sight words, solidifying our letter names and sounds, learning all about CAP, becoming writers and authors, being number wizards (we are starting numbers 11-20 this month!), learning about 2D and 3D shapes, more than/less than, and SO much more!
By now, my students have mastered rhyming and syllables, but I still include these practice pages in every one of my monthly no prep packs. I also always include a monthly writing prompt and goal setting activity.
My students like the routine of these pages.
We set goals every month, and I keep them in a portfolio for parents at the end of the year.
It is an awesome way to document their progress! I do the same with their writing prompts.
Most of my kiddos have mastered first sounds, but I still include activities to practice and review this skill.
Students are at different academic levels, so I differentiate some of the worksheets to provide the appropriate amount of scaffolding.
Have you started sequencing with your students? This cut and paste activity is perfect for this time of year with kindergarten.
I have students underline the sequencing words in the story and then we cut and paste the pictures in order.
It is so fun to practice the standards every month using themed materials.
This really makes engagement a cinch since the kiddos are so excited to learn.
We are tackling CVC words like no other right now and their growth is incredible.
In January, we are really solidifying middle and last sounds in CVC words.
Middle and last sounds are still tricky for some students, but most are catching on.
These units teach my students to easily be able to segment, isolate and blend first, middle and last sounds in CVC words.
I use Elkonin boxes, sentence context clues, picture matching and more to help get them where they need to be.
Sorting word families is a fun activity to help students recognize spelling patterns.
They can cut and paste the words under the correct snow cloud.
NO PREP SIGHT WORDS IN JANUARY
Mastering sight words is also a top priority. We generally learn 1-2 new words a week.
To help my students new master sight words, I use the same three tools for each word.
1) Color it, trace it, build it worksheet
2) Sentence building worksheet (I always love to throw in writing where I can!)
3) Fluency passage (helps them see the new word in context.)
DECEMBER 2023 UPDATED GRAPHICS AND ACTIVTIES:
The six words we focus on for the month of January are: the, of, and, to, in, a
All of my Monthly No Prep Packs have this same set up for sight words!
Using this same approach every month saves me so much time in explaining the expectations and directions for this activity.
I have them trained in exactly what is expected and they love the routine! All the work is done for you.
At the end of January, I use this sight word scramble as a little assessment tool to see which students mastered the six new words we learned.
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My Monthly No Prep Packs all come with a themed emergent reader.
My students love making these each month!
I first read it whole group, then they trace the sentences, color the pictures and we split off to read them with partners.
Then they get to take them home and read them to their families.
They are so proud of their little books!
By January, they get the routine enough that this becomes an independent literacy center, and we are practicing so many CAP skills.
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Please note: I updated the graphics in December 2023, so the mini book looks slightly different than shown in the photos.
JANUARY NO PREP MATH ACTIVITIES
There are so many useful tools included in this pack to help you and your students:
Numbers and counting
Addition and subtraction
Geometry
More than/less than
Number lines, ten frames, coins, commons and more!
I have a fun snowman teen number freebie for you too!
When first get back from break, I spend a week reviewing - 2D and 3d shapes, numbers 1-10, ordering by size, etc.
In math this month, we are getting ready to tackle numbers 11-20... the teen numbers!
Note: to see my complete math unit on teen numbers CLICK HERE
My kids enjoy the snowmen number lines, snowflake ten frames and the snowmen base ten worksheets.
I like to expose my students to a variety of ways of making teen numbers.
Also included are one more/one less activities, counting on and skip counting (5s and 10s) - all common core aligned activities.
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I encourage my students to find and circle the numbers on the number line.
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Other important Common Core math skills we are tackling this month include more than/less than, addition and subtraction (including story problems), sums of five, and counting to 20.
NO PREP FOR YOU and ENGAGING FOR STUDENTS
Watch this quick video to see a few of the activities that are included in this best-selling resource!
This No Prep Math and Literacy Pack for January is aligned with the kindergarten common core standards as well as almost all state standards.
Students absolutely love completing these games and activities throughout the entire month of January!
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