October Math and Literacy Pack - FREEBIES
OCTOBER NO PREP MATH AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES
October is here! This is such a fun month with students.
I love having these packs on hand each month because they teach the kindergarten standards using fun, engaging activities.
I added some FREEBIES to this post so you can try them with your kiddos!
These kindergarten activities target the standards we are working on each month – so they are developmentally appropriate and not just “busy work”.
The worksheets progressively get harder throughout the school year and are perfect for small groups, whole group, homework and more!
Standards-based kindergarten activities:
Phonemic awareness
Phonics
Reading comprehension + fluency
Math
October writing prompts
Goal setting
Mini Books
Perfect for:
Math and literacy centers
Sub tubs
Small group lessons
RTI… and more!
I updated this entire resource in September 2024 and added additional activities!
October Literacy:
In the month of October, I see math and literacy skills really taking off with my students.
We practice letter recognition, capital and lowercase matching, sight words, rhyming and CVC words.
These activities work so well as literacy centers throughout the month, and I love that there is no prep for me.
I target the exact skills we are working on right now in kindergarten.
You can simply print and teach!
Along with segmenting CVC words and letter sounds, we also begin tackling sequencing and comprehension.
At this point in the year, we do these whole group. I like to teach students how to find answers and key words in the text such as first, next, then and finally.
We also have fun with environmental print and labeling.
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Here is a fun way to practice CVC words and first, middle and last sounds.
Many of my students still struggle with middle sounds this time of year as this is the hardest sound in CVC words to differentiate.
Grab this FREE CVC pumpkin printable!
SIGHT WORDS
I teach 1-2 sight words a week, or about six per month.
I use these three tools: trace, color and build worksheets, fluency passages and sight word sentences.
In the month of October, we tackle the sight words see, go, way, no, two, look using the worksheets and activities shown above.
They do 3 activities with each word to help them see it in different contexts.
I start with:
Trace, spell, color and build worksheet
Then, I use the sentence building activity
Finally, we practice our fluency by reading simple sentences!
My kiddos love the routine of these worksheets, and I have them trained after about a month.
By the end of the year, they have mastered at least 50 sight words.
October Math:
Page protectors keep your black lines from getting wrinkled, and I love being able to quickly see and pull the activities I need to make copies.
These worksheets hit the kindergarten common core math standards and are so much fun for kids to complete, and I made them to target the exact skills for this time of year in kinder.
We are working on 1:1 correspondence as this is trickier for some students to master.
Quite a few activities in this pack address this skill.
There are so many fun activities to practice number recognition and counting. Ten frames and number lines are wonderful tools to teach students about numbers.
How fun is this color by number Halloween activity?
This makes for a quick activity to see which students have mastered numeral recognition though 7.
My goal is for students to not only practice sums of 5, but to leave at the end of the year fluent with these facts.
We practice them every month in my no prep math and literacy packs! This month we use pumpkins.
Here is a math FREEBIE for you!
Ready to get started for the month of October?!
All the prep work is done for you!
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“SO GREAT! Many fun themed activities for kinder. I love the goal setting and one more/one less is perfectly timed :) Thank you for sharing this!”
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“Super excited about all of the curriculum that came with this bundle. Looking forward to having plenty of resources to pull from. Thank you!!”
“These are PERFECT for my math and reading centers. The kids will be able to work on new skills and practice previously learned skills. Thank you!”
“So well laid out! Easy to use!!! Love your materials!!!”
CLICK HERE to visit my OCTOBER lesson homepage for more ideas!
In October, we have so much fun learning about fire safety, the pumpkin life cycle, and so much more!
I share everything with you, including my FREE lesson plans for October!