Keep centers running smoothly with games and hands-on activities students can do on their own or with a partner.
This category includes math card games, kindergarten centers, task boxes, task cards, Write the Room, sentence-building centers, roll-and-draw games and a reading escape room. Most include recording sheets for accountability.
25 resources in this category
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Created byActivity ExpressSeven addition strategies for facts within 20 in two levels: anchor charts, a 3-week plan, fact strips, mazes, partner games and pre/post tests.
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Created byActivity ExpressArrays, rows and columns, repeated addition and beginning multiplication for grades 2–3 in two levels, with Array Bingo, a flip book and a 2-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express166 roll-and-read phonics game boards for K–2: 61 skills in 10 units, two levels per skill, Decoding Checks, sorts, trackers and answer keys.
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Created byActivity ExpressType up to 10 words once and they fill 16 word work activities: games, ABC order, rainbow write, homework and tests. Fillable PDF for K–2.
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Created byActivity ExpressNovember and Thanksgiving puzzles for grades 3–6: word searches, crosswords, codes, mazes, logic and coordinate puzzles in two levels, with keys.
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Created byActivity Express26 dice race game boards for K–2 addition and subtraction within 10 and 20, with strategy boards for doubles, make 10 and counting back, plus answer keys.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Tap, Map & Write CVC routine for K–1: 60 words across all 5 short vowels, sound box mats, 40 practice pages, 5 games and progress tracking.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween figurative language for grades 3–5: 7 types, anchor posters, 28 practice pages, 28 task cards, an original poem, flip book and quiz.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Halloween narrative writing workshop for grades 2–5: 48 story cards, 8 anchor charts, a mentor text, planners, word banks, rubric and publishing pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no-tech escape room for grades 6–8: an original dystopian story and four locks on comprehension, plot, characterization and theme.
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Created byActivity ExpressA theme park reading escape room for grades 3–6: six ride challenges on informational text, fact and opinion, data tables, timelines and context clues.
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Created byActivity ExpressCandy math mats for K–3: estimate, sort, graph, patterns, compare, add, subtract, fractions and arrays, with no-candy options for food restrictions.
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Created byActivity Express15 community helpers math and literacy centers for preschool, Pre-K and kindergarten: beginning sounds, rhyming, ten frames, graphing, measuring and more.
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Created byActivity Express36 fall block building cards for PreK and kindergarten with block plans, shape keys, difficulty levels, challenges, recording pages and 8-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Halloween sentence building center for K–1: 72 Who?, Did What? and Where? picture cards, 6 recording sheets and 12 scrambled sentences.
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Created byActivity Express20 Halloween math and literacy centers for kindergarten: ten frames, patterns, CVC games and rhyming, with a 4-week plan, labels and recording sheets.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween grammar for grades 1–3: 96 subject and predicate picture cards, 40 task cards, sorts, fragment practice, exit tickets and a 1-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express7 holiday Write the Room sets for PreK–1st, Halloween to Earth Day: 12 picture word cards each, 5 differentiated recording sheets and a seated word chart.
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Created byActivity Express32 making inferences task cards for grades 4–6 with an anchor chart, It Says / I Say / And So organizer, Prove It sheets, riddles and a 5-day plan.
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Created byActivity Express18 math card games for 1st–2nd grade with 80 printable number cards: addition, subtraction, place value, time, shapes and data, plus a 6-week rotation.
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Created byActivity ExpressA pumpkin place value craft with 2-, 3- and 4-digit levels, 3 games, posters, 10 practice pages and a 5-day plan for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free Halloween roll and draw for K–5: two leveled charts, a monster drawing mat, descriptive and persuasive writing, a partner game and a class graph.
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Created byActivity ExpressA dice game for grades 1–6 that builds one abstract artwork through line, shape, pattern, texture, color and value. Includes a sub plan and reflection.
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Created byActivity Express264 reusable task box cards in 19 skill sets for autism and special ed: letters, sounds, writing, counting, patterns, ten frames and IEP data.
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Created byActivity ExpressTouch and count number cards 0–20 with dots on the numerals, teen cards with ten frames, 5 math games and 11 counting worksheets for Pre-K to 1st grade.
A step-by-step guide to teaching seven addition strategies for facts within 20 in 1st grade, with a 3-week plan, games and differentiation tips.
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A practical guide to teaching arrays, rows and columns, repeated addition and the commutative property in grades 2–3, with a 2-week plan and games.
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How to use roll-and-read phonics game boards in K–2 to build automatic decoding, from short vowels to vowel teams, with plans, groups and checks.
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A practical K–2 guide to weekly spelling and sight word practice: choosing lists, pretests, word work centers, choice boards, games and homework.
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How to run a November early finisher system in grades 3–6 with puzzles that build logic, vocabulary and math, plus routines and a 4-week plan.
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A K–2 guide to fact fluency within 10 and 20: doubles, make 10, counting back, partner dice games, a 4-week plan and tips for intervention.
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