Literacy Center Ideas:
- Letter Z mini-book (included)
- Letter Z worksheets (included)
- Letter Z lesson plan activity pack (included)
- Put me in the zoo activity worksheets (included)
- At the zoo, I see mini-books (included)
- Zoo preposition worksheets/activities (included)
- Spot and Dot the letter Z
All of the activities included above can be bought in our store/(You may use your account funds to pay for these lessons!)
Story Time Ideas:
- Read the book If I Ran the zoo, then have the students make their own animals and write a writing prompt about the animal that they made. What does it look like? What does it eat? Where does it live?
- Read the View at the Zoo and do the “At the zoo, I see” mini-books (included). Have the students make their own books.
Writing Center Ideas:
- After reading If I ran the zoo, you could do a writing prompt trying to convince someone that they want their animal as a pet. You could also do a writing prompt describing your animal..what does it look like? What does it eat? Where does it live?
Other Ideas:
- Talk about prepositions. Do the zoo preposition worksheets (included)…
- When talking about prepositions, Play Simon Says at their desks… Simon says go under… next to… in front of… etc. The students can pretend they are zoo animals.
- Make a list of letter Z words together
number strips. Once they copied the numbers, they were asked to write them on their own
without help. Tricky, but a lot of our friends could do it!
Madreen Karle is a master first grade reading teacher with over 30 years of classroom experience. She taught reading in a special needs and English as a Second Language classroom. After retiring she wrote a reading program to help others learn how to teach reading. She is a trusted educator and author of 5 books to help teach children to read and write. In addition to her books, she is a mentor for 3 websites that give reading teacher tips (Mrs. Karle's Sight and Sound Reading, Mrs. Karle's Reading Patch, and Mrs. Karle's Handwriting Patch). Through her teaching she learned that confidence was the key to learning to read. A child who is not confident at reading does not like to read and struggles to read. Mrs. Karle created "sunshine moments" to help teach children how to grow their confidence and learn to read.
Meeghan Karle Mousaw (Madreen’s daughter) has her Master’s in Special Education. She has 7 years experience teaching children to read online. In addition, she developed a curriculum to teach children handwriting called The Handwriting Patch. With the Handwriting Patch learning is fun because children learn to draw and learn handwriting at the same time. In 2019 The Handwriting Patch curriculum became an amazon best seller the first year it was released, helping thousands of kids learn handwriting with a unique, fun method. She is mom to 6 kids, each with differently learning abilities and struggles.
The Reading Patch was established by the creators of Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading. Together they have been featured on the NBC media outlets. Over the last 7 years in their online platform, Madreen and Meeghan have worked tirelessly with teachers, homeschoolers and parents looking to help children learn to read to become a trusted authority in teaching children to read and advocating early literacy skills. They often partner with other educational experts to deliver the most current information to the Reading Patch community.
Meeghan Karle Mousaw (Madreen’s daughter) has her Master’s in Special Education. She has 7 years experience teaching children to read online. In addition, she developed a curriculum to teach children handwriting called The Handwriting Patch. With the Handwriting Patch learning is fun because children learn to draw and learn handwriting at the same time. In 2019 The Handwriting Patch curriculum became an amazon best seller the first year it was released, helping thousands of kids learn handwriting with a unique, fun method. She is mom to 6 kids, each with differently learning abilities and struggles.
The Reading Patch was established by the creators of Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading. Together they have been featured on the NBC media outlets. Over the last 7 years in their online platform, Madreen and Meeghan have worked tirelessly with teachers, homeschoolers and parents looking to help children learn to read to become a trusted authority in teaching children to read and advocating early literacy skills. They often partner with other educational experts to deliver the most current information to the Reading Patch community.