TEACHING THE ALPHABET - Learning My Letters D

I've been SLOWLY updating my handwriting letter pages.  I really like the format of half sized pages - easier for the little ones to complete, and half as many papers to copy.  So I am reformatting and updating some of the images.

I am also compiling mini books for each letter to reinforce other important skills found in the common core including:

• Letter identification
• Phonics - initial sounds
• Isolating beginning, medial, and final sounds
• Directed drawing (geometry - using shapes to create simple drawings)
• TONS of handwriting practice

They are intended to be copied back to back, folded and put together to make a mini-book with 8 activities for each letter. Try out this freebie (click any of the pages below for a free download).  I would love feedback - please let me know what you think - and keep following me for the other letters to follow :) 

All About Me Poster

Still just getting started with this blog, so I thought I could start with some of my beginning of the year activities.  I love sending these posters home with the new students to get to know them better.  They bring them back the first week of school.  It's always interesting to see the ones that are done by the little ones independently and the ones that the Mom's can't resist "improving".  Some will come back completely "scrapbooked" with mounted photos, and others with scribbled doodles. I love the "word that describes me" section - always provides insightful glimpses into their personalities.

Grab the freebie in honor of the beginning of the school year until Labor Day!  Please don't forget to follow me here and/or in my TpT store so you don't miss out on any more freebies :)