I can’t tell you how much fun I’m having making the cookie sheet activities! As soon as I finish with one volume, I already have 2 or 3 more ideas for upcoming volumes. I think I’ve been driving Kyle (my wonderful artist) nuts with all the new art I’ve been asking her to make. She’s such a trooper. Despite having two very young children she still makes time to create awesome clip art for me to use in these products. I love it that her pics are so colorful and eye-catching.
A week or so ago I finished Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 4. This volume targets the skills of identifying beginning sounds in words as well as providing extra practice with those tricky short vowel sounds. The templates correlate with the reading series we use in our schools (Harcourt). So, for example, in this reading series, the letter “Mm” is the first letter introduced followed by “Ss”, “Rr” and “Tt”. So, with the first template, students sort words beginning with the “Mm” and “Ss” sounds. If you are not using the same reading series and your order of introducing letters is different from ours, no worries, blank templates are available for you to put in your own letters.
Click the following link to download sample templates and pictures for sorting 2 sounds. Sorting Templates with 2 Letter Sounds
All cookie sheet activities allow for differentiation. I’ve also included templates where students can sort 4 beginning sounds.
Click the following link to download sample templates for sorting 4 sounds. Sorting Template with 4 Letter Sounds
Now for those vowel sounds. I’ve included multiple templates for sorting CVC pictures with the short vowel sounds. These templates are also differentiated as students can sort pics with either 2 or 3 sounds.
Click the following link to download a sample template for sorting short vowel sounds. Sorting Template for Short Vowel Sounds
If you find the sample templates helpful, the full 43 page version of Cookie Sheet Activities can be found in my TpT store.
Click HERE to download the full 43 page version of Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 4
There are also 5 other versions of the Cookie Sheet Activities. These activities are great for either small group instruction or as activities for your literacy or math centers.
Click HERE to download Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 6- Word Families
Click HERE to download Volume 5- Common Consonant Blends and Digraphs
Click HERE or on the above link to download Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 3- Sight Words
Click HERE to download Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 2- Early Numeracy
Click HERE to download Cookie Sheet Activities Volume 1- Early Literacy Skills