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Early Literacy / Literacy Kits
HFW - High-frequency words VC - Vowel-Consonant words CVC - Consonant-Vowel-Consonant words
Letter Recognition (PreK, Kindergarten)
LR-1. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Aa, Bb. Contains 4 books (A is for Apple, “A”- A Letter Book, B is for Bee, “B” A Letter Book,). 2 Teaching tubs for letters A and B. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-2. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Cc, Dd. Contains 4 books (C is for Cat, “C” A Letter Book, D is for Dog, “D” - A Letter Book). 2 Teaching tubs for letters C, D. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-3. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Ee, Ff. Contains 4 books (E is for Elephant, “E” A Letter Book, F is for Fish, “F” A Letter Book), 2 Teaching tubs for letters E, F. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-4. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Gg, Hh. Contains 4 books (G is for Gift, “G” ” A Letter Book, H is for Hat, “H” ” A Letter Book), 2 Teaching tubs for letters G, H. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-5. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Ii, Jj. Contains 4 books (I is for Igloo, “I” Letter Book, J is for Jelly, “J” A Letter Book, K is for Key, “K” A Letter Book). 4 Teaching tubs for letters I, J. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-6. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Kk, Ll. Contains 4 books ( K is for Key, “K” Letter Book, L is for Lion, “L” A Letter Book). 4 Teaching tubs for letters K, L. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-7. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Mm, Nn. Contains 4 books. (M is for Moon, “M” A Letter Book, N is for Nest, “N” A Letter Book). 2 Teaching tubs for letters M, N. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-8. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Oo, Pp. Contains 4 books. (O is for Octopus, “O” A Letter Book, P is for Penguin, “P” A Letter Book). 2 Teaching tubs for letters O, P. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-9. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Qq, Rr. Contains 4 books. (Q is for Queen, “Q” A Letter Book R is for Rainbow, “R” A Letter Book). 2 Teaching tubs for letters Q, R. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-10. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Ss, Tt. Contains 4 books. (S is for Sun,, “S” Letter Book, T is for Turtle, “T” A Letter Book,). 2 Teaching tubs for letters S, T. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-11. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Uu, Vv. Contains 4 books. (U is for Umbrella, “U” A Letter Book, V is for Volcano, “V” A Letter Book), 2 Teaching tubs for letters U, V. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-12. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Ww, Xx. Contains 4 books. (W is for Watermelon, “W” A Letter Book, X is for Fox, “X” A Letter Book), 2 Teaching tubs for letters W, X. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-13. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness Yy, Zz. Contains 4 books. (Y is for Yo-yo, “Y” A Letter Book, Z is for Zebra, “Z” A Letter Book), 2 Teaching tubs for letters Y, Z. 1 Activity card. 1 teaching tubs contents card.
LR-14. VC words, CVC phonemic awareness short a / e/ o/ u/ and ck. Contains 10 books. (1. Bugs and Tubs, a Short “u” Book; 2. Cabs and Labs, a Short “a” Book; 3. Ducks, Plums, and Nuts, a Book of Short “u” sounds; 4. Foxes and Boxes, a Short “o” Book; 5. Jams, Pans, and Vans, a book of short “a” Words; 6. Pets, Bells, and Tents, a book of short “e” Words; 7. Pigs and Wigs, a short “i” Book; 8. Twins, Gifts and Bins, a Book of Short “I” Words; 9. Vets and Jets, a Short “e” Story; 10. Rocks, Frogs, and Docks, a Book of Short “o” Words). 1 Activity card.
Teaching Tub Contents
A – Acorn, alligator, anchor, ant, apple, apron
B – Banana, basketball, bat, bell, boat, bottle
C – Camel, camera, car, cat, cookie, corn
D – Dinosaur, dog, dolphin, domino, donut, duck
E – Eagle, egg, eggplant, elephant, envelope, eraser
F – Fan, feather, fish, football, fork, four
G – Game, gift, gorilla, guitar, gum
H – Hat, heart, helmet, horse, hot dog
I – Ice cream, icicle, igloo, insect, invitation, iron
J – Jack, jacket, jeep, jellyfish, jet, juice
K – Kangaroo, kazoo, kettle, key, kite, koala
L – Ladybug, lettuce, lightbulb, lion, lock, log
M – Mailbox, milk, mirror, mop, mouse, mug
N – Necklace, nest, net, newspaper, nose, notebook
O – Octopus, olive, ostrich, otter, oval, overalls
P – Paint, pan, pickle, pig, pizza, pumpkin
Q – Quail, quarter, quartz, queen, question mark, quilt
R – Radio, rainbow, rat, ring, robot, rose
S – Sailboat, sandwich, sea horse, sea lion, sun, sunglasses
T – Teeth, tiger, tomato, towel, turkey, turkey
U – Umbrella, umpire, underwear, unicorn, unicycle, United States
V – Van, vest, vase, video camera, visor, volcano
W – Waffle, walrus, watering can, watermelon, web, window
X – Ax, box, fox, six, X-ray, xylophone
Y – Yak, yarn, yellow, yield, yogurt, yo-yo
Z – Zebra, zero, zigzag, sipper, zee, zucchini
Teaching Tub ideas
Alphabet Order – Ask children to put upper and lower case letters in ABC order. Once they have completed the task, have them sing the ABD song, touching each letter as they say it.
I Spy – Use the miniatures to play a game of I Spy. For each letter that you have introduced, choose and item for the corresponding tub. Set the objects where the child can see them.
What’s Wrong? – Place one or both plastic letters and two or three items from the tub on a table. Add one “wrong” item from another tub. Ask the child to say the letter and name all the objects. Then ask the child which object doesn’t belong.
Matching Game – Dump tubs on a table. Have kits match letters with lids.
Challenge them with these ideas:
- Sort by ending sound.
- Sort by how many syllables each item has.
- What word rhymes with the item?
- Categorize by items – animals, things you wear, food etc.
CVC Words (Kindergarten)
CVC 1-5 - New HFW: all, and, are, come, do, for, got, he, into, look, mom, not, put, said, we, will.
CVC-1. Short a CVC. Inflect, endings: -s, -es. Double final consonants: -dd, -ss. Contains 5 books (Abs!, Cans, My Map, Rad Max, Pat Cat and Max),
CVC-2. Short i CVC. Double final consonants: -ll, -zz. Contains 5 books (I Call Dibs, Tag, Not a Pig, The Bag, Tiz the Pig),
CVC-3. Short o CVC. Double final consonants: -ff. Contains 5 books (Boxes, Fox on Top, Hot Rod, Pop, Ross the Boss),
CVC-4. Short u CVC. Contains 4 books (Fun the Tug, Hugs for Liv, Pop Rocks!, The Gun Hut),
CVC-5. Short e CVC. Contains 5 books (Get Wet, Hats!, PJ Fun, Up We Go, The Stuffies),
Digraphs (First Grade)
Digraphs 1-5 - New HFW: away, day, comes, looking, play, she, so, this, went, when, with, what, where, your.
D-1. Digraph sh. Contains 3 books (The Shell, Cass and the Wish, The Shake Shop Cash, Shep and Whale),
D-2. Digraph th. Contains 2 books (Little Ninja & Thor the Dog, The Treasure Map, Shep and Whale),
D-3. Digraph ch, Trigraph tch. Contains 4 books (Check on the Chickens, Chips, My Pet Chas, Snow Day for Enzo, Shep and Whale),
D-4. Digraph ng, Inflect. ending: ing. Contains 6 books (Ing and Bing, King is the Man! Spring, The Missing Ring, The Pop-Up Shop, The Video Game),
D-5. Digraph wh. Contains 6 books (Bars, Beams, Rings, and Mats, Little Ninja and the Whale, Lunch at the Wharf, The Math Whizzes, Shep and Whale, Which Witch?),
Beginning Blends (First Grade)
BB 1-5 - New HFW: be. came, down, from, have, help, her, love, next, of, over, says, too, want, who.
BB-1. L - Blends. Possessives. Contains 5 books (Bill and Todd's Jog, Pat cat, Max and the Bug, Playing Tag, Slade Sloth, Blake and Clem)
BB-2. S - Blends. Contractions: 't/not. Contains 6 books (Jen and Spud, Little Ninja on the Spot, Sid's Dog Chip, Stripe's Spruce Tree, The Swan Twins, Snail and Snake, Skip and Scot)
BB-3. R - Blends. Contractions: -ve/have. Contains 4 books (Brad's Dogs, The Grill, Little Ninja and the Hamster, Grace and Fred, Prim Takes a Trip)
BB-4. Mixed Review. Various blends. Contractions: let's and to be. Contains 12 books (Flash, Kat's Dog Friends, The Pelicans, Snail and Snake (sn, sp, st), Blake and Clem (bl, cl, fl), The Brave Crab (br, cr, dr), The Swan Twins (sw, tw), Slae Sloth (gl, pl, sl), Skip and Scot (sc, sk, sm), Phil and Chad 9 ch, ph), Prim Takes a Trip (pr, tr), Grace and Fred (dr, gr), Stripe's Spruce Tree (scr, spl, spr, str),
BB-5. Inflect. ending: -ed. Sounds of -ed. Contains 1 book ( Huck's Epic Trip)
Ending Blends (First Grade)
Ending blends 1-5. New HFW: give, now, one, saw, some, they.
EB-1. -nd, -nk, -nt. Contains 2 books (Fair at the Fair, The Drip in the Sink)
EB-2. -st, -ft, -ct, -pt. Contains 3 books (Jen’s Vest, Just like Me, Mittens at the Vet)
EB-3. -lt, -lk. Contains 2 books (Sidewalk Chalk, The Trash Truck)
EB-4. -ld, -lf, -lp. Contains 2 books (Helping, Where is the Milk?)
EB-5. -sk, -mp. Contains 3 books (At Camp, Bev’s Truck, Go, Bots! Go!)
Final e Long Vowel Words (First Grade)
FLV 1-4. New HFW: eat, fly, good, out, their, were.
FLV-1. a-e Contains 3 books (Cake Lane, Kayla Skates, Let’s Bake a Cake)
FLV-2. i-e Contains 3 books (Bath Time, Kat’s fun Day, My Slime is Alive!)
FLV-3. o-e Contains 3 books (Band Rules, The Commute, The Talent Show Mistakes)
FLV-4. u-e, e-e Contains 3 books (Being Kind, The Rope Zone, The Class Race)
R-Controlled Vowels (First Grade)
R-CV1-5 New HFW: again, because, could, does, every, why.
R-CV1. Contains 4 books (Cam’s Cars, Enzo and the Tank at the Park, The Crow, Little Ninja, the Star)
R-CV2. Contains 3 books (Gia’s Homework, Honor Roll, The Corn Maze)
R-CV3. Contains 3 books (3D Printer Panic, Disaster, Down the River)
R-CV4. Contains 4 books (A Letter from Camp, Born to Surf, Glitter Bird’s Chirp, The Trapeze Artists)
Sounds of Y, Digraph ph Contains 3 books ( Puppy gets a Name, Sophia’s Birthday, The Reporter)
Vowel Teams, Diphthongs & Trigraphs (First Grade)
VTDT 1-10. New HFW: been, laugh, new, night, though, would; Sounds of wr- and kn- know, knee, knew.
VTDT 1. -ee and –oa Contains 4 books (Beep-Beep, Let’s Plant a Seed, Mac and Cheese, Queen can Write)
VTDT 2. -ea, -igh Contains 4 books ( A Feast with Kat, Candy, Mighty Jean, Sharks, Sharks, Sharks, Spike the Firefighter)
VTDT 3. -ai, -ay Contains 3 books (By the Sea, Gia Goes to the Fair, I Love my Hair, Hair)
VTDT 4. –oe Contains 2 books (The Doe, The Hike)
VTDT 5. -ew, -aw Contains 3 books(Chasing a Newt, Happy Birthday, Enzo!, The Missing Things)
VTDT 6. -oo, -au Contains 4 books (Kat’s Book, One Day, Owls, What to do with a Dinosaur)
VTDT 7. -oy, oi Contains 1 book (The Noisy Toy)
VTDT 8. -ow, -ou Contains 3 books ( Gia Goes to the Zoo, The Fort, We can’t Sleep)
VTDT 9. –eigh Contains 3 books (Gia’s Garden, Market Day, Too Much Snow)
VTDT 10. -ue, -ie Contains 3 books (A Moonlit Lark, Charlie and his Hoodie, The Pie)
Multi-sound consonants (Second Grade)
MSC-1. Soft g, c Contains 3 books (A New Job for Geoff, Fancy Giant Tea Party, The Race)
MSC-2. Complex compound words Contains 3 books (Baseball with Grandpa, Out of this World, Kat’s Rainbow)
MSC-3. -ble, -fle, -ple (suffix -less) Contains 3 books (Ballet Class, More Snacks Puffles, Escaping the Temple)
MSC-4. -dle, -tle, -gle (suffix -ness) Contains 3 books (The Slime Monster, Noodle and Bugle, Penny’s Toys)
MSC-5. -cle, -kle, -sle, (suffix -ly) Contains 3 books (At the Gym, Mr. Pickle, Not Just Painting)
MATH KITS
Adding
M-1. Math Fundamentals. Contains 1 book (Just Enough Carrots), 10 plastic carrots, 5 plastic worms, 5 plastic peanuts, and a guide sheet. (Call# Kit J 513.2 Mu)
M-2. Math Fundamentals. Contains 1 book (Mouse Counts, 10 small plush mice, one plush snake, and 1 activity card. (Call# Kit E Wa)
Measurement
M-3. Math Fundamentals. Contains 1 book (Inch by Inch), 1 large plastic tape measure, 4 plush inchworms, and a guide sheet. (Call 3 Kit E Li)
Telling Time
M-4. Math Fundamentals / telling time. Contains 1 book (Tuesday), 1 frog puppet, plastic clock. (Call # Kit E Wi)
Matching
M-5. Math Fundamentals. Contains 1 book (A Pair of Socks), 40 wooden tiles) and a guide sheet. Call #( Kit J 513.14 Mu)
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
ADAPTIVE SKILLS KITS
AS-1. Teamwork / working together. Contains 1 book (Swimmy). 1 Activity card.
AS-2. Accepting differences. Contains 1 book (I wish I were a butterfly), 1 plush cricket, and a guide sheet. 1 Activity card.
AS-3 Social communication / emergent literacy. Contains 1 book (An extraordinary egg), 1 alligator finger puppet, 3 frog finger puppets, guide sheet. (Cal# Kit E Li)
AS-4 Community Helpers. Contains 20 books. Chefs, construction workers, delivery workers, dentists, farmers, fitness instructors, doctors, firefighters, librarians, mayors, police officers, pilots, musicians, military workers, mechanics, sanitation workers, scientists, teachers, veterinarians, waiters and waitresses.
SCIENCE
1. Life Cycles. Chicken, frog, sunflower, pumpkin, ladybug, butterfly.
2. Human Body
3. Insects
4. Solar System
RHYTHM AND RHYME
1. Nursey Rhymes. 10 books. Mary Had a Little Lamb, Little Boo Peep, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Hey, Diddle Diddle, Little Miss Muffet, Hickory Dickory Dock, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Humpty Dumpty, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Jack, and Jill.