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PSPKK123 November 6, 2013  •  31 Comments

Sight word books set 11: Thanksgiving

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Looking for easy readers to use in your classroom or home before the Thanksgiving holiday?  Today I’m sharing set 11 of my sight word readers designed to be used alone or alongside This Reading Mama’s Reading the Alphabet curriculum.  We added the sight word “for” in this set of free Thanksgiving emergent readers.

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

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I’m loving that things are starting to click with my 3 1/2 year old.  Sight words come more easily to him now, and he’s getting a better grasp on beginning sounds. We haven’t started trying to sound out words yet – and I probably won’t try until he’s about four.

My other kids (including my daughter who was reading at about a third grade level at the beginning of kindergarten) were not developmentally ready to “sound it out” until they were four years old.

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

Here’s a popular activity we did to review sight words.  I gave each of my boys the pieces for the turkey, along with sight words they are working on. They glued down the turkey and read the sight word feathers as they attached them.  You might notice that I did not use Reading the Alphabet sight words for my Five.  We focused on color words instead.

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

My Three was so proud of himself when he read all his turkey’s feathers to Daddy!

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

My Three just loves these sight word mazes from Reading the Alphabet!  Currently we are on lesson 12, which focuses on the sound of letter L and adds the new sight word for.  Rather than complete the page as a maze, he likes to cross out the odd words and color the word he’s searching for.

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

The first day I gave him the new emergent reader, he wouldn’t try it.  I did not push – and strongly recommend not pushing three-year-olds to do reading activities they’re not in the mood for!  However, the next day he was excited to try the book himself.

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

This cut-and-paste activity is included with each Reading the Alphabet lesson.  We always pick and choose which activities to do — and this time my Three had fun doing this page all by himself.  I was so happy to see him (finally!) wanting to cut and glue without my help.  I helped him name the pictures so he could say the words aloud as he rhymed them with “light.”

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

My Five (not in kindergarten yet) is considerably farther along than his brother in reading.  Sounding out short vowel words has become more automatic for him. He can read very basic books like Ten Apples Up on Top.  So I choose the more challenging parts of Reading the Alphabet when teaching my Five.  Here he clips the number of syllables for each word.

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

My Five loves to draw, so he enjoys these pages (one per lesson) which teach print awareness.  Again, we don’t always do them.

Thanksgiving emergent readers

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

Since the Reading the Alphabet emergent readers have become far too easy for my Five, I create more challenging ones for him.  We focus on the same sight word, but there are also other words to solve using context, basic phonics skills, and grammar knowledge.  I’ll show you what I mean.

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

What skills and strategies did my Five use while reading these pages?

  • He read familiar sight words (you, can, see, the, for).
  • He used basic phonics knowledge to figure out new words (hot, soft).
  • He used picture cues for some of the words (green beans, mashed potatoes).
  • He learned something new about spelling when he asked about the word mashed.  “Why does it end with a d?  It should be a t!”  You have to love these little learning moments that you don’t plan for.

(Note:  I have recently updated the books.  They the text is slightly simpler than what you see in the images here.  The clip art is the same.)

You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

Here’s another one.

  • My Five read familiar sight words (look, at, my, I, can, it, for, the).
  • He figured out more challenging words using the context and picture (picture, color, Thanksgiving).
  • He learned new phonics skills.  (We focused on the silent e in the word bake.)You'll want to print this FREE set of Thanksgiving emergent readers from The Measured Mom! Perfect for teaching kids just learning to read.

By checking out my other free emergent reader sets, you’ll see that they gradually increase with complexity so that they grow with your child.   This set was the most challenging for my Five.  He needed to read them a few times before he was comfortable.  Not a bad thing ;).

Most of my emergent reader books are secular so that they are accessible to everyone – particularly public school teachers.  However, when appropriate I create a reader with a Christian theme (because I use them with my own children, of course!)  You’ll find that in the reader Thank You, God!

In the download you will receive:

  • The Pilgrims and the Native Americans
  • Thanksgiving Dinner
  • Happy Thanksgiving!
  • Thank You, God! 

How to assemble:

  • Print pages 2-9 front to back (page 1 is my Terms of Use).  Print in color or grayscale.  
  • Cut across the horizontal center of each page.
  • Insert one set of pages into the other, paying attention to the page numbers.
  • Staple with a  long-armed stapler.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE As I study more about how children’s brains learn to read, I’m revising my approach. In good conscience, I can no longer share these sight word books because they do not align with best practice. These will be removed form my site and shop on March 23. Please download any files you would like by that date.

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31 Comments

  1. Meghan

    November 6, 2013 at 6:52 am

    I LOVE that turkey feather sight word idea! I am definitely going to do that. Thanks for sharing!

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 23, 2013 at 2:05 pm

      Yes, I was surprised at how much fun my boys had with that one. 🙂 Definitely an activity to try! Thanks so much for stopping by, Meghan!

      Reply to this comment
  2. jeannine: waddlee-ah-chaa

    November 7, 2013 at 7:26 am

    Once again great printable readers!

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 23, 2013 at 2:05 pm

      Thank you, Jeannine!

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  3. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/

    November 8, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    Love your emergent readers! Pinned it! Thanks for sharing at TGIF!

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  4. Jill

    November 11, 2013 at 11:11 am

    That sight word turkey is just too cute for words!! Another fantastic emergent reader 🙂 Thank you for linking up and sharing this week on the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop!

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 23, 2013 at 2:06 pm

      Thanks, Jill – I thought the turkeys turned out cute myself. 🙂

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  5. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It

    November 18, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    You’ve been featured on our After School Thanksgiving Roundup of Activities for School Aged Kids this week. These emergent readers look like so much fun for the kids to create and learn to read with. Just want to tell you that we are so thankful for you and your blog! Happy Thanksgiving!

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 23, 2013 at 2:06 pm

      Thank you so much, Kim – I feel so thankful and honored to be part of the After School group!

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  6. Anna Geiger

    November 23, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    Thanks so much for featuring them, Beth!

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  7. Emily

    November 26, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    Thanks again for yet another awesome set! My 3.5 year old is sounding words out on his own. I don’t know that I encouraged it or whether he started it on his own, but one day he was drinking a milk in his carseat, and sounded out the word “Gallikers.” My mother about hit the roof. Haha! I’m so proud of him; it’s the most amazing thing to watch children grow and learn.

    He sits for hours reading your emergent readers. I greatly appreciate the peace and quiet 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      December 1, 2013 at 3:02 pm

      Wow, that’s amazing, Emily! I don’t know many 3.5 year olds that can do that, my own kids included. And that he sits for long periods to read the books… you definitely have a bookworm on your hands! That’s great!

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  8. Anna Geiger

    December 1, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    Thank you so much for the feature, Beth!!

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  9. Apiwan Jansorn

    September 13, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    I am a mother from Thailand.English is my second language.I’m not good in English. But I try to teach English language to my son. Your page is the best for me.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      September 27, 2017 at 1:18 pm

      I’m so glad you’re finding useful resources here, Aipwan!

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