Earlier this school year our social workers shared this really cool website that they found. It has tons of intervention strategies for dealing with students who are demonstrating behavioral issues in school. I love it because in addition to the strategies, it also offers … [Read more...]
Write It Phonics Cards
Well, if the cookie sheet activities are my all time favorite, the Write-It cards come in a very, very close second. The Write-It cards are great for either small group instruction or as an independent activity for your literacy centers. The cards are ideal for working with … [Read more...]
Fun Springtime Activity for Beginning Sounds and Word Families
I know spring is a little ways away and we haven't yet even celebrated St. Patrick's Day, but Kyle (fabulous artist) just finished these adorable caterpillars and I couldn't help but post these a little early. They are so, so cute and would be a perfect activity to go along … [Read more...]
More St. Patrick’s Day Activities!
I was in my teacher friend, Deb's, classroom this week and her students were working with common vowel teams. We checked her inventory of activities and decided we needed to make some fun activities for use in her literacy centers to work on this phonics skill. For a quick and … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Sight Word Games
Here's a fun little FREEBIE for celebrating St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy! Click HERE to download 7 FREE sight word game boards. … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Digraph Activities
St. Patrick's Day is soon approaching! My goodness, this school year is flying by. It's kind of fun how we measure our school year by the coming and goings of the holidays. So far this year we've had 10 snow days! Can you believe it? 10! When you live in the great white … [Read more...]
The Need for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
This year we are working on expanding our RtI efforts to upper elementary. Reading First so nicely laid out the expectations for quality core instruction for K-3, but we are finding that we are having to dig a little deeper into the research to find what effective literacy … [Read more...]
Making the Most of the DIBELS Next Nonsense Word Fluency Data
My good friend, Jen, teaches a college level reading assessment class and asked if I could talk a bit on aligning intervention with data. Of course, I was thrilled she asked. I decided to take a grade level and focus on the assessments typically administered in the winter. … [Read more...]
Short Vowels Cue Cards
Some of our little readers are still having trouble confusing those short vowel sounds. We certainly see this in their written work. I'm hoping these cue cards can help. Simply print the cards, cut them out and place them on the desk or table. They serve as a visual cue to … [Read more...]
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