Teaching the Consonant+le Syllable Type

admin March 21, 2015 No Comments

It’s always so much fun listening and watching our young readers figure out those “longer” words. Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllable words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words. So, really, what is a syllable? Simply put, a syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a single vowel sound. “Syllabication” is the process of analyzing the pattern of vowels and consonants in a word to determine where a word is broken into its syllables. The ability to break a word into syllables helps students decode those longer words as well as helps the student remember spelling patterns. Understanding the 7 syllable types helps students to become better readers and writers. There

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St. Patrick’s Day Bracelet

admin March 17, 2015 No Comments

My artist, Kyle, is so creative and crafty and she has absolutely the most adorable children.  I asked Kyle to share her talents and create super fun and easy craft ideas that can be used either at home or at school.  So, here’s Kyle’s first project feature on the Make, Take & Teach blog: We used this quick bracelet for fine motor and basic math practice. Counting, pattern practice, and colors were emphasized while making these. Here’s what you’ll need: chenille stems, pony beads, charms (I used a heavy foil table confetti*) *if you chose confetti push pin or small hole punch Start by picking a pattern, make a few examples or let the child create their own. Twist the ends together

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Easter Egg Activities for Rhyme, Beginning Sounds and Vocabulary

admin March 14, 2015 No Comments

I absolutely love these Easter eggs that Kyle created.  They are so colorful and make for fun and interactive center activities during spring.  I created three different activities for my preschool and kindergarten friends just for learning and practicing the early literacy skills of beginning sounds, rhyme and vocabulary. When you download the Easter Egg Alphabet activity you’ll receive 26 eggs with upper-, lowercase letters and a picture with the beginning sound of the letter.  Just for the sake of organizing the pieces, a label for the activity is also included.  The Easter Egg Alphabet Activity can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. The Easter Egg Rhyme activity is one of my all-time favorite activities for practicing

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St. Patrick’s Day FREEBIE!

admin March 4, 2015 No Comments

Be sure to jump on over to my TpT store to download this St. Patrick’s Day freebie for learning and practicing sight words.  When you download this file you’ll receive 6 game boards with words from the first 6 lists of the Dolch sight words.  The game boards are great for centers or even send them home for added practice.  The St. Patrick’s Day Sight Word Game Boards can be downloaded from my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. Enjoy!  

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Fun Little St. Patrick’s Day Activity for Practicing Digraphs

admin March 2, 2015 No Comments

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 9 snow days!  Can you believe it?  9!  It seems like we’ve been hit with a deep freeze this year.  It’s not often that you read -29 degrees on your car thermometer.  That’s not even counting the wind chill.   When you live in the great white north you never know what can happen.  With winter not even over, we may have to go well into summer.   Anyway, here’s a little digraph activity I whipped up on one snow day morning. What

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Flipping Eggs – Fun Hands-on Activities for Learning Sight Words

admin February 28, 2015 No Comments

Learning and practicing sight words can be super fun when you integrate hands-on activities.  The Flipping Eggs activity is easy to assemble- simply print the eggs, laminate and then cut out each egg.  You’ll have an activity that will last for years!  Just for fun, the Flipping Eggs activity is also available with green colored eggs. The Flipping Eggs activity for the Dolch Sight Words contains the Dolch 220 sight words printed on the eggs. The Flipping Eggs Dolch Sight Words activity is available in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store or through the Make, Take & Teach website. When you download the activity for the Fry Sight Words you’ll receive the first 225 words printed on the eggs. The

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Resources for Teaching Blends and Digraphs

admin February 21, 2015 No Comments

Many of my first grade friends are now learning common blends and digraphs.  I thought it’d help if I gathered a few of my favorite resources and activities as well as answer common questions for introducing and practicing this skill. What’s the difference between a blend and a digraph? Consonant Blends A consonant blend is when two or more consonants are blended together, but each sound may be heard in the blend.  The most common beginning consonant blends include: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fr, tr, fl, gl, gr, pl, pr, sl, sm, sp and st.  Blends can also occur at the end of words as in the word “last”.  There are also blends which contain three consonants.  Common three

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Teaching Long Vowel Spelling Patterns

admin February 16, 2015 No Comments

Long vowel sound spelling patterns are quite difficult for students to learn.  First they must understand that more than one letter can be used to represent one sound and then learn the various ways that the sound can be represented in print.  For example, there are 4 common ways the sound /a/ can be spelled: “a” as in “acorn”, “a_e”  as in “gate”, “ai” as in “rain” and “ay” as in “day”.  Students must also learn when to use the spelling pattern for each sound.  For example, the “ay” spelling pattern for the /a/ sound most often occurs at the end of words while the “ai” spelling pattern never occurs at the beginning or end of words.  Whoa! kind of

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A Sweet Little Freebie for Learning CVC Words!

admin February 14, 2015 No Comments

Here’s a fun little freebie for practicing consonant-vowel-consonant words.  Just print out the cupcakes and have your students see how many CVC words they can make with the onset and rime.   This activity can be used in your literacy centers or as an activity for small group instruction. To download the cupcakes and the recording sheet, simply click the link below! The Cupcake Matching activity for CVC Words is available in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store.  

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Resources for Teaching the Magic e Rule

admin February 10, 2015 No Comments

Shortly after students are solid with their sound-symbol relationships we begin to teach specific phonics rules.  The Magic e rule is one of the first rules introduced to students.  Students must learn that vowels actually have two sounds- a long sound and a short sound.  When reading, students must decide if the vowel in the word makes a short or long sound.  One way a vowel makes a long sound is when an “e” appears at the end of a word.  An “e” close behind another vowel (with no more than one letter in between) usually makes the first vowel say its name, and the “e” is usually silent.  So the vowel sound in the word “cap” is short; the vowel

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