I absolutely love activities that are super easy to set up and can be used over and over again. Sure, it takes a little bit of cutting and laminating on the front end, but when they are all assembled you'll have activities that will last for years! Last year I … [Read more...]
Phonemic Awareness Activities On the Go!
It's amazing sometimes where inspiration hits. A few weeks ago I had to kill about an hour and decided to hop on over to Michael's Craft Store. As I was walking through the bead aisle I found this really handy plastic tote. It was just the right size to fit picture cards! … [Read more...]
Blends and Digraphs Game Boards
Oh, summertime! One of my goals this summer is to revamp several of my earlier created activities and the Consonant Blends and Digraphs Game Boards activity is first on my list. I've added several new game boards for a total of 20! Each game board is also available in a black … [Read more...]
Fly Swatting Sight Words
Using a fly swatter to swat flies (with letters, words or math facts) during small group intervention or in literacy centers has been an all time favorite activity. It's always fun and engaging to add a little movement into any learning activity. To assemble the activity all you … [Read more...]
The Importance of Teaching Rhyme
Before children learn to read, they must first have an understanding of how sounds work within words. Learning to recognize and produce rhyme is one of the very first phonological skills that children acquire on their way to becoming proficient readers. Working with rhyme is … [Read more...]
Activating Background Knowledge- A Step to Improving Reading Comprehension
Good readers often draw upon their background knowledge and experiences to help them understand what they are reading. Good readers use that knowledge to make connections with the text. Research has shown that students who are able to make those personal connections with the … [Read more...]
Developmental Sequence of Phonological Awareness Skills
Click the following link to download this free handout Developmental Stages of Phonemic Awareness My good friend, Heidi, who is a Reading Specialist at one of our local elementary buildings, asked if I'd be interested in co-presenting with her at our next year's district-wide … [Read more...]
Preventing the Summer Slide
As much as teachers love summer vacation, there’s always a little (actually, big) panic that sets in as we pack up the classrooms and send our children off during those three lazy months of fun in the sun. What if they never pick up a book? Oh, and they were so close in … [Read more...]
Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives!
Many of my second and third grade friends are now learning the parts of speech. I thought I'd create a few posters that they can use for reference. Here's a little sampling of the 8 posters that you can download for free. Just click the link below. Click HERE to … [Read more...]
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