Creating these R-Controlled Vowels posters has been on my to-do list for quite sometime. Today is my official first day of summer vacation and there's no better way to begin vacation than to get going on that never-ending list. Of course, there's a few household chores, but … [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...]
Dolch 220 Sight Word Assessment
The Dolch 220 sight words make up between 50-70% of the words we encounter in text. Most of these words cannot be sounded out and students need to be taught to instantly recognize these words in order to be fluent readers. Because recognizing these words is so important during … [Read more...]
It’s a Soccer Shoot Out!
Soccer is my sport! I love, love, love soccer. My oldest child was five when we enrolled him in our city recreational league. Our family has been hooked ever since. You know how organizations are always short on volunteers? Well, the soccer league was short on coaches. … [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...]
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...]
Teaching Sight Words
A few months back I posted the 10 Activities for Learning Letters and Sounds activity kit that I developed for a few first graders who hadn't yet mastered letters and sounds. The idea behind the kit was to provide fun, hands-on activities for either classroom voluteers or … [Read more...]
Teaching Blends and Digraphs
Seems like this week there's been quite a few questions about blends and digraphs. Teachers have been asking and wanting to know what the difference is between a blend and a digraph, which to teach first and the best way to teach these skills. Well, with all these questions, … [Read more...]
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