Phonemic Awareness Free Printable Activity Phonemic awareness activity, Doggie Where's My Bone? The research is very clear regarding the relationship between phonological/ phonemic awareness skills and later reading achievement. Children need to have an … [Read more...]
Phoneme Segmentation Freebie!
The ability to separate the sounds of a word is called "phoneme segmentation". It's a critical skill in both learning to read and write. By six and a half/seven years of age students should be able to tell you the sounds in a word. So, for example, if given the word "cat", the … [Read more...]
Phonemic Awareness FREEBIE!
The research is very clear regarding the relationship between phonological/ phonemic awareness skills and later reading achievement. Children need to have an appreciation of how sounds can be put together to create words. Incorporating phonemic awareness activities into our … [Read more...]
Developmental Sequence of Phonological Skills
Click the following link to download this free handout . Developmental Sequence of Phonological Skills Teaching phonological and phonemic skills is such a critical component in helping our little learners acquire the necessary building blocks to become proficient readers and … [Read more...]
Teaching Long and Short Vowel Sounds
Shortly after students master the letters and sounds of the alphabet we teach that several letters actually make two sounds. The vowels (a, e, i, o and u) can make a short sound, as the sound /a/ in the word "cat", or a long sound as in the word "train". Before teaching the … [Read more...]
Teaching Long and Short Vowel Sounds Using Picture Sorting
Shortly after teaching the letters and sounds of the alphabet we introduce the concept that some letters actually have two sounds. The five vowels have two sounds- a long sound and a short sound. We often say that the "vowel says its name" when it makes the long sound. Word … [Read more...]
Phonemic Awareness Intervention Kit
Years ago we started using the DIBELS assessment to screen students for reading difficulties and to monitor at-risk students throughout their intervention. We had all this wonderful data, but there seemed to be a gap between the data and then exactly how to use the data to guide … [Read more...]
Activities on the Go! Race Car Blending
It's always so much fun to take a little trip to our local Habitat for Humanity restore. You never know treasures what you can find. When my kiddos were furnishing their college apartments and dorm rooms we were pretty much restore regulars. My girls are also big crafters and … [Read more...]
Cookie Sheet Activities for Early Literacy
The Cookie Sheet Activities for Early Literacy have certainly been popular activities for our little preschool and kindergarten friends. Whenever we can add a hands-on element to our activities we accelerate learning. There's tons of research supporting the use of a multi-sensory … [Read more...]