These name puzzles are certainly a hit! There's no better way to practice name and letter recognition than to use your child's picture and create their very own puzzle. Making the puzzle is super easy. All you'll need are large craft sticks (one for each letter or … [Read more...]
Teaching the Consonant+le Syllable Type
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 … [Read more...]
Fun Little St. Patrick’s Day Activity for Practicing Digraphs
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 … [Read more...]
Resources for Teaching Blends and Digraphs
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 … [Read more...]
Teaching Long Vowel Spelling Patterns
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 … [Read more...]
A Sweet Little Freebie for Learning CVC Words!
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 … [Read more...]
Resources for Teaching the Magic e Rule
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 … [Read more...]
Winter Themed R-Controlled Vowels Activity
Gotta say- it's all about winter. We absolutely LOVE winter and it's so much fun celebrating this season with winter-themed activities. We created these phonics-based activities for centers and small group instruction just for the blustery months of December, January and … [Read more...]
Short Vowel Sounds Snowball Sorting Activity
Those short vowel sounds can be tricky. It's so important that our young readers have a good handle on vowels. The best place to start with kiddos who are confusing the sounds is with discrimination activities. These types of activities help our students to first hear the … [Read more...]
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