The Cookie Sheet Activities have certainly been popular with my kindergarten and first grade teacher friends. They are so versatile- they can be used within small group instruction or as independent literacy center activities. It's always so important to incorporate hands-on … [Read more...]
A Strategy for Helping Students Learn to Blend
If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile you may know that I’m just a little (okay, a lot) addicted to professional books. I really love keeping up with the current research in reading and learning difficulties. One of my favorite authors is Isabel Beck. I love her book, … [Read more...]
Phonics Activities on the Go!
It all started with a box. Literally-- really-- it all started with a box. While walking through Michael's Craft Store one day I came across this plastic bead tote and thought what a great container for activities. I have several teacher friends who serve as Title One support … [Read more...]
Write It Phonics Cards Now Bundled!
In the past year or so I've received tons of emails asking if I'd bundle the Write It Phonics Cards. The Write It cards were one of the very first activities I created and I've not only wanted to bundle them, but update them as well. I now have so many more pictures for each … [Read more...]
Free Phonics Cue Card
I'm so lucky to be working with kind and dedicated educators! When my two school friends, Kim and Robin, asked me to create a cue card for them to use with their students, well of course, I was happy to do it. They had cue cards for the letters and sounds and just needed … [Read more...]
Free Digraph Posters
Have you ever had a project that you've been meaning to get to, but for some reason it just lingers on in your to-do list? That's kind of how it was with these consonant digraphs posters. They've just been sitting on desktop for literally over a year. Well, my friend was … [Read more...]
Teaching the Hard and Soft “C” and “G”
Our little first graders will soon be introduced to the two sounds of "c" and "g". Those two consonants are a bit tricky as they make different sounds depending upon the letter that follows in the word. We typically teach students that the "hard" sounds of "c" and "g" occur … [Read more...]
Teaching Contractions
In our everyday speech we use contractions. Contractions are a kind of "short cut" in the way we use words to communicate. Think about it for a bit. If you were going to tell a friend that you aren't going to lunch, are you likely to say, "I am not going to lunch" or "I'm not … [Read more...]
8 Hands-On Activities for Teaching Long and Short Vowel Sounds
Learning vowel sounds can be so tricky for our young readers. Not only do several of the short vowel sounds sound similar (for example, the short /a/ and short /e/ sounds), but vowels have two sounds-- a short sound and a long sound. Teaching students that vowels have two … [Read more...]
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