Looking for some fun rhyming games and activities for your students? This post has 5 ideas AND freebies for you! Idea #1: Act out rhyming action words Read one of the below sentences aloud to students (with emphasis on the two rhyming words), have them repeat the entire sentence with you, and then have them…… Continue Reading
Kindergarten is all about teaching the letters, right? Well…maybe. What if you have students who come in already reading? Or what if you have a combination—some readers AND some students who don’t know how to write their names yet? 😳 Since some students attend preschool (and/or have at-home literacy experiences) and others don’t, it’s very easy…… Continue Reading
Do you have any students who are struggling to remember the letter sounds? In this post, I’ll share some strategies that have helped my own students! Photo Credits: 5 second Studio, Shutterstock Give Phonological Awareness Skills a Little Extra Attention Phonological awareness is the awareness of the sounds that make up spoken language. It’s different…… Continue Reading
Do you want your students to apply their phonics learning to their writing? I know I do! And I also know that this doesn’t happen easily for all students. In today’s quick post, I want to share a free tool with you—a template for a word part dictionary. Relatively recently, I started having my students…… Continue Reading
When your students are doing independent word work activities, are they reading the words? So many times, I’ve noticed that unless I’m standing right there, reminding my kids to read their words, word work turns into something silent and passive! For example, students might be making words with magnetic letters, using word flashcards as a…… Continue Reading
Have you ever suspected that one of your students has dyslexia or some type of reading disability? Today’s post is all about supporting these students during phonics and word work activities! Recently, I’ve been learning a lot more about interventions for students with dyslexia. But I’m definitely not an expert or a special education teacher,…… Continue Reading
Prepping word work activities can be SO time-consuming! Sometimes there are tons of things to print, cut out, and laminate. You spend 45 minutes preparing an activity…and then the kids are done with it in 10 minutes!! 😱 How can you keep things fresh and interesting when it takes so much time to prep each activity? Then…… Continue Reading
“They can spell the words during word study, but then it doesn’t transfer!” Have you found yourself saying this before? If you’re like me, you’ve seen students appear to have mastered a spelling pattern or word family during phonics/word study…but then they spell it incorrectly in their writing. Or they don’t use that knowledge in…… Continue Reading
Looking for some fresh phonics activities for your word study lessons? I use a lot of word sorts in my word study lessons, and they’re effective. But sometimes my kiddos and I get a little tired of sort after sort after sort. Can you relate? 🙂 In today’s post, I’ll share 5 phonics activities to…… Continue Reading
Do you teach phonics in a small group setting? Or are you thinking of starting small groups, but you’re not sure how to get going? In this post, I’ll share why I teach word study (sometimes referred to as phonics or spelling) in a small group setting. I’ll also share tips and possible schedules for setting…… Continue Reading
