Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Activities to Support Early Readers
If you’re a teacher, then you know that helping young students develop strong reading skills is essential. One of the best ways to do this is by promoting phonics and…
Strong reading instruction develops foundational skills, builds comprehension, and fosters a lifelong love of reading. In elementary classrooms, literacy includes early decoding skills, comprehension strategies, informational text instruction, and meaningful opportunities for students to engage with books.
If you’re a teacher, then you know that helping young students develop strong reading skills is essential. One of the best ways to do this is by promoting phonics and…
For emerging readers, poetry can be a difficult genre to grasp. However, when you think of all the stories written for kindergarten that are told in rhyme, you’ll realize how…
What is the Matthew Effect in reading, and how can teachers apply this reading research to the classroom? The Matthew Effect is a concept that references a Bible verse that…
These Short Vowel Phonics Passages are designed for students who have not yet mastered short vowel reading. They are longer texts with more sight words and story words for older…
Students love playing games. Reading games can be the perfect way for students to practice key phonics skills. These Partner Phonics Games for VCE Words give your students an opportunity…
What better way to engage elementary students in literacy centers than playing phonics games? These Partner Phonics Games for Long Vowel Teams allow your students to practice word reading and…
Blending cards help early elementary students by prompting them to pay attention to each sound in the word. These blending cards with images are a great tool to use with…
Reading is everything, right? So what can you do when one of your students is just ‘not feeling it’? Not just for a day, but for months. You’re wracking your…
Many teachers have English learners in their classrooms. I have a particular group of second-grade English learners who are struggling with reading fluency. They can read the words but are…
My students love to listen to stories. There’s only one of me, 20+ of them, and not enough time in the day to read all of the October stories and…
Here are some fun, engaging High-Frequency Words Partner Games that help students practice reading various sight words. Games include word-reading and sentence-reading and move from simple sight words to more…
Do your elementary students like to learn about animals? Are you looking for some Halloween articles for students to work on their reading comprehension? I like to start our animal…
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