24+ Hands-On Sight Word Activities for Kindergarten
Learning letter sounds, blending and segmenting words, and various phonics skills are foundational for early reading. However, there are just some words that can’t be sounded out. Sight words are…
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.
Learning letter sounds, blending and segmenting words, and various phonics skills are foundational for early reading. However, there are just some words that can’t be sounded out. Sight words are…
Blending Cards are a great tool to use with students who are learning to read. The Blending Cards are formatted whole-page, but you can print them in many different page configurations to meet…
Reading and writing open and closed syllables is a foundational skill for multisyllabic decoding. Learning to read part of a word helps students break down longer words into more manageable chunks…
Do you use small groups to teach reading? Small groups are my absolute hands-down favorite way to teach reading. It is hard for me to individually connect with 24-30 students….
I do not enjoy using too many worksheets in my classroom. I believe that students should be interacting with the content and each other. Whenever I create a worksheet for…
Blending Cards help students segment, blend, and read words in a variety of phonics patterns. They are great for kindergarten and first grade students or second or third grade students…
Easy to read animal articles written at a middle elementary school level that include QR codes and a fact sort for informational writing. These animal articles have been a lifesaver…
Word Family Phonics Readers for CVC Words include decoding practice, sight word practice, and three passages per word family. These phonics readers only include short vowel CVC words and sight…
Do kids learn to read in kindergarten? Most do—but not all —and my son was one of them. I am an elementary teacher who taught K–2 for years and has…
When students struggle to explain what they’ve read, the gap is usually not about understanding. They understood the text. What’s hard is organizing their thinking and putting it into academic…
Understanding the difference between stop sounds vs. continuous sounds is one of the most practical things you can know as a reading teacher. How you model each sound directly affects…
If you teach early reading, consider how you are teaching your students to read. Do you teach students to memorize words? Or, do you teach them to sound out a word and…
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