Stop Sounds vs. Continuous Sounds – Why must I know the difference?
Do you know the difference between continuous and stop sounds? What about those tricky sounds that you hear pronounced in two or three different ways? Blending sounds is hard for…
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.
Do you know the difference between continuous and stop sounds? What about those tricky sounds that you hear pronounced in two or three different ways? Blending sounds is hard for…
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…
When you sit down to plan what you’re teaching for your small group reading instruction, how do you decide the kind of text you are putting in front of your…
Working with other teachers is hard. No doubt about it. You all have different teaching styles and viewpoints on what is important and how to teach it. When teaching phonics,…
Do you teach and assess nonsense words? Do you know why you do it? There’s a reason why we teach these types of non-words in schools. In fact, teaching…
Building a classroom of readers is one of the most important jobs as a teacher at any grade. Literacy permeates every classroom activity at some level, and, therefore, needs be…
This elementary Thanksgiving unit helps students understand the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving and gives them tools to make connections between those events. By the end of the…
Have you ever thought of having students design their own learning games as a way to show their understanding of the content and continue practicing it? I love creating games…
Our favorite October picture books for the primary classroom that are engaging, have good pictures and are well received by my students. These are our classroom favorites that I go back to each and every year during the fall season.
Phonemic awareness is a key component of early literacy development, particularly for preschoolers and kindergarteners. This skill is akin to an auditory playground where children learn to manipulate individual sounds,…
Do you do Daily 5 in your classroom! I love using Daily 5 for my small group rotations. Students have so much choice and autonomy when using Daily 5 and I can…
Engaging students in reading and writing about high-interest topics, like African animals for kids, can be achieved through the use of real text. Students need on-level information text in order…
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