Between learning short a, l blends, and digraphs, phonics instruction can make students feel like their heads are spinning! Honestly, there are so many phonics skills…
It is heartbreaking to see students not believe in themselves. This often comes in the form of giving up, becoming frustrated, and wanting to cry. Teachers…
Parent communication is absolutely essential in the classroom. Teachers need parent support. They need to have a positive relationship and be able to have open communication…
Teachers know that phonics instruction is essential for teaching students how to read. Therefore, they spend hours developing creative lessons and activities to make phonics lessons…
Phonics skills create a solid foundation for students to become successful readers and writers. Honestly, they can handle many challenges when they understand how vowels, consonants,…
Phonemic awareness sets the foundation for being a strong reader and writer. Honestly, this involves much more than just learning the letters and the sounds they…
Reading skills are so important! Great reading skills set students up for academic achievement, not just in language arts, but in all of their subjects. They…
Teaching beginning readers is such a challenging job, but it is so rewarding to watch things start to click for our little readers. Our students need…
Reading instruction has grown so much over the years. As specialists and researchers study how students learn and grow, there are new techniques and findings to…
Word Work is such an important skill to practice in the primary classroom. Word Work, or word study, is often considered “spelling practice” in classrooms. While…
Teaching phonics is an essential skill for readers, but if it’s not jazzed up, it can be downright borrrring for kids. I absolutely LOVE teaching phonics. …