Decodable Sentence Trees
Learning how to read requires so much time, effort, and practice. During this process, students can become frustrated and overwhelmed. Often, this is due to seeing…
Reading
Winter Challenge
The winter season often creates sad feelings among students. They are tired of it being dark outside for so much of the day. Additionally, they are…
Arctic Adventures
Winter is a tough season in the classroom. Students are often sniffling, cold, and tired. So, teachers often try to find creative ways to spice up…
Phonics Booklets
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…
‘Twas the Day Before Christmas Break Readers Theater
While there are not many weeks of school between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the days can take forever! Honestly, these can be some of the most challenging…
Reading Fluency in 5 Easy Steps
Learning to read is one of the most complex skills for elementary students. Between letter sounds, blends, articulation, and prosody, there is so much to process…
Easy Phonics Practice and Assessments
Teachers have to focus on so many standards each year. Honestly, the amount of content to teach can be overwhelming when realizing this is how much…
Sentence Trees: Reading Fluency
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…
Beginning of the Year Assessments
No teacher likes to hear the words assessment or data. Instead, they would rather focus on words like engagement and relationships. However, assessments are a huge…
Phonics Activity Book
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…
Curriculum | phonics | Reading | Writing
Dictation sentences
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
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…
