My first year teaching Kindergarten, I realized I did not understand how to teach phonics. With the exception of one Early Literacy college course, I knew nothing about phonics or how to teach students how to read properly. These are the 5 phonics instruction mistakes I made my first year
Are you looking for some ideas to create engaging phonics lesson activities? With your phonics instruction, you want to first make sure it is systematic and explicit, and done daily. However, this doesn’t mean it needs to be boring! Here are my top 4 simple and engaging phonics lesson activities
My phonics routine used to consist of a 30-minute phonics lesson followed by an independent activity. I quickly found that this was too long for my students and not very effective. Soon, I switched to a quick and simple 15-minute step-by-step phonics lesson plan, which now includes additional independent practice
This post provides a comprehensive overview of the Sweet for Kindergarten Phonics Curriculum for both Kindergarten and First Grade. It covers the curriculum’s contents, sample lesson plans, usage tips, and more. Additionally, you’ll find some free resources from the curriculum, including a free sample week, that you can try out.
The Sweet for Kindergarten Phonics Curriculum bundles include everything you need to teach phonics in one place, rather than having to supplement with multiple resources. I created this resource after realizing the reading curriculum I was using in the classroom was lacking a lot of phonics and phonemic awareness instruction
Every year I’ve taught Kindergarten, I’ve been able to teach long vowels in some capacity. Some years, I may just be teaching what a long vowel sound is and going over CVCe words. Other years, my Kindergarten students are able to identify long vowel patterns, read words, and even spell
If your Kindergarten students have mastered CVC words, then you can teach them CVCe words next! Not every curriculum includes CVCe words at the Kindergarten level, but it is helpful to introduce them to CVCe words and short or long vowel sounds before they go to First Grade. Today, I
Once your Kindergarten students learn how to blend, spell, and read CVC words fluently, you may wonder, well where do I go from here? The next phonics skill I work on with my students is digraphs or consonant blends. Today, I will share some of my favorite hands-on and engaging
Once your Kindergarten students have mastered how to blend, spell, and read CVC words fluently, you may find yourself wondering—what’s next? One of the next foundational phonics skills to introduce is consonant blends. In this post, I’m sharing my favorite consonant blends for Kindergarten activities that you can use during
