As teachers we are always trying to find engaging games to play during ELA centers. Games are a great way to encourage students to work as a team, taking turns, problem solving, and encouraging each other. By playing these games they won’t even realize they are learning! Here are four
Are your students practicing CVC words? Mastering CVC words is an essential step in early reading development, helping students blend and segment sounds to build fluency. Incorporating hands-on, engaging activities into your lessons can make learning more interactive and enjoyable. Whether you’re looking for independent work, partner activities, or fine
Not sure how to write a lesson plan to teach CVC words and teach it in just 15-20 minutes? I am going to walk you through a step-by-step guide of my phonics lessons from start to finish with a simple CVC words lesson plan. You can also grab the FREE
The main phonics skill you will be focusing on in Kindergarten is CVC words. Typically, I spent about 2-3 months working on decoding, blending, spelling and fluency with just CVC words! Once your students are able to read CVC words, their reading ability will skyrocket! Here’s how to teach CVC
Rhyming is a phonological awareness skill that is first taught through nursery rhymes and songs. Children can hear the rhyme, rhythm, and repetition in those preschool songs, and unknowingly they start understanding how rhyming words work. Once they get to Kindergarten, they should have some kind of understanding of rhyming
If you are looking for phonemic awareness practice for distance learning, I’ve got you covered! Each week, I will be releasing FREE video warm-ups focused on Phonemic Awareness to my YouTube channel. There will be both Kindergarten and First Grade available. You can bookmark this page and come back every
If you are looking to learn more about what phonological awareness or phonemic awareness is… then you came to the right place. I cannot emphasize the importance of practicing these skills DAILY with your students! You may be wondering… how in the world do I fit in one more thing into
Why is phonemic awareness so important? These skills set the stage for success when students are becoming fluent readers. Read how these warm ups are helping students learn phonological awareness skills in their classrooms.
Developing fluency with consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words is a crucial step in a child’s journey to becoming a proficient reader. CVC words are the building blocks of early literacy, forming the foundation for more complex language skills. Kindergarteners should have a solid grasp of blending CVC words before entering 1st Grade.
