This SFK First Grade Phonics Curriculum Unit focuses on phonics and phonological awareness skills of Short Vowels and CVC words. Through this all-in-one unit, students will be able to identify the short vowels in a CVC word, decode, blend, spell and read CVC words fluently.
Do you need your First Grade phonics instruction planned and ready to go for the year? It is a complete and comprehensive phonics curriculum for First Grade that you will see real results with your students. Each unit lays out exactly what to teach, how to teach each phonics skill, and includes all the activities you will need.
In Kindergarten, phonics is best taught using a combo of small group and whole group instruction. Now that you know what to teach in both small and whole group lessons, what are some go-to strategies you can use during your whole group phonics instruction? Here are 3 of my must-haves
A growing trend I’ve noticed is that more and more Kindergarteners are arriving with underdeveloped fine motor skills. With the rise of technology, many students haven’t had much practice holding a pencil, using scissors, or even playing with playdough. As a result, they struggle with handwriting and other essential tasks
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.
Did you know that the most effective way for a child to learn something new is by using their hands? Kindergarteners learn the best through movement, play, problem solving, and hands-on activities, not by completing worksheets or playing learning games on iPad apps. I’m going to share some hands-on activity
Play Dough is an easy and effective way to make phonics and phonological awareness center activities more ENGAGING and FUN! Use these Play Dough mats to practice phonics skills and help build fine motor skills. These mats are designed for Kindergarten and First Grade and are aligned with Common Core Standards.
Practice 16 phonics skills using play dough to form letters to help spell words and/or phonics patterns. These mats will help students work on a variety of phonemic awareness skills, such as phoneme isolation, phoneme segmentation, rhyming, and counting syllables. They are easy for Kindergarten or First Grade students to work on either in a center group or independently.
Does it seem like you are spending so much time planning your ELA centers? You don’t need to spend hours trying to plan and prep your centers. There is a more efficient way that you can plan your centers for the week in as little as 5 minutes! Over the
