Phonics lessons for the entire year! These printable lessons and activities focus on phonics in kindergarten and will make your classroom phonics instruction simple and stress-free. Phonics in Kindergarten Lessons and Activities Teaching and reviewing phonics daily will keep your kindergartners on track with developing reading success. These interactive tasks engage your students and keep their attention throughout your phonics instruction. Weekly phonics lesson plans ... continue reading...
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Color by Code Worksheets for Kindergarten Phonics Practice
Kindergarten is such an exciting grade to teach because we’re able to help students build a solid foundation of phonics skills. As we all know, this takes a lot of time and practice which can be challenging for young learners. It’s helpful to keep some engaging activities on hand for kindergarten phonics practice that will keep students motivated for this important review. In this post, I’m going to share one of my favorite low-prep activities for phonics practice in kindergarten: Color by ... continue reading...
Digital Phonics Activities for Kindergarten and First Grade
Digital phonics daily activities for kindergarten and first grade. 1-click Seesaw links and PowerPoint versions available for easy use! Digital Phonics for K-1 With the possibility of continued distance learning in the future, many teachers are looking for options to support student learning at home. I've teamed up with Deedee Wills to create phonics activities for kindergarten and first grade. These digital phonics tasks are indeed a great way for students to practice daily phonics ... continue reading...
Alphapalooza 2 Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Fun!
“The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.” -Marilyn Jager Adams We spend a lot of time working on Phonemic Awareness and Phonics skills in kindergarten and first-grade, so we want to make sure that we create games and activities that will hold the interest of our students. My goal is to create activities that the students will want to come back to over and over again. Here are a few of the activities that are included ... continue reading...
Labels: leveled reader labels A-L, recycling, library books and phonics phones
Here are the labels that some of you requested. (click on the picture to download them) These include the leveled reader labels A-L, the tinker toys, action figures, puzzles, etc: and the large labels for recycling, library books and phonics phones. These are all in one file. I am working on the large labels for my Math tubs and I will get them posted soon. Also, many of you have requested the pirate themed items that are in my room. I will work on compiling them into one document ... continue reading...
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Fun FREEBIE! The Wheels on the Bus class book
Excuse the fact that it says bug! Gah! That has been fixed. :) ... continue reading...
Making Read Alouds Come to Life: Creepy Carrots
Teacher read alouds are just as important as giving students time to read independently. Read alouds take the student's focus away from having to decode the words and gives students a chance to really hone in and focus on the meaning of the story. I love it when I read a story to children, and they love it so much that they beg me to READ IT AGAIN! It's so important to reread books to children and give them time to: Hear you thinking ... continue reading...
Phonological Awareness Assessments
When it comes to data collection in the early elementary classroom, phonological awareness assessments are essential! Even though many phonics assessments include a section on phonological awareness, it can be invaluable to use a progress monitoring tool that is specific to these important foundational skills. Keep reading to see why!What is Phonological Awareness?If you’ve ever done a tiling project before, you know how important that first row of tile can be! Since the rest of the tiles are ... continue reading...
Reading Comprehension: Engaging Readers: SET TWO YEAR LONG BUNDLE
Reading Comprehension Units SET TWO No Prep Print and Go Lesson Planning made easy! Reading, Phonics, Comprehension, Word Work and More! NOTE: This isn't a packet of worksheets. These are actual Lessons that guide you through the process of using Read Alouds to teach the standards for Reading and Phonics. ***************************************************************************** This is a Year Long BUNDLE. It includes 10 UNITS This resource will give you FORTY TWO weeks of ... continue reading...
Reading Comprehension: Engaging Readers: YEAR LONG BUNDLE NO PREP
Reading units that are differentiated for kindergarten and first-grade. No Prep Print and Go Lesson Planning made easy! Engaging Readers Read Aloud Lessons Aligned to CCS and TEKS. Reading, Phonics, Comprehension, Word Work and More! NOTE: This isn't a packet of worksheets. These are actual Lessons that guide you through the process of using Read Alouds to teach the standards for Reading and ... continue reading...
How to Use a Sound Wall in the Classroom
Have you been hearing about teachers switching out their word walls with sound walls? Are you wondering if this is something you should do in your classroom? If so, keep reading because I’m sharing tips on how to use a sound wall in the classroom to enhance your phonics instruction.What is a Sound Wall?A sound wall is used to display the 44 phonemes (speech sounds) of spoken English. Since each phoneme can be spelled in different ways, a sound wall keeps those spelling patterns organized by ... continue reading...
CVC Centers for Kindergarten: Digital and Print
As young students learn how to decode CVC words, it’s important for them to get as much repetition as possible with this developing skill. One way to keep students engaged in this repetition is to use a variety of different CVC practice activities. In this post, I’m going to share some fun CVC centers for kindergarten that you can use for daily phonics practice in your classroom.The Benefits of Combining Digital and Print for CentersThe CVC centers I’m highlighting in this post are digital ... continue reading...
PreK Curriculum
Do you always feel rushed over teaching everything needed during preschool or transitional kindergarten? I’m sure you do! We often only have our students for a few hours each day. While we need to set time aside for snacks, bathroom breaks, and some play time, we also have so much material we want to teach students. Thankfully, there are amazing PreK curriculum offerings that combine all subjects with hands-on, engaging activities! Importance of Senses Our adorable 4 and 5-year-olds ... continue reading...
Engaging Reading Activities (With a FREE File)
Engaging reading activities for kindergarten and first grade! See how we improve reading comprehension through various reading comprehension strategies. FREE sample file too! This is a guest post from Deedee Wills. We are so excited about our Engaging Readers units... you can tell because I. Can't. Stop. Talking. About. It. Engaging Reading Activities: How did it start? Around last November I had a conversation with Deanna Jump about wanting to do more responding to literature with ... continue reading...
Guiding Readers Questions and Answers
Last November Deedee and I had a conversation about her desire to do more with the books she was using for Read Alouds. Her kids loved many of the books she was reading to them, and they wanted to hear them again and again. She felt that she had a great foundation with writer's workshop (more on that later) but she wanted deeper connections and interactions with the texts that she was reading to her class. So we created Guiding Readers. What are Guiding Readers? Guiding Readers started ... continue reading...
