One of the hardest things about teaching kids to read is all of the exceptions to the phonics rules. Just when they get confident with consonant sounds and short vowels, it's time to start adding in more rules. Silent 'e', consonant digraphs and r-controlled vowels are the most common for beginning readers. I've found that a story based approach really helps my students learn the rules quickly. ... Read More about R-Controlled Vowels with Bossy R
Word Family Anchor Charts
I'm sure you've heard this saying before, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." There's so much truth and wisdom in there. With a minor change this truth can apply to learning in our classrooms. It might sound something like this: Tell a student a fact and they learn it for a day, involve them in the lesson and they learn it for a ... Read More about Word Family Anchor Charts
Engaging Digital Sight Word Activities
Sight words are a fundamental part of helping our students learn to read. No matter how much we teach phonics and reading strategies, there will always be exceptions. Those exceptions make up our sight word lists; words our students can't read using the phonics rules and reading strategies. Help your students learn to recognize these words by providing them with fun and engaging sight word ... Read More about Engaging Digital Sight Word Activities
How I Teach Making Ten with a Ten Frame
As primary teachers we do a lot of introducing concepts for the very first time. With this comes a big responsibility! You see, we are laying the foundations of understanding so that teachers in years to come will have a solid foundation to build on. Helping students understand addition and making 10 are just a couple of those important foundations. I'm excited to share these fun, hands-on ... Read More about How I Teach Making Ten with a Ten Frame
Teaching Black History in the Primary Classroom
February is Black History Month or African American History Month. It is a time when lesson plans are often filled with great African Americans like Martin Luther King, Jr., Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks and many more. Teaching the events of the past in a way that is truthful and appropriate for primary students can be a challenge. No matter when you are teaching Black history, these resources are ... Read More about Teaching Black History in the Primary Classroom
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