It's no secret that students LOVE sticky notes, but can you blame them? Teachers love sticky notes, too! These little sticky squares of paper are motivating, colorful, and can be used in the classroom in numerous ways. They're perfect for jotting down ideas, sorting your thoughts, and reminding you ... View Post
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Fluency 101: Getting Started with Teaching Reading Fluency in the Classroom
Fluency is the ability to read smoothly and automatically with accuracy, expression, and attention to punctuation. It is essential to reading and the bridge between decoding and comprehension. Fluency is not a natural skill for many students, but the good news is, even the most disfluent readers can ... View Post
Bring Poetry Writing Fun Into Your Classroom for Valentine’s Day
Poetry is a wonderful tool and is especially helpful for "hooking" reluctant readers and motivating them to practice their literacy skills. Through repeated reading, students can develop confidence and improve their fluency. As an added bonus, most poetry lends itself to practicing additional ... View Post
Break Apart Words with Phonics and Spelling Word Work Mats
When students are faced with challenging words, it's essential they have the tools to break the words apart. Through explicit phonics instruction and word work, students can develop the essential skills they need to identify common phonics and spelling patterns within words. Students need to be able ... View Post
Improving Visualizing Skills With a Roll-a-Snowman Dice Activity
If you enjoyed my pumpkin visualizing activity for the fall season, you’re going to love the winter-themed "Roll a Snowman" version of the activity! Engage your students in rolling dice to create snowmen using the different descriptive words. More often than not, the snowmen come out looking VERY ... View Post
Introduce Daily Phonics to Help Students Identify Phonics and Syllable Patterns in Words
Phonics is one the building blocks of literacy and is an essential component to reading proficiency. In order to read with accuracy and automaticity, students need to be able to map sounds to letters AND letters to sounds. Once students have sound-letter correspondence in place, they need ... View Post
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