As many reading teachers and textbooks will tell you, under the components of reading are phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehensions. Although I often find myself pretty solid with phonics. Sometimes I am too heavy with phonics. And that is exactly where my misconceptions leave me. Let me explain. I Did Not Know What I Did Not Know In the beginning, which I … [Read more...]
Check Out Final -ck
One of the hardest phonics lessons I teach in Kindergarten is the final -ck sound. Whenever a lesson presents a challenge, I have find success when the lesson is made fun! Therefore, I come up with some, hands-on activities to make this week of phonics more fun for my little learners. Intro Lesson To start phonics off, we talk about double endings like -zz, -ss, -ff, and -ll. We talk … [Read more...]
Have You Seen Sound Tents?
Have you seen sound tents? This is a fun way for little hands to work with sounds to build real and silly words. Simple, fun, hands on phonics fun! Let me show you what these fun phonics activity look like and how you can use them in your classroom with ease. How to Prep Sound Tents First, print out the sounds you want to cover in your classroom. You can see the full color pages … [Read more...]
Phonics Fun with Sound Sticks
You are going to have so much phonics fun with sound sticks! This is a simple way to teach, review, and practice phonics skills with little learners. It is paperless, hands on, engaging, and FUN. Best yet... you can use it for how you need to use it. There is no right or wrong here! If you are in a school like mine where hands on activities are preferred over printables, I have got a treat for … [Read more...]
Sounding Out Fun Game Using Spelligator
Sounding Out Fun Using Spelligator Using Games to Promote Learning When teachers incorporate games into their classrooms, they not JUST teach a skill. They are also teach higher order thinking skills and winning and losing skill. The best part is the fact that your students are merely being children and playing a game. Learning becomes FUN and engaging. Learning is what it is suppose to be in … [Read more...]
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