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Archives for May 2017

Short a Games for Kindergarten

May 26, 2017 By: Brittany Markercomment

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Short a games for Kindergarten are a fun way to introduce students to reading and spelling. In early Kindergarten, students focus on short vowel sounds. If you want your student to read in early Kindergarten, focus solely on letter sounds and the following short vowel sounds: a_ as in apple e_ as in elephant i_ […]

Books for Fluency Practice

May 18, 2017 By: Brittany Markercomment

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Your student is done with decodable books (also known as phonics books). Now, he needs books for fluency practice. Fluency is reading speed. After a student learns single-syllable word strategies (words like light, sand, treat…etc.), he needs to pick up speed. There are specific books, called sight readers, designed to help kids read faster. Sight […]

Bright Child Can’t Remember Phonics Units?

May 11, 2017 By: Brittany Markercomment

Parent Question: I keep going over phonics with my daughter,  but nothing sticks. She seems to forget it all so quickly. There’s a period when forgetting is normal. At first, a student doesn’t know the phonics unit. Then, she occasionally knows it. Then, she knows it most of the time. Finally, she masters the unit, […]

Printable Kindergarten Books Found Here

May 3, 2017 By: Brittany Markercomment

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When kids start Kindergarten, they begin learning letter sounds—the first step in learning how to read. Once kids know just a handful of letter sounds, they can begin reading books. Yet, books for kindergartners are difficult to find. Parents of older kids have a great variety of books to choose from. Kindergarten books are scarce. […]

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Short a Activity- Design Donuts

November 21st, 2019

Did your student just learn letter sounds? If so, it's time to start decoding short a words. Short [...]

Why Mississippi Improved their Reading Scores...

November 14th, 2019

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is like the American Report Card on reading [...]

What are Decodable Books?

November 7th, 2019

Decodable books allow beginning readers to practice their phonics skills. They are books that start[...]

A Letter Sound Activity with Interleaving

October 23rd, 2019

When kids learn letter sounds, and phonics sounds in general, they benefit from interleaving--a pra[...]

Letter Sound Activity for Beginners

October 17th, 2019

Do you have a student who is learning letter sounds? Encourage beginners by introducing just a hand[...]

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