Blueberries are everywhere right now so… why not make blueberry pie with a decodable recipe kids can read?! Kids are often excited to use their reading skills to accomplish something in the real world. There aren’t many recipes K-2 kids can read on their own. To foster beginning reading skills, I’ve created a decodable blueberry […]
Archives for July 2017
Preparing for First Grade Over the Summer
In first grade, children’s reading skills progress rapidly. Though Kindergarten is a critical year, since children learn letter sounds, digraphs (like sh, th, ch…etc.), sight words, phonemic awareness, and for the first time start reading real books, first grade is at least equally important. In first grade, kids are expected to acquire phonics sounds and […]
Short i Words & Short i Lessons
After your student learns short a words, he’ll need to focus on short i words. It’s tempting to jump to short e lessons, because we typically say vowels in the following order: a, e, i, o, u. However, if you’re working with the 30% of children that struggle with reading, you’ll need to be a […]