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Archives for July 2017

Decodable Blueberry Pie Recipe

July 27, 2017 By: Brittany Markercomment

Recipes Kids Can Read

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 […]

Preparing for First Grade Over the Summer

July 15, 2017 By: Brittany Markercomment

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

July 14, 2017 By: Brittany Markercomment

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 […]

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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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