All beginning readers need a phonemic awareness assessment. A phonemic awareness assessment can help give educators a baseline of a student’s current ability to blend, segment and manipulate sounds—a …
Sh Digraph (with FREE Printable Book)
Jamie was in first grade. She knew some letter sounds, but she wasn’t blending sounds together to read words. Her classmates were reading books with a variety of words, even hard words like “bicycle” …
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Christmas Phonics Activities (Free Printable Book)
See below for a free Christmas phonics book for first graders. The attached book includes long vowel sounds, the cornerstone of first grade phonics. Christmas phonics activities are lots of fun, and …
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Christmas Phonics Book for Kindergartners (Free)
I’ve created a free Christmas phonics book for kindergartners. The attached book includes letter sounds, short vowels, consonant digraphs and consonant blends. Kids can read the attached decodable …
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Teaching Decoding Skills (What Does & Doesn’t Work)
The teacher told Wendy that she simply needed to read aloud to her son, Jackson. He was in second grade and he had not developed decoding skills. When Jackson came across uncommon words, he used the …
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