Do you have a sound chart in your classroom? In your reading intervention area? For more effective lessons, print Reading Elephant’s FREE sound chart! I’m so excited to offer our sound chart. If you analyze the chart, you can begin to learn English phonics rules. Also, students make faster, more lasting progress, if they memorize […]
Archives for February 2019
Silent e Worksheets pdf (Igloo Fun!)
The most effective silent e worksheets pdf include both short vowel and silent e words. In this post, I offer a silent e worksheet that can help kids master the e at the end rule. I went with a winter theme and wrote each word in an igloo ice block. Here it is: Silent e […]
Free Printable Sight Word Worksheets
Sight words break the phonetic code. As a result, kids need to memorize sight words. Struggling readers often have difficulty memorizing sight words. To help them, be sure to introduce words systematically (2-4 new words at a time), review old sight words, and have them practice spelling sight words. In this post, I offer free […]
th Digraph Worksheets for Kindergartners
Kids learn th phonics in Kindergarten. Typically, kids learn short vowels first: a_ as in apple e_ as in elephant i_ as in igloo o_ as in octopus u_ as in up Then, kids move on to learn consonant digraphs. Reading Elephant books introduces consonant digraphs in the following order: sh as in wish th […]
How to Help a Child Struggling with Reading
If you have a student that’s struggling with reading, the effects can be heartbreaking. You witness the child’s self-esteem diminish, you hear him acting out in class to avoid reading. As a reading interventionist, I’ve worked with many kids that struggle with learning to read and I wanted to create a site that teaches how […]