Kids usually learn the silent e sound towards the end of Kindergarten or beginning of first grade, depending on your state and district standards. Silent e is a significant milestone, because for the …
Short a Phonics Words
Kids work on reading short a phonics words in early Kindergarten. They are the first words kids need to master. Some short a phonics words include: mat, Sam, fan, fat, ran, yak, tap, mat, Pat, …
R-Controlled Reading Passages
I'm so excited to release Reading Elephant Series 15, the r-controlled reading passages. These stories introduce ar, er/ir/ur, and or phonics sounds. The stories introduce r-controlled sounds …
Sounding Out Words and Why Kids Struggle
Your student is in Kindergarten. He knows letter sounds. Yet, when he tries to string letters together to form a word, he forgets the first or middle sound. “H-aaaa-t… um does that say hit?” he says. …
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