Reading Elephant has added 2 consonant blends stories to our shop. We now offer 12 consonant blends stories for kindergartners and 1st graders. Consonant blends are 2 or more letter sounds in a …
Kindergarten Valentine’s Bingo
Are you looking for a fun phonics Valentine's activity to give your kindergartner? Check out the FREE Bingo game in this post. It includes short vowels only. There are 3 boards and one page of hearts …
Voiced vs Unvoiced Sounds
Have you heard of voiced vs unvoiced sounds? Some kids struggle with articulation. Their inability to articulate certain sounds may decrease their reading accuracy. Kids who struggle with articulation …
What are Consonant Blends?
Consonant blends are 2 or more letter sounds in a row. Some examples include sp as in spot, nd as in land and sn as in snow. Kids typically learn consonant blends in kindergarten. Educators often …
Sight Word List from Reading Elephant
Our sight word list is now up in our shop. Our sight word list follows the Reading Elephant decodable book series. The list also comes with an assessment so you can determine what sight words your …
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Christmas Phonics Stories
In this post, there are links to two free printable Christmas phonics stories. One includes kindergarten phonics sounds and the other includes first grade phonics sounds. Kindergarten Christmas …
New Long Vowel Stories
I'm so excited to share our new decodable long vowel stories. We've added 10 long vowel stories to our shop. Long vowels include: ee as in seek ea as in leaf ai as in sail _ay as in …
Halloween Phonics Stories
For some FREE Halloween phonics stories, check out our Halloween kindergarten phonics story and our Halloween first grade phonics story. Follow links to access the leveled phonics story "Pam's …
Letter Sounds Activity
When kids learn letter sounds, they should practice with a variety of sounds. For example, if the child is learning s, m, t, a, be sure to include each of these sounds in the letter sounds activity. …
5 Tips for Dyslexic Readers
Dyslexic readers are often slow to learn to read. Once they read, they often read fewer words per minute than their peers. For dyslexic students, reading can become laborious and even result in …