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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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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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Consonant Digraph Series 2 Now Available! I’m very proud to release my consonant digraph book series. These phonics stories for kindergarten introduce phonics sounds progressively. They are ideal for …
If you have a struggling reader, teach them how to read using sound cards. To master phonics letters and sounds, students need to see each unit individually. If they learn to recognize phonetic units …
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Kennedy had to memorize consonant blends for school. The reading curriculum at school suggested that teaching consonant blends was synonymous with memorizing them. As a result, Kennedy memorized the …
When Damon read, he looked at the pictures often. He said each word in one utterance. Unlike other beginning readers, Damon rarely used sound-by-sound reading methods. If the picture proved unhelpful, …
Short vowels are the most important sounds in early literacy. Young kids must master short vowels before learning all other vowel units. There are many vowel sounds in English. If a kid misses short …
A kindergarten sight words list should focus on words that truly break the phonetic code. Very few words should be taught as sight words. An English dictionary might contain 250,000 words, yet in …
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Short vowel sounds contrast with long vowel sounds. Short vowels are: a_ as in apple e_ as in elephant i_ as in igloo o_ as in octopus u_ as in up Short vowels sounds are among the …
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If you have a struggling reader, you might wonder how to help them, when to help them and why they are in fact struggling. The following is a roadmap for educators of struggling readers. Learning …
