Kids typically learn long vowels in first grade. Long vowels are common vowel patterns and it's important to teach each one explicitly. Often, long vowel sounds are pronounced as the name of the …
List of Phonics Sounds
There are 44 phonemes in English. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound. “Shop” for example contains 3 phonemes: sh-o-p. If you are new to the subject of phonics, you can pretty much substitute the …
Holiday Long Vowel Worksheets
In our last post, there was an error in our holiday tree. The error has been corrected and in this post, Reading Elephant is offering a silent e, ee/ea and ai/ay worksheet. Holiday Silent e …
Silent e Holiday Worksheet
Kids usually learn the silent e sounds at the end of Kindergarten or beginning of first grade. Here is a silent e holiday worksheet that your student can read and color: Silent e …
Reading During School Breaks
Students have many breaks throughout the year, including summer, a week off in November, 2 weeks off in December and 1 week off in spring. That's a lot of off time. Should kids read during school …