Kids learn to read consonant digraph words in kindergarten. First, beginners learn short vowels: a_ (as in words like hat, Pam), i_ (as in him, sit), o_ (as in hot, mop), u_ (as in run, bug), and e_(as in hen, pet). Next, kids practice these simple short vowel cvc words quite a lot, gain some […]
Printable Books For Kindergarten
Halloween Kindergarten Phonics Story
I’ve written a festive Halloween kindergarten phonics story called Pam’s Pumpkin. It includes short vowel words and consonant digraph words. There are some sight words in the story including: have, said, was, some, orange, were, some, one, of. You can also use this for first graders who are working on fluency or are in a […]
Kindergarten spelling lists
Kindergartners should work on spelling phonetic words and sight words. When they work on phonetic words, they should write the word sound-by-sound. When they spell sight words, they should write the irregular aspects of the sight word from memory. Do not have your kindergartner work on memorized lists of words each lesson. Instead, construct your […]
Fluency Reading Strategies
Do you have a student that can decode accurately, but reads slowly? If so, your student may need to read more leveled texts. This is the only proven tactic of all the reading fluency strategies. It is difficult for a young child to read for extended periods of time, because, for early readers, decoding is […]
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, Pam, man, bat, cat, lap, Dan, rat, rad, tad, dab, nab, mad, sad, pad, fad, wag, lag, sag, bag, yap, […]