Kids start working on r-controlled vowels in late first grade or early 2nd grade. R-controlled vowels include: ar as in shark er as in clerk ir as in swirl ur as in burn or as in …
Foundational Skills in Reading
There are a number of skills students need to master in order to read. Educators can break down the components of reading into subskills, and these subskills are the essence of k-2 literacy …
Kindergarten Phonics Books
We just released Reading Elephant Phonics Books Sets 1-5 on Amazon. You can purchase a hardcopy of our first 24 short vowel phonics stories. Simply search for "Reading Elephant Phonics Books" on …
Making Mistakes When Learning to Read
Jada was a 3rd grade student who was behind in reading. The interventions at school weren’t working. I praised her correct answers, thinking, as many American educators and parents, this would help …
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Teaching Phonics & the Stages of Reading
Phonics is the relationship between letters and sounds. Teaching phonics involves: phonemic awareness activitiesexplicitly teaching phonics sounds making and reviewing sound charts sound cards …
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