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 …
CVC Word Lists
Every reading educator needs cvc word lists to prepare phonics lessons. Do you ever find yourself scouring the web for these lists? Now you can find thorough cvc word lists in one place. To help kids …
Kindergarten Phonics Sounds
If you have a Kindergarten student, you might wonder what she's supposed to learn this year in reading. By the end of the year, what phonics sounds should your student know? In this post, I’ll outline …
Phonics Rules for K-2
As an expert reader, you’re brain rips words apart into smaller components so quickly, you’ve ceased to recognize phonics rules. You can’t recall what they are. Or how you learned them in the first …
1st Grade Reading Passages
Do you have a student that just finished first grade? You might wonder what they should know how to read. Kids learn so much phonics in first grade that their reading skills improve dramatically. A …