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Decodable books (also called phonics books) allow children to practice the most common phonics sounds. They are beginning level stories that help kids feel like successful, confident readers, even …
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Kids usually learn r-controlled sounds in first or second grade. These sounds can cause some confusion during spelling activities. For example, if you have your student spell "card," he might …
Sight words are common words that are not entirely phonetic. For example, "the" is a sight word. "The" has a phonetic component /th/ and an irregular component /e/. Thus, the student needs to break …
Are you working on teaching your student the /ing/ ending? Here's a fun /ing/ worksheet your student can read and color: ing Pdf Short Vowels and the /ing/ ending In this worksheet, teach …
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Are you teaching your student to read inflectional endings? To help your student learn how to read inflectional ending words like gliding, sitting, walked... etc., teach him to understand inflectional …
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