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Reading Elephant offers printable phonics books for struggling readers. K-1 kids who struggle need phonics books that are uniquely designed with the science of reading in mind. Struggling readers …
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Silent e is a common phonics rule. Some silent e words include: skate, gate, hike, pile, poke, cove, cute, rake... etc. The silent e rule also goes by the name of bossy e and magic e. Kids usually …
If you're wondering how to teach a 6 year old to read, this post will offer you some guidance. By 6 years old, children should know letter sounds. If a 6 year old is in first grade, they should …
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 …
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 …
