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Archives for May 2018

Short Vowel Books that Develop Reading Skills

May 31, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

I’m excited to release my revised short vowel books. The new version includes professional fun, magical pictures. Even though the pictures are darling, they do not cue the student. Thus, the short vowel books build decoding skills. I also edited the short vowel books with your feedback in mind. To see a sample, check out […]

Research Based Reading Programs

May 24, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

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In most states, phonics is mandated. Barring private schools, elementary schools must teach some phonics. Furthermore, the research is so unequivocally in favor of phonics, that those who don’t teach phonics are outliers. So why do so many kids struggle with reading? Phonics, though necessary, is not a panacea. It is merely a sliver of […]

ai and ay words with FREE Games

May 17, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

ai and ay words

Is your student learning ai and ay words phonics? In this post, there are TWO free printable activities that can help your student master ai and ay words (Scroll down for the pdf links). What do these sounds say? The ai unit is in words like mail, while ay is in words like day. Kids […]

ee ea Worksheets (FREE Read & Color)

May 10, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

ee ea worksheets

Is your student learning long vowel sounds? In ee ea worksheets, kids can practice the first long vowel after the silent e pattern. This free ee ea printable is a field of poppy flowers that kids can read and color: Phonics ee/ea English is an alphabetic language and phonics-based teaching methods are best. Struggling readers […]

Silent e Worksheets FREE Printable

May 4, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

silent e worksheets free printable

Is your student learning long vowel sounds? In this printable, kids can practice their first long vowel sound silent e. These sounds include words with an e at the end, including: lake, made, fine, like, Pete, these, hope, rode, duke, use. Silent e words contrast with short vowel words: lack versus lake, hope versus hop, […]

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th Digraph Worksheets for Kindergartners

February 14th, 2019

Kids learn th phonics in Kindergarten. Typically, kids learn short vowels first: a_ as in apple [...]

How to Help a Child Struggling with Reading

February 7th, 2019

If you have a student that’s struggling with reading, the effects can be heartbreaking. You witness[...]

Silent e Word List & Book

February 5th, 2019

Many students struggle with learning to read. Struggling readers need explicit, systematic phonics [...]

Teaching Phonemic Awareness

February 1st, 2019

Phonemic awareness is the ability to blend, manipulate and segment sounds. Contrary to our intuitio[...]

Why So Many Literacy Professors Still Deny the Science

January 22nd, 2019

Currently, in many American classrooms, kids are expected to “pick up” on reading. They’re given re[...]

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