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Archives for November 2018

Decoding, Content Knowledge & Early Reading Instruction

November 30, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

It’s important to incorporate content knowledge into early reading instruction. Kids are in school so many hours of the day, and phonics instruction should only take about 45 minutes, a trivial amount of time. Our systematic phonics books can teach kids to read, but be sure to read-aloud to your students too. In later grades, […]

Consonant Digraphs Worksheets & Books

November 26, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

sh worksheet

Kids usually learn consonant digraphs in kindergarten. What are consonant digraphs? A consonant digraph is composed of two consonant letters that make one sound. For example, sh as in ship, th as in math and ch as in chop are all consonant digraphs. In this post, I offer consonant digraphs worksheets that contain interleaving. In […]

All Children Can Learn to Read

November 25, 2018 By: juanmv23comment

Printable Short Vowel Book

Is There an Elephant in the Reading Room? Many kids struggle to learn to read, including kids with dyslexia, auditory-processing disorders, ADHD, autism, memory-deficits, kids that are deaf and hard of hearing, kids with language delays and kids that simply need research-based instruction. The thing is: we know how to teach struggling readers. The research […]

Fall Printable Sight Word Activities

November 17, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

Kindergarten Sight Words

In these Fall printable sight word activities, kids can learn sight words and color in the apple tree. Last week, I offered 1st grade sight words. This week, you can print a kindergarten sight word activity: Sight Words Click the above link for the free coloring activity. How to teach sight words Sight words break […]

Common Sight Words for 1st Graders

November 14, 2018 By: Brittany Markercomment

common sight words

I love the Fall, the time of year full of vibrant colors, cool breezes and an angle of the sun that seems to make everything glisten. I thought it’d be fun for kids to practice sight words with a Fall themed coloring activity. Click the following link for a free printable common sight words activity: […]

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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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