CVC word activities are essential for early literacy development, and help children develop phonemic awareness, vocabulary, sight word recognition and so much more. By working with CVC words, children learn to segment and blend sounds together, which is a crucial skill for … [Read more...]
A Guided Reading Area That POPS
As many of you begin prepping your rooms for a new year, a few of my blogging friends decided to join together to share our favorite area of our classroom with you! I'm sure it comes as no surprise that my favorite is our guided reading area. I especially love all of the … [Read more...]
Guided Reading Organization
Hi there, friends! I'm here today with a peek into my guided reading block. I'll be sharing how I organize my guided reading materials, schedule out my guided reading groups, as well as how I plan my guided reading lessons! Psst.... I have a guided reading freebie for you at … [Read more...]
Alphabet Activities for Small Groups
Hi, friends! I'm here today teaming up with my friend Elyse from Proud to be Primary for a little bit of teacher talk regarding alphabet instruction. Let's be honest... letter and sound retention can be a struggle for some of our little learners. Some of them need repeated … [Read more...]
Phoneme Segmentation & Blending Made Easy
Hi, friends! Today, I'd like to talk about phoneme segmentation. Stretching out CVC words can be such a tricky skill for some of our little learners. You all know what I mean! Sometimes, identifying each sound through auditory means isn't enough. Sometimes, our kiddos need … [Read more...]
