Teaching multisyllabic words can be tricky and trying to learn these multisyllabic words can lead to frustration for some of our students. But there are steps we can take to make this process more manageable for our students. And we are going to begin at the beginning but is an extremely important step! Our first tip for teaching multisyllabic words… View Post
We’ve got some wonderful picks for our Must Read Books for January! It is a nice mix of new and familiar, fiction and non fiction and even a beautiful popup book thrown in too! Some of the the links below may be referral links, which means, I will earn a commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. … View Post
January Literacy Challenge is free and full of engaging reading and writing activities that students can do at school, at home or a combination of both! I know January can be a long month after coming back from break! You can use this January Literacy Challenge as students finish up classwork or they have extra time during the day. They… View Post
Sight Word Activities Learning sight words is about more than just memorizing words. Just like we build relationships with our students, we need to build relationships between words for students to be able to learn and understand how they work. When we first learn a sight word, particularly a tricky sight word, I like to discuss all the attributes of… View Post
Top 5 Must Haves for Reading Teachers! Or any elementary teacher really and especially if you are teaching reading. These top 5 plus a few honorable mentions are going to help you whether you are teaching in a classroom, teaching distance learning or even a mix of the two. The items I have chosen will make your reading life more… View Post
Wouldn’t you love to be able to use your resources from TpT that are in PDF format as a digital activity? For students to be able to write or type in their answers where they couldn’t before if you had changed the PDF? Now you can! And it is really easy to do! This is a game changer for digital… View Post
Onset and Rime are important building blocks that can help students decode and spell new words. We want students to be able to recognize chunks in words and use these chunks as the read and write. Using the decoding skill of onset and rime is much more efficient than trying to sound out each letter. It is more accurate too!… View Post
