Once your kindergarten students have mastered letter sounds and CVC words, it’s time for them to learn about consonant blends and digraphs! Although reading blends and digraphs are two different phonics skills, there is a similar progression in how students learn and practice them. In this post...
Blends can sometimes be confused with digraphs or trigraphs — where two or three letters come together to represent one sound (eg. sh or th) — but there is a difference. With a blend, the individual sounds can still be heard. In the example of "frog," you still distinctly hear an ...
It provides all the tools and resources you need to confidently teach your students to read using the Science of Reading best practices. **Common Core State Standards:** CCSSRF.1.2b Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends. CCSSRF.1.3 Know...
These spots in the classroom are designated spaces where your students can work individually or in small groups practicing decoding, blending, reading comprehension, and any other needed literacy skills. You might think of reading centers or literacy centers as practice areas for students to take the...
Teaching my kids to read. Thankfully, I have one preschooler left. He’s five years old, and he’ll start kindergarten in the fall. I’ve been teaching him to read for a few months, and it’s been So. Much. Fun. But is this necessary? SHOULD you teach your preschooler to read?
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If you’re wondering what CVC words are, or how to practice them in kindergarten, you’ve come to a great place. This blog post will teach you all about CVC words, provide different activities for practicing CVC words, and includes a free CVC word list. *This post contains affiliate ...
Phoneme Blending & Segmentation Lesson Plan How to Teach Rhyming in Reading Instruction Sound-Symbol Association & Literacy Development What is Nonsense Word Fluency? Kindergarten Reading Games First Grade Phonics Games 1st Grade Reading Games Promoting Spelling Skills in Young Children: Strategies & Activ...