Reading and Writing Redhead
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Reading and Writing Redhead
2M ago
4 Games to Hack for Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Practice
When you are helping students with phonics and phonemic awareness practice, it’s important to mix in some fun and really engaging activities and games!
Here are 4 games to hack for phonics and phonemic awareness practice.
1. Connect Four
The classic Connect Four game is a fun one. Let’s talk about how modify it a bit for phonics and phonemic awareness practice.
Either write on the discs with sharpie or attach paper labels to each with with letters, word families, etc. that you students need to practice. You can even make it more chal ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
5M ago
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Reading and Writing Redhead
7M ago
5 Ways to Help Students Check their Writing for Capitalization and Punctuation
Writing with all the correct conventions can be tough for kids, and as teachers, we always wonder how to help students check their writing for use of correct capital letters and punctuation mark!
Here are 5 helpful tips so you can support students and help them improve their writing by self-editing!
Classroom Strategies 1. Peer Editing Swaps
Peer editing is very popular and sometimes students pay more attention to tips from peers than teachers after a while. My grade used Keys to Writing from Keys to Li ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
8M ago
How can pop its help students master phonemic awareness? What are “Pop Its” and why are kids obsessed with them?
Sometimes called fidget poppers, they are molded plastic bubble toys that are like reusable bubble wrap – a simple colorful toy made of plastic and silicone that comes in many sizes and shapes.
Why do kids (and others) get obsessed with them? They are simple, but powerful. They are soothing and they help calm students and help them focus. They also are kind of relaxing!
The Irish Examiner states that a benefit of poppers are that they are, “Sensory toys encourage play that engages o ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
8M ago
How Can You Support Struggling Readers with In- Class Intervention? First, check their basic skills:
If you have students in kindergarten, first, second grade and up , check their letters and sounds! Can they identify all capital and lower case letters? Do they know the main sound of each letter? This is important to know even with older students like second graders. It can be eye opening.
Your reading program may have one already but if you need a resource for letters and sounds check, the Assessment of Capital and Lower Case Letters and Sounds is only $1.50!
You can also keep reading for in ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
8M ago
Strategies for Teaching Consonant Digraphs 1. Fundations Tiles
One thing I love about the Fundations tiles is that the digraph sounds are on one tile, “ch”, “sh”, “th”, “wh” and “ck”, and you don’t have to show students two separate magnet letters and try to explain that they make only one sound.
If you don’t have Fundations, take a square pattern block or square magnet and a sharpie and make your own.
2. Use Digraphs with Sound Boxes
(Some call them Elknonin boxes) Students can touch each box while they say a sound, and if laminated, you or the student can write a letter (or letters if it is ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
8M ago
7 Ways to Teach Arrays and Repeated Addition
We don’t want students to just memorize multiplication facts – we want them to understand how multiplication works! This is why repeated addition (like 3+3+3) and arrays are powerful strategies to make beginning multiplication accessible and engaging to all students.
If you need an explanation of arrays, here is a good one for teachers.
Read on for 7 teaching strategies!
Make Arrays Life-Size
Make a life-size grid on the floor with painter’s tape! Then pose your repeated addition questions, and have kids hop into the grid squares and sit down. The ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
8M ago
Ways to Practice CVC Words Suggestions Requiring Limited or No Supplies
Easy peasy – all kids needs are their hands. Students say a word and tap out sounds with fingers (segmenting), or show them a word like “cap” and they say each sound and then blending: /c/ /a/ /p/ “cap”.
Try sound boxes (some call them Elknonin boxes) like these simple ones. Students can touch each box while they say a sound, if laminated, you or the student can write a letter for each sound in each box. Example: the second row of three boxes could be used to tap out cap. Or write cap, one letter in each box. Students say ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
9M ago
5 Engaging Geography Activities for Elementary Students
It can be tough to find time to teach social studies, and when you do it needs to be impactful! To help out, here are 5 engaging geography activities for elementary students!
Picture Books
Picture books are terrific to share with your class via read aloud. Me on the Map is an all time classic, but I have also discovered theses amazing, relevant options. Click on any to head to Amazon and learn more, or head to your local library.
My Map Book
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Me on the Map
Follow that Map!
Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map
Google ..read more
Reading and Writing Redhead
9M ago
7 Reasons Why Interactive Notebooks are Very Relevant
Have you ever used Interactive Notebooks (INBs) with your class? They started becoming popular around 2014 but I want to explain to you 7 reasons why interactive Notebooks are still very relevant!
You may have gotten on the interactive notebook bandwagon in the past. I actually created my own language arts, reading, spelling, and math (money and measurement) interactive notebooks for my 2nd graders.
I was looking for helpful, content-rich INBs that had simpler fonts and less distracting borders and clip art because my second graders tended ..read more