My daughter has just begun to really take an interest in letters and words throughout her world and in the books we read. Because of my...

The Daily Phonics Drill has 4 components, 2 of which use phonics cards: Look and Say: Students look at a phonics card, and say it’s...

The Daily Phonics Drill has 4 components, 2 of which use phonics cards: Look and Say: Students look at a phonics card, and say it’s...

In this mini-series, I’ll be breaking down each component of a phonics review that I do almost daily with my students. The Daily Phonics...

Last week I posted about a resource I created and used for working on syllabication with my students. In that post I described the...

Even with older or more advanced students, playing with words and sounds is an important part of reading and writing. Students need to...

In this mini-series, I’ll be breaking down each component of a phonics review that I do almost daily with my students. The Daily Phonics...

You’ve taught the phonics. The kids know the phonics. You’ve taught the syllable types and practiced decoding. The kids can decode...

Short vowels can be so difficult for young readers to decipher. When listening to words, the short vowel sounds can be tough to pick out....

Short vowel sounds can be soooooo TRICKY! Often, and especially for youngsters, short vowels sound really similar. For this reason,...

Phonemic Awareness is so important, even (and especially) after the early childhood years! Finding worthwhile activities that are truly...

As an adult reader, what do you do when you come to a word you’ve not seen before? Do you look at the picture? Skip the word, read the...

A couple weeks ago, I posted about the first portion of what will be my phonics block this year: multi-sensory phonics and handwriting...

The school year is just around the corner and I’ve been working so hard to get ready! All summer I’ve been doing some lesson planning in...