Phonics instruction can be tricky for older students. When I taught first grade it was a natural part of our guided reading time. The lower level text allowed for more opportunities to incorporate phonics instruction. My third grade students desperatly NEED phonics instruction. They need to work on the same skills my firsties did, but at a higher level. As a result of this need, Phonics for BIG KIDS was born. There are four components to our phonics routine: Assessment, Word Work Lesson, Interactive Notebook & Game. Below you will find a short blurb about each component of instruction. Assessment Prior to beginning instruction, I give each student in my group a quick assessment. It is a list of 30 words that focus on the specific skill that we will be focusing on. This gives me a baseline to track their progress. At the end of the week I give them the assessment again to track progress. Word Work Lesson At the beginning of the word work lesson I give each student their laminated “Working with Words” mat and the word parts needed. I laminate this mat to use it as a dry erase board. I follow the script, “Find the word parts to create the word ________.” After they create the word, they then match it to the picture and write the word with a dry erase marker on their mat. I do that for all eight words. I also put students in small groups where they each take a turn pretending to be the “teacher”. Interactive Notebook I love incorporating interactive notebooks into my instruction. It is a great way to reinforce what we just practiced. There are three interactive notebook activities included for each skill. Games The demonstration cards are used to provide an example for each word included in the lesson. You could also use these cards for sorting, playing memory, Go Fish, etc. I use them for many more things that just demonstrating, depending on the level of students that I am working with. I would LOVE to see how you do phonics with your big kids. Tag me on Instagram @thecrazyschoolteacher with the hashtag #phonicsforBIGKIDS.
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Spelling Made Fun is a new and innovative fun, multi-sensory spelling programme developed specifically for Primary schools and has been extensively reviewed by practising teachers nationwide. Features: 18 weekly units of work which include fun activities to reinforce the spellings, wordsearches, phonic activities, cloze procedure exercises, opportunities for colouring, drawing and generating their own sentences using the words in the spelling units. Spelling lists with practice sheets for each unit. Using the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check technique. Spelling lists include words relevant to the pupil writing. CVC words, high frequency words, word families – old, -ing, -and, -ent, -ook, - all, -ill, -ive, -ike, -eep, -een. Self-evaluation weekly record sheets. Revision sheets. Tricky word bank to record pupils’ own personal errors. An overall record grid to record scores for each unit for both teachers and pupils to monitor and track progress.
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Every great reader has their beginnings in sounding out words!
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Today I wanted to stop by and share some strategies for teaching vowel teams and diphthongs in our classroom! It’s always challenging to teach spelling patterns that aren’t easily decodable! […]
Have you taught your student the C/K Rule? Since ‘c’ and ‘k’ both make the same sound sometimes, it can cause confusion for our young students.
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Learn about some of the differences between teaching phonics to ELLs and native English speakers. Also discover some new resources.
Help those kids from getting the “summer slide” with this 100 page packet! Included is 50 pages of math and 50 pages of literacy including reading and comprehension, grammar, writing, and word work. This would also make a great addition for any beginning of the year work for 1st grade too! Click here to download. here …
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Every great reader has their beginnings in sounding out words!
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It’s always so much fun listening and watching our young readers figure out those “longer” words. Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllable words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words. So, really, what is a syllable? Simply put, a syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a […]
Download high quality ending sounds worksheets and activities on d, g, n, p, t, x for preschool or kindergarten class. Free printable included!
