Planning your guided literacy time is bout to get so much easier. I get asked a lot about how to tie reading and writing together, while focusing on fluency, comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, writing, etc. I create this resource to get kids excited about reading and writing, and to make planning
When learning how to read, working on FLUENCY and building CONFIDENCE is extremely important! Kids need to know that they CAN read when given the right
100 Sight Word Booklets with a Sight Word Passage Option for the first Fry 100 Words. These easy and print-and-go booklets are a great way to extend the
Each printable sight words list combines Dolch sight words and Fry's high frequency word lists. Print five different sight word lists for Pre-K and up.
These ideas give active reading a whole new meaning.
Does your child need extra practice memorizing sight words? Use these free printable sight word worksheets to help commit these high frequency words to memory!
If your kids like to dance, hop, skip, crawl, move and play then this reading/sight word game is for them! Both of the Lil Divas are ...
Are you looking for my original Color Me Readers? While those books can be used appropriately to teach concepts of print, in the original blog posts I demonstrated their use with three-cueing. I did this
Make practicing reading FUN with over 50 Free Emergent Readers! Simply download printable and have fun reading with Kindergarten, pre k, and grade 1 kids!
Whether they're three years old or pushing ten, there are some kids that just absolutely love playing with cars.
Discover effective ways to teach sight words to children with dyslexia. Explore to learn more about sight words and access resources for teaching them.
Dolch sight words list for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third-grade levels. Our free printable Dolch sight word lists provide you with colorful sight word charts for easy reference and assessment. Teach your child to read sight words with these full size PDF Dolch 220 sight word lists. We've also included a list of Dolch sight word nouns.
"Swat It" is a high energy fly swatter game that kids ask to play again and again. Whatever you want to practice with your child, be it number recognition, number sense, math facts, letters, sight words, or reading skills you can do it with this game. All you need is a fly swatter and some
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I receive a small amount of money at no additional cost to you. Last year I saw a great post from Heidi at Heidi Songs about using her sight word videos with white boards. It was a big hit with my kiddos last year and today I decided we were ready to try it with this group. They LOVED it! It's a super simple activity that gets them connecting with the videos in a whole new way. Total engagement......very little effort. Win-win! To keep them from writing/ erasing/ writing/ erasing.....you get the idea....I simply didn't give them an eraser and told them not to erase with their fingers. We wrote each word one time and we kept going until our boards were full. That gave us about 13-15 songs which was a full 20 minute activity. They were sad when it was done! I gave them a tissue when we were done to erase really quick (handing out erasers drives me crazy, a quick tissue for each pair makes for fast clean up). Here is a video example from last year. If you don't own the videos you can get them HERE. I also have the alphabet videos which we use at the beginning of the year. There are a ton of engaging videos to get you singing and moving in your classroom. We love the math videos too! We can't get enough of Heidi Songs in our classroom! How do you mix things up in your classroom? If you want to remember to check out Heidisongs save this post for later!
Download your FREE summer color by sight word pages here! Don't miss out on this awesome way to review and read sight words. Make learning and practicing these high frequency words even more fun for your students.
There is nothing more satisfying to a parent or teacher than hearing their kindergartener beginning to read. Just wait until you hear the excitement in your child's voice when they realize they can recognize the
Sight word knowledge is instrumental in learning to read. In this post, I'll be covering how I use French sight words to teach reading.
This is a set of three simple activities about items commonly seen at Catholic mass. These activities were designed for young children and are meant to teach basic vocabulary. They feature easy-to-read fonts and include early sight words so your students can read along! Included: * "Things I See at Mass" mini book (three versions) * "Things We See at Mass" flip book * "Things We See at Mass" labeling pages Items included in this resource: altar, holy water font, candle, presider's chair, stole, cross, ambo, Book of Gospels, tabernacle, chalice, Body of Christ Please note: This resource features Catholic items commonly seen in most parishes. If you use a different word for an item or if you need me to make some other change for you, please let me know and I'll be happy to help! Please ask me any questions you have about this product using the Product Q&A below before purchasing. Please remember that your purchase is intended for use in one classroom only. If you intend to share with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Contact me for site licensing information. Thank you! ***************************************************************************** Here are more great resources! ★Kindergarten Summer Review Packet ★Kindergarten Writing Center Activities ★Read and Spot ★Kindergarten Literacy Night Pack ***************************************************************************** Follow me on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter For product questions, comments, information, or requests, please contact me at [email protected]
Ideas for teaching sight words to English Language Learners. Help your ELLs master these difficult to spell and read words in context.
Wondering how to teach sight words? This sight word folder method is quick and easy. It doesn't require any fancy supplies and gets results fast!
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While teaching students to read in my grade one classroom as well as during my reading recovery sessions, I found that for some students, reading fluency is not something that happened easily. My reading recovery trainer REALLY drilled that "la fluidité en lecture" has to happen EARLY, before students develop bad habits. Students have to be TAUGHT to read with fluency. It does not happen automatically. You have to take every opportunity to teach fluency in reading! Here are some suggestions: 1. During shared reading, try not to point to words with your finger. You do not want students to do it once they have "le mot à mot" so you should not do it yourself. 2. During shared reading, once in awhile read "comme un robot" without fluency. Students will quickly tell you that this is NOT the way to read! 3. As soon as students are ready, insist that they remove the finger from the book. "Tu es si bon que tu n'as plus besoin de mettre ton doigt sous les mots maintenant! Regarde-moi. Je lis sans mettre mon doigt. Je "touche" les mots avec mes yeux mais pas avec mon doigt. Ceci t'aide à lire plus vite et à mieux comprendre ce que tu lis! Ceci te permet de lire les groupes de mots ensemble et de lire comme tu parles. 4. Demonstrate by reading one page of the little book and then ask the student to read the next page "C'est ton tour maintenant. Lis les mots ensemble. Lis comme Madame." 5. You can also demonstrate by grouping words on a page as you read. For example, if the sentence is "Je joue avec mon petit chien brun.", I would say "Je vais lire des petits groupes de mots et tu vas m'aider." "Je joue"...Maintenant lis les mots ensemble comme moi (Je joue). Ensuite, je lis "petit chien" (L'élève répète les mots ensemble "petit chien") Ensuite j'ajoute un mot et je lis "mon petit chien" (L'élève répète...). Finalement je dis "Maintenant, nous allons lire les groupes de mots ensemble "Je joue avec...mon petit chien." We want the student to realize that certain words are grouped together when reading. Reading fluency certainly goes hand in hand with reading comprehension. By practicing this often and by congratulating success, this will become more and more automatic! In order to give the opportunity to practice grouping words together when reading, I created the following resource. It made an ENORMOUS difference with my students. It is all ready to print and use in a variety of ways. Click HERE to view one of 6 documents. Each resource contains 30 sets of 4 sentences with many sight words. A word or two is added to each sentence, forcing the student to read the "group of words", therefore encouraging fluency in reading. Here is an example: These can be used as is on a card with 4 sentences or cut up and stapled. Each set of sentences can be attached with a ring and placed in a literacy center. My students and parents LOVED the interactive notebook idea, which I simply put in their morning message duo-tang regularly. Here is an example: Check out the BUNDLE containing 6 resources by clicking HERE Give it a try with this FREEBIE
From developing fine motor skills, letter and number recognition, sight words, sorting, sequencing, reading, and math, these task boxes for autism tasks will help develop important life skills and beyond!
I was lucky enough to go to the Illinois Pre-K and Kindergarten Conference last Thursday and Friday. There were plenty of inspirational speakers and I came home with TONS of ideas. For once I did not come home with tons of "stuff" I bought. I think I maybe just might have already purchased everything they sell there:) Anyway, I wanted to bring my class a little gift from my "trip." I got them nothing but good ideas and a reinvigorated teacher. SO . . . I told the kiddos I got them some new fun games to try. Today we played a game I got from Kurt Schwengel at Rock and Roll Kindergarten I printed up a list with all the students' names and an equal number of sight words. Then I printed the sight words on small flash cards. Each child got a list, clip board, pencil and one flash card (they were encouraged not to look at the flash card). I showed them how to lick the back of the flash card and stick it on their forehead. I love kindergarteners. They just did it. Then the students roamed around the room reading sight words. They drew a line from their peer's name to the sight word they read off their peer's forehead. Some kids were trying to figure out the word on their head using this process of elimination. In general we were simply trying to line up all the words and names. I thought it would be a loud game. Nope. Everyone was too intent on finishing. Thanks to Kurt for a fun sight word head hunt! Yes, we tossed out the flashcards when we were done! The FDKers were happy to take home their lists though - hopefully to read to their parents. ah
From developing fine motor skills, letter and number recognition, sight words, sorting, sequencing, reading, and math, these task boxes for autism tasks will help develop important life skills and beyond!
Free printable booklet to practice pre primer sight word sentences with little kids learning to read their first sight words!
Focusing on spelling helps kids become better readers! Here are 50 hands-on spelling activities for both phonics and sight words, perfect for young kids.
Our Dolch sight word assessments provide teachers in preschool through third grade with an assessment tool that is low-prep and super engaging for students. Grab your free set today!
Looking for fun ideas to teach Sight Words for Kindergarten? These awesome hands on centers and worksheets work on Fry’s first 25 sight words. Children get to build, recognize and read sight words in a variety of fun ways. The engaging activities keep it from getting too repetative, and encourage fine motor skills in addition […]
Are you constantly searching your brain for multi-sensory approaches to teaching your students sight words? Keep reading to learn new ideas!
Learning to teach sight words based on research and best practices will make your life easier as well as help your new readers increase mastery and fluency!
Sight words play such an important part in building a foundation for reading…especially with my struggling first graders. Today I wanted to share with you a quick and simple game we use to pr…
From developing fine motor skills, letter and number recognition, sight words, sorting, sequencing, reading, and math, these task boxes for autism tasks will help develop important life skills and beyond!
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One of the many benefits of my job is that I have the opportunity to travel to many different elementary buildings. I know you may be sitting there thinking, “I’d hate that”, but it’s actually tons of fun. Each building has it’s own unique personality so every day of the week brings a brand new experience. […]
