I came up with a new game for this year. Donut Flip! Your students will LOVE it. Best part I have included words and sentences in each game! Right NOW, for a limited time, you can get the growing bundle for just $2. Grab this for $2 Also, for you, my very favorite people I am giving you the CVC game for free to preview! Get this game HERE: cvc donut game.pdf Have a great rest of your week! Amy Get your free ticket here See more See more
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
I've been working like crazy over here to get some new games and activities up for you to start your school year. I just finished watching a presentation from Dr. Jean Feldman and she reminded me of how important it is to make learning fun. I remember seeing her in person one of the first years of my teaching and I really think she shaped me as a teacher. All the 💓 for her. Here are a few new games I thought you might like. Is there a skill that you do at the beginning of the year that I...
2 months ago • 1 min read
is there anything better? I hope that all of you are on break by now or at least in the next few days. I was hoping to be more productive than I am, but I needed a break. I've been spending it trying to get the teenagers to spend time with me, reading and relaxing by the pool. After I got over the week 1 deep clean and do everything that didn't get done during the school year. 🙃 I have been thinking about how to support you for the summer. I know some of you don't even want to think about...
2 months ago • 2 min read
I am always surprised at how many people love the small group time, but don’t know what to do with the rest of the students! For some reason this part just came easy to me. I loved to give them time to free write and read. I also had plenty of opportunities to practice sight words and the current and past phonics skills. I made these resources below to help teachers plan centers. Just switch out the phonics skill each week, and your center plans are done! They are easy to prep, can be used...
3 months ago • 1 min read
You are going to LOVE these FREEBIES. Get your students where they need to be for End of Year benchmarks. Sometimes just more reading is NOT what they need. If their accuracy is not at 85% they may be missing some key phonics skills. Look through their reading or give them a quick phonics assessment to see which skills are missing. Then give extra practice with that skill. Some students may need a quick structured literacy lesson to solidify the skill. Any of these free resources below can...
5 months ago • 1 min read
The end of the year is near. 😃 It is time to solidify those phonics skills. You can search quickly and find the phonics skill that you are looking for in the search bar in my store. I make all of my resources to be NON-SEQUENCE specific, so you don't need to follow a certain scope and sequence to use them. They can be used with ANY Core Reading Program. Just get activities for the skill that they still need practice on. I have FUN games and activities for every phonics skill. Sometimes it's...
5 months ago • 1 min read
I thought maybe some of you might have the same questions. Will these work for summer school? Yes! These are perfect for summer school. Just figure out which phonic skills will be the focus and use only those lessons. Since they are designed to work with any CORE reading program, and have a simple design that anyone can follow they are perfect for summer school. ** They also work great for one-on-one tutoring. These lessons are based on the science or reading and made with Orton-Gillingham...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Here is what I'm using for my Kindergarten intervention lessons this week! The focus is on segmenting and blending, letter naming and sound fluency. We warm up with this Chipper Chat -this is an oldie but goodie. It is a great way to practice phonemic awareness. Students respond to the task (segmenting or blending) and then get to put a magnetic chip, or I have used colored puff balls before as well. It covers all of the phonemic awareness skills, and I have been using it for years. See...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Getting kids to want to read can sometimes feel harder than actually teaching them how to read. We can have the best phonics lessons, engaging small groups, and structured routines… but if the motivation isn’t there, it’s an uphill climb. That’s where reading incentives come in. They give students a reason to practice. They build momentum. They create excitement. And for many of our struggling or reluctant readers, that little spark of motivation is exactly what gets them over the hump. More...
6 months ago • 1 min read