7 Tips for When a Lesson Goes Wrong

Everyone has those bad days when you get to the end of a lesson and the kids did not seem to have learned anything. It has happened to all of us! We have some tips for what you can do when this happens. These tips may even help prevent lessons from going wrong in the future! It is our hope that you can learn from our mistakes and don't have to learn the hard way.

Phonemic Awareness: What it is and Why do we teach it?

Phonemic Awareness, Phonological Awareness, Oh My!  We discuss the ins and outs of both phonological awareness and phonemic awareness and why they are so critical. Young children need to gain these foundational skills of literacy early on. This video will help make sure we are all teaching kids correctly to give them their best shot at gaining strong literacy skills for future reading success!

Letter/Alphabet Knowledge: What it is and Why do we teach it?

Letter or Alphabet Knowledge is a foundational skill of literacy that plays an important role in reading and writing.  We share information about it's critical role and how we as teacher's can be clear and intentional with our scope and sequence.

 

Print Awareness: What is it and Why do we teach it?

Print Awareness is a basic foundational skill for literacy. Many kids come to school with print awareness, but some do not.  Either way, it needs to be taught and learned by the end of Kindergarten.  We share more about what and why of print awareness for all you Kindergarten teacher out there!  Go Kindergarten!

How to Prevent and Fix Poor Reading Behaviors

Have you ever had kids in your class that struggled while reading text?  WE HAVE!  We have seen many poor reading behaviors and we have some solutions to help!  We also share some things to do to prevent these behaviors from ever becoming poor reading habits. This video will help you Prevent and Fix some of the most basic poor reading habits.

How to teach Consonant + le

The CONSONANT +LE rule is an amazing rule that helps with closed and open syllables! This is probably our favorite spelling pattern. It's simple and so super useful! 

If you missed our video about WHAT the Sound-Spelling patterns are and

WHY we teach them, check out this video...

Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns is an effective way to teach the connection of the sounds and the spellings to children while learning to read.  This relationship between the sounds and the spellings of language is also called decoding.  Decoding our language is critical to being an adept reader.  Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns and teaching them explicitly in a clear scope and sequence is recommended.  You can follow our pattern or break this up to follow your Core Reading Program's scope and sequence.

In our Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets, we include the spelling patterns:

short vowels in cvc  consonants and blends  soft c and g  silent and double consonants  schwa  digraphs and trigraph  r-controlled vowels  long vowels: final silent e (vce)  long vowels: vowel teams  other long vowels  closed & open syllables  variant vowels consonant +le

Sound-Spelling Patterns 

Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets
Reading A to Z Phonics Lessons Bundle

How to Teach Variant Vowels

Do you think variant vowels are tricky? We sure do. Hopefully the tips we give you in this video can help everyone. Enjoy!

If you missed our video about WHAT the Sound-Spelling patterns are and

WHY we teach them, check out this video...

Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns is an effective way to teach the connection of the sounds and the spellings to children while learning to read.  This relationship between the sounds and the spellings of language is also called decoding.  Decoding our language is critical to being an adept reader.  Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns and teaching them explicitly in a clear scope and sequence is recommended.  You can follow our pattern or break this up to follow your Core Reading Program's scope and sequence.

In our Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets, we include the spelling patterns:

short vowels in cvc  consonants and blends  soft c and g  silent and double consonants  schwa  digraphs and trigraph  r-controlled vowels  long vowels: final silent e (vce)  long vowels: vowel teams  other long vowels  closed & open syllables  variant vowels consonant-le

Sound-Spelling Patterns 

Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets
Reading A to Z Phonics Lessons Bundle

How to Teach Closed and Open Syllables!

Maybe you struggle teaching open and closed syllables. Or maybe you just need a simpler way to teach closed and open syllables. Today we share with you how to teach this important reading skill to give readers the tools to be a great reader! Like and share this video on social media or save this video to your "watch later" option on YouTube so you can go back to refer to the video when needed. Enjoy!

If you missed our video about WHAT the Sound-Spelling patterns are and

WHY we teach them, check out this video...

Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns is an effective way to teach the connection of the sounds and the spellings to children while learning to read.  This relationship between the sounds and the spellings of language is also called decoding.  Decoding our language is critical to being an adept reader.  Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns and teaching them explicitly in a clear scope and sequence is recommended.  You can follow our pattern or break this up to follow your Core Reading Program's scope and sequence.

In our Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets, we include the spelling patterns:

short vowels in cvc  consonants and blends  soft c and g  silent and double consonants  schwa  digraphs and trigraph  r-controlled vowels  long vowels: final silent e (vce)  long vowels: vowel teams  other long vowels  closed syllables  open syllables  variant vowels consonant-le

Sound-Spelling Patterns 

Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets
Reading A to Z Phonics Lessons Bundle

How to Teach Other Long Vowels

"When a vowel team goes a walking, the first one does the talking," is not always the case. There are other vowel long vowel spellings that go against that chant. We show you how to explicitly introduce or reteach these "other long vowel" spelling. Check it out!

If you missed our video about WHAT the Sound-Spelling patterns are and

WHY we teach them, check out this video...

Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns is an effective way to teach the connection of the sounds and the spellings to children while learning to read.  This relationship between the sounds and the spellings of language is also called decoding.  Decoding our language is critical to being an adept reader.  Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns and teaching them explicitly in a clear scope and sequence is recommended.  You can follow our pattern or break this up to follow your Core Reading Program's scope and sequence.

In our Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets, we include the spelling patterns:

short vowels in cvc  consonants and blends  soft c and g  silent and double consonants  schwa  digraphs and trigraph  r-controlled vowels  long vowels: final silent e (vce)  long vowels: vowel teams  other long vowels  closed syllables  open syllables  variant vowels consonant-le

Sound-Spelling Patterns 

Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets
Reading A to Z Phonics Lessons Bundle