Are you looking to increase your Kindergarten or 1st graders fluency when reading Short Vowel CVC Words? After looking at Dibels data, it was clear a group of students needed help with reading real and nonsense short vowel words. Here are some simple centers I used to give them a lot of fun and meaningful […]
7+ Ways to Practice Sight Words
What are your favorite sight word games and activities? As an intervention teacher, I’ve had several groups of students who needed help learning sight words. I’ve tried several different strategies over the years and I’ve settled on a routine that has proven highly effective for sight word intervention. I look at their latest sight word […]
Magic E
I love teaching kids to read. One of the fun moments is when they learn to start reading some long vowel words. It always starts with “Magic E”, aka Silent E, aka Vowel Consonant E( CVC-e )… Why do we have so many names for one letter?? “The Magic E tells the vowel to say […]
Short Vowels
School started two weeks ago and I’m settling in. Here is a glimpse at my schedule. I’m enjoying teaching 7 grade levels. I was curious how it would go, but I think I have just enough time with each age group to enjoy them. I’m starting my year with some far below basic groups. This […]
Read Across America
I hope everyone had a great Read Across America day! I know we did. For the second year in a row my husband came to dress up as the Cat in the Hat. When I taught second grade last year, the second graders were obsessed with getting him to admit he had been the Cat […]