Mrs. Winter's Bliss

Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!

Decodable Texts vs. Leveled Readers

In this post, I discuss the difference between decodable texts and early leveled readers. I explain when students should move from decodable to leveled texts and share information about my decodable passages with comprehension questions resource. Finally, I leave you with FREE decodable passages to be used for small group instruction or literacy centers in kindergarten, first and second-grade classrooms.  Recently, there has been discussion ... read more

The Best No-Prep Phonics Activities

In this post, I share my information about what to look for in a phonics resource and share my No PREP Printable and Digital Yearlong Phonics Activities Bundle.  It is a Science of Reading aligned resource that gives kindergarten, first and second-grade students the phonics practice they need to master the phonics and spelling skills you teach. Finally, I share a FREE sample of the bundle that includes a variety of phonics skills ... read more

What is Orthographic Mapping?

In this post, I answer the question “what is orthographic mapping” and share details about my own Word Mapping Bundle, a resource that promotes orthographic mapping.  Finally, I share FREE CVC Word Mapping activities that provide guided instruction practice or make a perfect literacy center or independent activity for kindergarten, first, or second-grade students. We have long known that word recognition is key to reading ... read more

How to Help Struggling Readers

Every classroom has students who struggle to learn how to read. The Science of Reading tells us that to help these students our instruction must be explicit and systematic. In this post, I explain what it means for instruction to be explicit and systematic and then offer you Science of Reading-aligned reading resources to help your struggling readers Be sure to download the FREE decodable passages with comprehension questions and FREE ... read more

Getting Started with the Science of Reading

In this post, I share free resources for learning about the science of reading. I offer my favorite videos, podcasts, and books about the science of reading, as well as my FREE Science of Reading toolkit that offers resources to help you put this new learning into action in kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms! Each day, I receive smart and thoughtful questions from teachers like you who are ready to learn more about the science of ... read more

The Benefits of Independent Reading

In this post, I share three reasons why independent reading is important in kindergarten, first and second-grade classrooms and offer three tips for keeping students accountable during independent reading time. Be sure to download the FREE "3 Ways to Read a Book" posters for both fiction and non-fiction books. Recently there has been some debate over whether or not there is any real benefit to independent reading time in the ... read more

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