Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!
This is the second post in a blog series on the SoR 90-Minute Literacy Block and it focuses on small group instruction. In it, I discuss why small group instruction is important and explain how to group your students for small group instruction. I identify literacy skills to teach in small group and offer a list of science of reading-aligned… Read More
In this post, I’m sharing 5 naturally differentiated literacy center activities that will keep students kindergarten, first and second-grade students on-task and working independently during literacy centers. These centers are all LOW PREP and aligned to the science of reading. Be sure to download the FREE emergent picture writing prompts! In my years of talking with teachers about literacy centers,… Read More
In this post, I share 5 of the best low-prep literacy centers for kindergarten, first and second-grade students. These centers are all aligned to the Science of Reading and come in both printable and digital versions. I love literacy centers, but I know not everyone feels the same way. When I talk to teachers about literacy centers, a major complaint… Read More
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… Read More
In this post, I answer “what is cumulative review?” and suggest literacy center activities for kindergarten, first and second-grade students that provide the cumulative practice and review of the phonics skills you have taught. In my study of the Science of Reading it has become clear to me that we far underestimate the amount of time it takes our students… Read More
In this post, I’m sharing information about decodable sentence building activities that are a perfect extension activity to go along with decodable passages and comprehension questions, as they give students cumulative practice and review of the targeted phonics skills you have taught. Be sure to download the FREE decodable sentence builders and give them a try in your kindergarten, first… Read More
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