Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!
In this post you’ll learn about six syllable types and come to understand how teaching them to your students can help them decode and encode words. Get details about my Syllable Types Resource and grab a FREE syllable types activity perfect for first and second grade classrooms! Recently, I have taken a head first dive into the Science of Reading. … Read More
In this post I’m sharing a variety of phonemic awareness daily routines and activities you can do with your kindergarten, first and second grade students throughout the day to ensure they receive the phonics practice and review they need for mastery. In my quest to learn as much as I can about the Science of Reading I have read many… Read More
In this post I’m sharing literacy center activities that will provide your kindergarten, first and second grade students with the cumulative phonics practice they need for mastery of the skills you have taught them. Effective phonics instruction follows the essential, evidence-based principles of quality instruction. It is based on the “I do, We do, You do” model. This means students receive… Read More
In this post I’m sharing information about how a Sound Wall can support your explicit phonics instruction and offering you ideas for meaningful guided practice activities to use in your kindergarten, first and second grade classroom. Be sure download the FREE Dictation Paper so you can begin weekly dictation guided practice! Recently, I’ve begun learning more about how our students… Read More
In this post I’m sharing low-prep, engaging sound wall games to help students develop phonemic awareness, including my own Mystery Words resource ideal for kindergarten, first and second grade students. These games were designed to compliment my Sound Wall Resource, but can be used by anyone! So you’ve got yourself a sound wall- Hooray! It looks great up on the… Read More
In this post I share 5 literacy centers aligned to the Science of Reading. These low-prep, research-based literacy activities are ideal for kindergarten, first, and second grade students and classrooms. Be sure to download the freebies linked in this post! For too long it was thought that there were a variety of ways to teach children to read. The Science… Read More
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