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 offer a 90-minute literacy block schedule aligned to the Science of Reading and can be used in kindergarten, first and second-grade classrooms. The SoR-aligned literacy block is broken up into whole group word recognition instruction, small group instruction, and whole group language comprehension. I explain what skills should be taught in each part of the literacy block… Read More
In this post, I share information and video replays from five different trainings I have done on the Science of Reading. You’ll find videos on how to effectively use a sound wall, phoneme-grapheme word mapping, how to choose and use decodable texts, effective word study instruction, structured literacy centers aligned to the science of reading, and effective phonemic awareness instruction…. Read More
In this post, I share information about how word study units differ from traditional spelling units. I explain the importance of word study and discuss how it helps students become better readers and writers. Finally, I leave you with details about my SoR-aligned, NO PREP, weekly Word Study Units for kindergarten, first, second and third-grade students. Do you teach spelling… Read More
In this post, I’m sharing a FREE research-based, science of reading-aligned phonics scope and sequence for kindergarten, first and second grade. If you’ve begun your journey into the science of reading, you’ve surely come to see that phonics instruction plays a big role in effective reading instruction. Studies have found that systematic phonics instruction produces significant benefits for k-6 students… 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
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