Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… 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
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