Ideas and resources to help you teach with BLISS!
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
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
In this post, I answer the question, “what is structured literacy?” and explain how it is different from the whole language approach. I also share a FREE Science of Reading Toolkit that everything you need to get started with structured literacy in the kindergarten, first and second-grade classroom. As educators, teaching students how to read is one of our biggest… Read More
This is a roundup post all about science of reading-aligned Sound Walls. Easily find all of the information, tips, and resources I have shared for using a Sound Wall in the kindergarten, first, and second-grade classroom. As we learn more from the science of reading, important instructional shifts are taking place in early elementary classrooms all around the world. One of… Read More
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