Are you using word work time in your classroom? If not, you’re likely missing out on a valuable opportunity to practice a variety of phonemic awareness skills with your students! Not to mention, word work is just plain FUN! Today, let’s chat about the connection between word work and phonemic awareness in the primary classroom,…
Word work time is one of my favorite teaching blocks in the primary classroom. It’s a chance to dive into key reading skills such as segmenting and blending and allows us to see how students are progressing. Not to mention, it’s a lot of fun too! Come along to see 5 of my favorite segmenting…
Teaching young students to read is a complex process with many factors to consider. Emerging research on the Science of Reading has offered new insight into how we can optimally structure our lessons. With more knowledge on how children learn to read, we can create meaningful lessons in reading and other areas, that will support…
Learning to read is complicated. In recent years we’ve learned so much about how children learn to read, and the best ways to support their learning. You might have been hearing some buzz about orthographic mapping and how it can help your students become fluent readers. Join me as I share everything you need to…
Do you incorporate word work activities in your weekly lessons? If you’ve been here a while, you probably already know how much I love using word work to teach a variety of phonics-based skills. Word work is a great way to take a deep dive with your students and practice concepts like sounds and spelling…
Do you use word work activities in your classroom? I’m a big fan of word work in the first-grade classroom since it offers so many engaging ways to begin diving into the fundamentals of reading and writing, like segmenting. If you’re brand new to word work or in need of some new ideas to try,…