Teaching High-Frequency Words in Kindergarten
When learning to read and write, learning high frequency words quickly and purposefully can make all the difference. In this blog post,...
Simple, yet Effective, Small Group Instruction in Kindergarten
I hear a lot of teachers asking how they should handle small group instruction in kindergarten. Small groups can be a daunting...
Reading Strategies PowerPoints
Explicitly teaching reading strategies is important when students are learning to read. I love using a PowerPoint to model for the whole...
Fun and Easy Kindergarten Vocabulary Activities
Having a large vocabulary is a large predictor of reading success and a big component of learning to read. It needs to...
4 Tips for Teaching Sentences to Beginning Writers
When teaching beginning writers, it is important to teach them how to write a sentence. I have 4 tips for you when...
5 Ways to Blend Phonemes in Kindergarten
One of the most important skills to support kindergarten reading words is blending phonemes. When children blend phonemes, they are literally reading...
Blends and Digraphs
Blends and digraphs are a very challenging concept for young readers and writers. It is not expected that students fully be able...
End of the Year Writing Prompts
With the end of the year approaching, I like to think about what end of the year writing prompts I can provide...
Activities for kindergarten writing sentences in small groups
It’s around mid-year of kindergarten when students writing really starts to take off. At this point, they have enough letter-sound knowledge and...