One of my favorite decoding strategies to use in 1st and 2nd grade is to teach kids to “Try the Other Sound.” I first read about this strategy in a Reading Teacher article many years ago. We made an anchor chart showing the short and long vowel sounds, and then we applied this strategy to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘phonics’
“Try the Other Sound” strategy at McKinley Elementary in York, PA
Posted in Classroom tips, tagged phonics on May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sorting phonics materials
Posted in Classroom materials, tagged phonics on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Often, primary teachers have many phonics materials available in their classrooms. One teacher I worked with had write-on cutouts for students to use for working with word families. These are good materials for literacy work stations. However, don’t put out too much at once. And differentiate the materials so the right kids are working with [...]
Working with teachers in Red Lion, PA
Posted in Classroom tips, tagged decoding, phonics, small groups on January 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
What a joy it was to work with K-2 teachers at Pleasant View Elementary in Red Lion, PA right around Thanksgiving. We spent two days together planning and teaching small group reading lessons. We worked with the same groups two days in a row, so teachers could experience how to plan for connected lessons. The kindergarten group read a little book [...]
Beyond the Names Chart is Here!
Posted in Books and videos, tagged Beyond the Names Chart, phonics, Really Good Stuff on January 31, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The long-awaited book, Beyond the Names Chart: Using Children’s Names for Word Study, has just been published by Really Good Stuff. This book is for K-2 and shows how to use kids’ names to help them learn phonics skills. Check it out! Here’s a picture from Denver Public Schools showing a names work station in [...]
