Reading Tools in a Box is a box of reading materials that organizes teaching reading in the most simplistic way. I know when I was a younger teacher, I thought reading was teaching all the phonic rules that I could possibly squeeze in for the year. I never realized that there was actually a scopeRead More
Teaching Reading
The mega bundle packet includes 400+ word lists and 75 games and activities that provide you with a roadmap to teach reading throughout an entire school year. [https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mega-Bundle-Packet-of-Reading-Syllable-Type-Word-Lists-and-GamesActivities-1718324] Before unpacking this packet to teach, students need to know their letters, letter sounds, and be able to write the alphabet. My Emergent Readers Packets target theseRead More
Teaching Reading Step 4 – Vowel Teams
Of all the syllable types to teach, Vowels Teams can be the most challenging for students to master. And the main reason is that there are so many variations of this syllable type relative to the other five syllable types. There are approximately 32 vowel teams. So for this reason alone this is why moreRead More
Diphthong Long ‘oo’ Freebie
Long ‘oo’ is a vowel diphthong which means that there are two vowels that come together as a team to create their own unique sound. Not only is there a long ‘oo’ sound, but there is a short ‘oo’ sound in words such as hook, book bag, foot, cookie, looking, book, etc. This littleRead More
13 Vowel Digraph and Diphthong Booklets
A vowel digraph is combination of two vowels that says one of the vowel sounds in the team such as /ea/ says the long –e sound in “eat”. A diphthong is one unique vowel sound formed by the combination of two vowels. Such diphthongs are /au/, /aw/, /ou/, /ow/, /oi/ /oy/, /oo/. Together these vowelRead More
Blockbuster – Sample Game Teaching the 6 Syllable Types
Here is a FREE sample (taken from various pages of my larger reading packets) of a syllable type reading game that students can play. Included is a game board and 30 word cards. There are 6 syllables in the English Language: Closed, Vowel- Consonant-e, r-Controlled, Open, Vowel Teams, and Final Stable. http://readingonstrawberrylane.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Blockbuster.pdf This reading approachRead More
