Once students master reading Closed Syllable and Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable type words, I teach -r-Controlled Syllables. The reason I teach this syllable type immediately after the first two syllable types is because -r-Controlled only has 4 sounds for students to quickly pocket. So many programs that teach syllable type words, teach Vowel… Read More
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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/… Read More
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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… Read More
At Reading Step 2, the student is ready to learn Vowel-Consonant-e words. This means that students have now mastered reading Closed Syllables, and now it is time to teach the long sound of the vowels which is the actual vowel names. When a student goes from Reading Step 1 words to… Read More
While students are working on Reading Step 2, it is important for them to constantly work on learning sight words. There are sorts of different ways to teach sight words, but here are a few basic tried and proven methods that I have found to work in teaching them. Overall,… Read More
Here is an example of the alphabet writing assessments I gave to a certain student over the period of one year. When assessing the criteria was correct letter formation and sequential order of the alphabet. This is the data I collected: 3/3/15 – 3/26 uppercase letters, 0/26 lowercase letters 3/24/15… Read More
There are a couple of statements that I have heard down through the years. One common statement is particularly from others outside the education field, and that is it must be difficult to teach a child to read. I’ve taught reading for many years, but I’ve never thought about it… Read More
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