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Instructional Videos The Sounds of the Alphabet: COMING SOON Short Vowel Sounds: Teaching Consonant Blends and Digraphs: COMING SOON Activities Fiddle Sticks: Student Response Shute: COMING SOON
Fiddle Sticks – Undoubtedly the BEST game ever!! I’m not exaggerating. Fiddle Sticks really is the best activity ever, especially for practicing skills such as sight word recognition and math facts. Invented over 30 years ago by my friend, Jill, as a fun way to practice articulation drills, the activity has been adapted by teachers to work on many different skills. Watch my video below to see how to make and the game of Fiddle Sticks! My teacher friend, Deb, has made a set of Fiddle Sticks for each of the 9 lists (25 words each) of the Dolch 220 Sight Word list. She differentiates this activity by having groups of students play the game for the list that they
Phonological Awareness Fishing for Rhyme Phonemic Awareness Doggie, Where’s My Bone?/Doggie Sound Switch Phonics- Alphabet ABC Turtle Tee It Up For Sounds Phonics- Short Vowels/Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Vowel Sticks/Vowel Snatch Phonics- Magic e Magic e Game Boards Phonics- Consonant Blends and Digraphs Consonant Blends and Digraphs Chart Consonant Digraphs Chart Sight Words Fishing for Sight Words Lists 1-3 Assessment Dolch Sight Word Assessment Materials- Lists 1-3 Dolch Sight Word Recording Form- Lists 1-3 DIBELS Next Parent Handout- Kindergarten DIBELS Next Parent Handout- First Grade DIBELS Next Parent Handout- Second Grade DIBELS Next Parent Handout- Third Grade DIBELS Next Parent Handout- Fourth Grade DIBELS Next Parent Handout- Fifth Grade DIBELS Next Parent Handout- Sixth Grade Parent Handouts Phonemic Awareness Handout for Parents- Kindergarten
In the past year or so I’ve received tons of emails asking if I’d bundle the Write It Phonics Cards. The Write It cards were one of the very first activities I created and I’ve not only wanted to bundle them, but update them as well. I now have so many more pictures for each phonics concept. The revised edition of the phonics cards now includes 59 pictures per set! The cards are great for either small group instruction when introducing the concept or as an independent activity within your centers. Simply print, laminate, cut the cards and then bind with a 2″ loose leaf ring. Students write the correct letter(s) with a dry erase marker to correspond to the
Tired of downloading and printing from TpT or Teachers Notebook? Let me do it for you. When you order a Make, Take & Teach intervention kit you’ll receive all the materials and activities printed in color and on 90 lb cardstock ready for assembly. Each kit is contained in a sturdy Sterilite container which is ideal for storage in your classroom. The kits contains 15+ hands-on activities designed for small group instruction. Many of activities are printed in triplicate for multiple student use. A teacher’s manual contains step-by-step directions for introducing each activity. Click HERE to order your Phonemic Awareness Kit. This kit contains 15 activities to teach sound isolation, phoneme manipulation, segmenting and blending. Click HERE to order the Alphabetic Principle Kit. This
One of the many perks of having a child attend college at a Big 10 university is attending sporting events. My son, AJ, is a sophomore at Michigan State University and we’ve been fortunate to be able to attend several MSU basketball games this season. While watching basketball, I’ve been particularly drawn to one player, Adreian Payne. Adreian is a junior, an amazing talent and will likely be drafted into the NBA. If you’ve ever coached or are really into team sports you know that there are players who can change the course of the game by their mere presence on the field or court. Although talented, these players are often not the most talented player, but they possess a
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Last summer I read Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Outliers. I haven’t read a good non-teaching type book in a long time. Although I call it a “non-teaching” type book, the ideas presented in the book shaped my thoughts of teaching and learning more than any other book I’ve read. The concept behind the book was to look at lives of extraodinarily successful people and the circumstances and conditions which lead to their success. There are many ingredients that lead to success, but the one concept that stood out as I read the book was that of the 10,000 hour rule. Gladwell said that in order to truly master a skill, whether it’s in athletics, music or a skill such as computer programming,
