File Folder Phonics Teaching Plurals File folder phonics teaching plurals is tons of fun for our first graders! Just click the following link to download this free poster: Plurals Poster Plurals are simply a grammatical marker that tells the listener or reader that there is more than one of something (like frogs or bugs). Plural nouns are commonly found in our beginning texts so it’s important that our young students learn to decode and correctly write words containing plural forms. For our beginning readers and writers we start with teaching three spelling rules (add -s, add -es, and then -ies). We then introduce adding of -ves when a word end in “f” or “fe”.  Feel free to download the FREE

Teaching Wild Old Words So what are “Wild Old Words”?  Wild Old Words are “rule breaker” words.  Students are taught early on that a single vowel in a one-syllable word is short, however, there is a small group of words that breaks that rule. These words are called Wild Old Words. It’s helpful when teaching wild old words to make it fun! They are pretty common words, so if our students can recognize them right away, it’ll help them become fluent readers. Wild Old Words Posters When the vowels “i” and “o” are in a one-syllable word that ends in “ld”, “nd”, “st”, or “lt” sometimes the vowel says it’s long name. There are a few examples below. If you’d

aw au Diphthongs Activities When teaching a phonics skill it’s often helpful to use a keyword and picture to help the students remember the sound to the letter combinations. For the au/aw phonics bundle, my fabulous artist created “paw” themed borders and game boards and they turned out absolutely adorable! I just love them and all of the aw au diphthongs activities! This phonics bundle contains 11 hands-on activities for teaching and practicing the au/aw digraphs. The activities are great for either small group instruction or for activities within your independent literacy centers. Here’s a quick peek at several of the activities in this bundle. aw au word list Of course, when teaching a skill, it’s always helpful to have