Add a little action to break up longer reading passages into more manageable sections. After your student reads a paragraph, have them draw one of the action cards and do whatever it says. Actions including taking a bow (while you applaud!), switching chairs, acting out what they just read, or … Continue reading >
Looking for a way to get some extra practice in for students who need to work on whether the word says tap or tape, fin or fine? Try this deck of cards with short a, a-silent-e, short i, and i-silent-e words. Here are some suggested activities: Card Sort – pull out just the short-a and … Continue reading >
Looking for a kinesthetic approach to practicing long vowels with vowel teams? I had been working with one of my students on “walking” vowel teams (two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking). He did fine with reading them, but when it came to saying “what spells” the long … Continue reading >
Understanding that syllables come in different types – closed, open, silent-e, r-controlled, vowel team, consonant-le – is an important part of analyzing words. But have you ever had a student who just never quite gets what you mean when you ask what the “syllable type” is? Here’s a strategy I use that helps bring … Continue reading >
Words like rat/rate, shin/shine, rob/robe can be tricky for students because both the long and the short vowel sound make real words. So they can’t just rely on trying it both ways and seeing which one works. Here is a great tool for helping them practice reading these types of … Continue reading >
Instead of reading a story off a sheet of paper or out of a book, let your student actually pick up each sentence as they read it by creating “story sticks.” Take each sentence and print it on an address label. Then stick each label to a wooden craft stick. … Continue reading >
