Need help with students who struggle segmenting words? Do you have kiddos who have trouble blending or knowing which way to read a word? They no-prep, easily reusable Elkonin boxes can provide support to your students! For 2, 3, and 4 sound words. Slip them in a dry-erase pocket and have kids write words or use letter tiles right on the boxes. Find the full version with even more templates here... Elkonin boxes for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 sound words + 2 AND 3 SYLLABLE WORDS
Need help with students who struggle segmenting words? Do you have kiddos who have trouble blending or dictating? The no-prep, easily reusable Elkonin box mats can provide support to your students! For 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 phoneme words. Additionally, there are work mats for segmenting and writing 2 and 3 syllable words as well. Slip them in a dry-erase pocket and have kids write words or use letter tiles right on the boxes.
Read and match closed single-syllables to form two-syllable words in this engaging, no-prep game. Pictures on the back of cards signify if the student has correctly matched to make a real word. Great for Title, Sped, small groups and stations. Excellent for older students who need to work on CVC skills, but with more advanced vocabulary and near grade-level similar words.
1st - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
For students who struggle differentiating between lowercase b and d, this anchor chart is a helpful visual for correct identification. This also includes cues on the order to write the letter b and the letter d, so reversals in writing can be corrected as well.
For any size group using Six Minute Solution for a fluency intervention, this is helpful for allowing students to become independent in learning the routine. Project this anchor chart, or give a copy to each student.
This ABC chart includes upper and lower case letters with a picture that begins with the sound. The names of the pictures correlate with Cathy Angel's Making Reading Heavenly sound moves. Additionally, this chart can be used in small group Kindergartens lessons as mentioned in the Pre-A section of Jan Richardson's Next Steps in Guided Reading.
Learning letter names and sounds can be difficult for many beginning kindergartners. In Jan Richardson's book The Next Steps in Guided Reading, she saw amazing results from kindergartners tracing the letters and saying the names and sounds for a few minutes each day. Print-your-own tracing book with pictures similar to Making Reading Heavenly's sound moves.
Each slide has a different letter on it. It is easy to change the order of the letters and can be used for virtual learners as well as in-person. Great for small groups, Title, Sped and virtual assignments.
Do you have elementary students that habitually reverse lowercase b and d when reading and writing? This simple worksheet focuses on anchoring the lowercase b using models, pictures, writing, identifying in text and reading.
Get your young learners involved in tracking their own progress! Confer one-on-one with students, and as they correctly identify the letter name or sound (you decide), they can color it in. Great for data collection for conferences or student problem solving meetings.
Read and match closed single-syllables to make two-syllable words in this engaging, no-prep game. Pictures on the back identify if students have correctly matched syllables to form real words. Great for Title, Sped, small groups, and stations. Excellent for older students who still need to work on CVC skills, but with more advanced vocabulary and nearing grade-level words types.
1st - 4th
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Do you have any prairie dogs in your class? Students who can't seem to keep their eyes on their reading while decoding words? Here is a funny reminder for students to try and solve the words themselves before popping their heads up to look for teacher help.
Engage students before reading a new story or book and activate their prior knowledge and prediction skills. Use it again to check their ability to accurately paraphrase what they read. Great for formative assessments, small groups, or whole groups!
Enjoy an interactive partner game that works on following directions and reading cvc short o and short u words. Perfect for small groups or literacy stations.
This is a simple way for students to share a little about themselves and how they learn best at the beginning of the year, or when new students join your class.