Reading Strategies

Do you struggle knowing which reading skills to teach your students? This Reading Skills Step Ladder will give teachers a quick and easy "at a glance" view of how students develop reading skills and help them identify gaps where students are missing essential skills.• If you need help knowing WHAT t...

Seems like this week there’s been quite a few questions about blends and digraphs. Teachers have been asking and wanting to know what the difference is between a blend and a digraph, which to teach first and the best way to teach these skills. Well, with all these questions, that was motivation enough for me […]

This guided reading schedule makes it simple for you to know what to do during each guided reading lesson.

The H Brothers activity is a fun way to introduce your students to digraphs. Remember, digraphs are two sounds coming together to make an entirely new single sound. Because this is sometimes a confusing concept for kids, multisensory props and gestures are crucial. Below are a few ideas to get you started: CH: wear a Continue Reading

A kindergarten blog

One big mistake I made my first year teaching was that I did not spend nearly enough time on sight word instruction. Phonics? Oh yes. Comprehension strategies? You betcha. Fluency? Of course. Close reads? Heck >

Last year, I taught how to make inferences for quite some time. With such an emphasis on close reading, I wanted my students to read between the lines, to dig deeper, and to find out the answer to the question, “what is the author really trying to say?!” I spent a lot of time […]

We love these phonics charts and blends anchor charts from real classrooms. Your readers will master difficult subjects and build confidence!

Teaching reading comprehension is such a challenge! Learn how I revamped my reading instruction (and my reading block) to inspire HUGE change in my readers!

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FREE Beginning and Ending Digraph Cards - This Reading Mama

Phonological skill development

I start out the D5 by going over 3 ways to read a book. I will use the following digital anchor chart to explain this conce...

As we all know, fluency is a key component to reading success! Students need a LOT of opportunities to practice sight word recognition and newly learned

Reading Strategies anchor chart for making connections. Text to text; text to world; text to self