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5 Minute Phonics: Exercise 3 Template

The Phonemic Awareness Placemat below, from the Whole Phonics series, can be used with the “Switch It” game from Reading Simplified.

5 Minute Phonics: Exercise 3 Template

The Phonemic Awareness Placemat below, from the Whole Phonics series, can be used with the “Switch It” game from Reading Simplified.

Getting Ready to Read: Tips for Parents

Getting Ready to Read: Tips for Parents

Helping a child learn to read is one of the greatest joys in which a parent or teacher can participate. The delight a child experiences when sounding out a word...

Getting Ready to Read: Tips for Parents

Helping a child learn to read is one of the greatest joys in which a parent or teacher can participate. The delight a child experiences when sounding out a word...

Decodable Text Impacts More Than Decoding

Decodable Text Impacts More Than Decoding

There is a common problem in reading instruction: some people assume that phonetically-controlled texts for young readers are designed only to practice decoding, which is the application of letter-sound knowledge to...

Decodable Text Impacts More Than Decoding

There is a common problem in reading instruction: some people assume that phonetically-controlled texts for young readers are designed only to practice decoding, which is the application of letter-sound knowledge to...

5 Minute Comprehension: Activity 2

5 Minute Comprehension: Activity 2

Learning Objective: To use visual clues and background knowledge to develop inference-making skills. What You'll Need: Photos or pictures of objects, window template(s) for overlay.

5 Minute Comprehension: Activity 2

Learning Objective: To use visual clues and background knowledge to develop inference-making skills. What You'll Need: Photos or pictures of objects, window template(s) for overlay.

Why Phonics?

Why Phonics?

You can probably picture the scene pretty clearly. You're reading a book with your young child, student, niece, nephew, grandchild—you’re patiently, ever-so-patiently encouraging them to keep going, keep reading. We know that reading is...

Why Phonics?

You can probably picture the scene pretty clearly. You're reading a book with your young child, student, niece, nephew, grandchild—you’re patiently, ever-so-patiently encouraging them to keep going, keep reading. We know that reading is...

5 Minute Phonics: Activity 1

5 Minute Phonics: Activity 1

Learning Objective: Reading and writing rhyming words with short "i". What You’ll Need: A pencil and piece of paper.

5 Minute Phonics: Activity 1

Learning Objective: Reading and writing rhyming words with short "i". What You’ll Need: A pencil and piece of paper.