Struggling spellers. If you teach one, you know exactly what I’m talking about. And you know how frustrating it can be for you and the student. Today, I’m sharing 5 things struggling spellers need. Before I get too far, I just want to say that every child is different. There isn’t a single solution that will ... Read More about 5 Things Struggling Spellers Need

All about the schwa sound, including how to teach it, schwa word activities, and a free schwa words list pdf download.

Confused about the schwa sound? Read this post to find out how to help your child understand schwas with these 6 simple strategies.

Do you know what glued sounds are and when to teach glued/welded sounds? This post has all the details PLUS fun teaching ideas.

All about the schwa sound, including how to teach it, schwa word activities, and a free schwa words list pdf download.

Learn the 3 sounds that suffix -ed make, including the rules for when each sound is used within base words. Then grab your free poster!

I had our 2nd and 3rd grade homeschool curriculum picked out, and it wasn't until after we started that I thought I needed extra help teaching spelling. My kids have recently taken to writing more on their own, from lists to letters to comic style drawings. With that has come a LOT of "Mom, how

Work on the most common sound in the English language - the "uh" sound., called the schwa sound with this FREE reading game for 1st grade!

All About Closed Syllable Exceptions - Learn all about closed syllable exceptions, where the vowel makes the long sound instead of the short sound, like in the words bold and find.

From white and brown noise to blue and pink noise, discover the different colors of noise and what they each mean.

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Learn all about phoneme manipulation, an important foundational phonological awareness skill. You'll also grab 3 free practice worksheets!

Help your young readers determine the various -ED suffix sounds with this phonics sorting activity. Cut and paste for 2nd-4th grades.

All about the schwa sound, including how to teach it, schwa word activities, and a free schwa words list pdf download.

I never make the same mistake twice; I make it five or six times, just to be sure. – Unknown Does this sound familiar? I’m thinking you’re thinking, “I should know better, yet I continue to make the same mistake.” Most of us have, at one time or…

Item description TION, SION, CIAN Spelling Patterns – This “shun” sounds suffixes packet features engaging Orton Gillingham resources to help your students learn all about the tian and sion suffix spellings. With these suffix activities designed for older students, the students will be given the opportunity to identify and words with /shun/ endings with many different learning experiences which will help them master this spelling and reading rule. There are posters, lesson guides, independent work, fluency practice, and more. Although this works perfectly as an Orton Gillingham lesson, these pages will work with any reading program! The Science of Reading supports the practice of teaching students explicit phonics lessons and this suffix packet will help you do that. These activity pages are designed with the dyslexia font to support students with dyslexia (and all students). Check out the preview to see what is included. 1 . Cover Page 2. Table of Contents 3. Scope & Sequence (Highlighted) 4. – 6. Orton Gillingham Lesson Plan Guides 7. TION/SION/CIAN Introduction Poster 8. /shun/ Suffix Word List Poster (TION, SION, CIAN) 9. TION or SION Spelling Rules Poster 10. TION or SION Poster Black & White 11. tion/sion Rule Poster half page for student reading journal 12. Tion Syllable Division Activity worksheet 13. – 15 Tion and sion and cian word Label activity pages 16 – 18. tion and sion and cian Brainstorm activity page 19. Tion or Sion Sorting Activity 20. Tion or Sion Spelling Activity Worksheet 21. Tion and SION Word Ladder activity 22. TION and SION Words Fill in the Blank Worksheet 23. /Tion/ and /sion/ Words Word Search Activity 24. tion, sion and cian and Fluency Practice 25.- 27. Answer Keys 28. Credits Thank you for shopping with Classroom Base Camp for your Orton Gillingham approach to reading suffix products!

Have you ever noticed students having difficulty not only with visually similar letters such as b and d, but also having difficulty with letter sounds that seem more surprising such as /b/ & /p/ or

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How to teach the closed syllable plus all the closed syllable rules for struggling readers and spellers.

This product is jammed pack with activities that will help students master the different syllable patterns. The activities in this product give young students many opportunities to practice how to divide and separate words into syllables. In this product students will practice identifying open and closed syllables, v/cv, vc/v, and vccv patterns, and c+le syllable patterns. Also included are dividing syllables by prefix and suffix. Colorful syllable posters will help guide students as they practice dividing words into syllables. No prep is needed! Just print and go. Related Products: VC/V and V/CV Syllable Patterns Word Work! - No prep! Consonant + le Syllable Pattern Word Work! Turtle Words! No Prep VCCV Syllable Pattern Word Work! Rabbit Words! No Prep

Wondering how to know when to use C and when to use K at the beginning of a word? The Kids' Club Rule for Spelling is here to help!

In this post, we'll bust a common spelling myth and reveal the seven different jobs of the very versatile and multi-tasking Silent E!

Hello! I’m back with another blog post about one of my favorite topics. I’ve blogged about phonemic awareness a few times already, but it’s such an important topic that we’re going for it again! Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of smaller parts and these parts can be pulled apart ... Read More about All about Phonemic Awareness

b d p and q reversals are a common occurrence in primary grades. All children are different… what works for one student may not be effective with another. Click to LEARN MORE!

When students know the syllable division rules, it A) helps them decode multisyllabic words and B) identify vowel sounds correctly!

What is the science of reading? Learn about the origins of this conversation, and how you can use science to improve your reading instruction.

Confused about the schwa sound? Read this post to find out how to help your child understand schwas with these 6 simple strategies.

Confused about the schwa sound? Read this post to find out how to help your child understand schwas with these 6 simple strategies.

Hello! I’m back with another blog post about one of my favorite topics. I’ve blogged about phonemic awareness a few times already, but it’s such an important topic that we’re going for it again! Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of smaller parts and these parts can be pulled apart ... Read More about All about Phonemic Awareness

Learn all about how to teach consonant digraph SH. Below are five best tips for teaching SH so that kids quickly recognize, read, and spell the /sh/ sound in words. Plus, get a FREE Digraph

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I had tea with a dear friend who leaned in during our morning together and said, 'You should try sound therapy.' It was like a lightning bolt went off in my body. While I am a big believer in music to free an environment, I gravitate toward the senses of sight, touch and smell far more than sound. This gaping hole in my own experience of space was ready to be activated! It was no accident that Silver Sky Imports asked me the following day to review their gorgeous singing bowls! Let's get a bit into sound today and understand

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Learn all about the soft sound of G! Get best teaching tips, common Soft G words, and a word sort for students to practice Soft G vs Hard G.

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned in THIS post how I would be taking a giant step forward in “stepping up” my sight word instruction this upcoming year. Not that I need to “teach” sight words any differently, but offer continuous and hands on ways for my kiddos to practice them. Another area I will be offering […]

The UG Word Family Workbook is packed with activities designed to help kids blend the sounds of consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words and transition from sounding out phonemes to reading simple words.

Set 1 s Weave hand like a snake, making s shapes while saying ssssss a Short a: Wiggle fingers above elbow, as if ants are crawling on you, and say a,a,a t Children imitate watching tennis, moving heads side to side saying t,t,t i...

Since it is poetry month, I thought I would share a bit about how I teach alliteration. Teaching literary devices is probably one of my favorite things to do, but they can be tricky for the little ones! That means I provide a lot of different kinds of activities to help the concepts stick! Here are just a few of my favorites with alliteration. Tongue Twisters Tongue twisters are a favorite! I love sharing some with my students and have them try to say them three times fast to the class. We usually end up doubled over in laughter. :) Once students are familiar with tongue twisters, we set out to write our own. We publish them on the tongues of these cute displays! No template - we just trace lids for the circle faces and I free-cut tongues out of the large construction paper. Poem Practice We read the Jack Prelutsky poem, "Bleezer's Ice Cream" and I ask students to identify the flavors that alliterate, like checkerberry cheddar chew or cotton candy carrot custard. This poem is in the book The New Kid on the Block and it's an all-time favorite poetry book that I highly recommend! {affiliate link below} There are a few ways to access this poem online if you can't get your hands on the book. Here is a YouTube reading of the poem. You can also play the musical version of the poem being sang by Natalie Merchant here. After analyzing the poem, I put students in partners and let them create their own wacky ice cream flavors that alliterate! You can download the freebie below to do this activity with your students. {Download Freebie Here} Games Galore Games are so important in the primary classroom. We play games every single day. Multiple times a day. For alliteration, we play an old fashioned car game. It's great, not only for alliteration, but for listening and memory, too! The items being taken on the trip must all begin with the same initial sound as the destination. To play, I read the card, for example, "I am going to Paris and I'm taking a parachute." The next student in the circle would repeat my item and add one of his own, for example..."I am going to Paris and I'm taking a parachute and a piano." The sentence keeps getting passed around the circle with each student repeating it and adding another "p" word. They are amazed when it make it all the way around the circle! I also teach students how to play it with just two players - perfect for the car ride home from school (sorry parents)! One student starts it, and it keeps alternating until one player either can't think of an item to add or can't remember an item. What fun practicing alliteration! Clever Crafts Since we study literary devices during the spring, we love to decorate the hall with clever craftivities. For alliteration, we create "Alliterainbows." Students use planning pages and brainstorm parts of speech to alliterate with each color and then use these ideas to write their own sentences with alliteration on each color band of the rainbow. By now, they are amazing at alliterating! :) Story Surprises Throughout our study, I always throw in a couple of surprise read-alouds! These are a couple of my favorites for alliteration. The first book I read is The Little Book of Alliterations. It is a simple alphabet book with one phrase per page. It's perfect to read before having students write tongue twisters. The next book I read closer to the end of our study. It's called One Smug Slug and it is written in story format. The story uses as many "s" words as possible. They enjoy trying to figure out what the smug slug is climbing throughout the story and are always surprised when he is eaten at the end! But, their favorite part of the book is that there is a hidden "S" somewhere on each page - some are super tricky and they love searching for them. {affiliate links for books} I hope this post gave you a few new ideas for teaching alliteration!

One of the things that I love the most about the English language is that the spellings don’t always match the sounds they’re supposed to represent. It always kept me on my toes and constantly kept me curious to explore the depths of the language. Quirks, oddities, warts, and all. Just like all of you, I’ve had hilarious slips of the tongue (or rather the fingers when I’m writing), creating some truly bizarre sentences.

This packet is chock full of space themed activities. If you are doing a space theme in your classroom this is a great resource to have. There are so many activities and teaching resources. Check out the preview file for a detailed look and explanation of the resources included in this packet. Includes: •All About Planets Cards •Solar System Poster •Word Wall Cards •Write the Room Color & B & W •6 Writing Prompts •2 Reading Comprehension Stories •Ella Goes to Space Minibook •My Shape Rocket •Planet Order Worksheet •Sorting On Earth/In Space •Graphing •Making 10 •2- Addition Worksheets within 10 •2- Subtraction Worksheets within 10 •Color by number •Color by letter •Color by sight-word •Patterns •Comparing Quantities •Do you want to be an Astronaut? chart •Out of this World ABC Center (Differentiated 3 ways!) •You’re a shooting star! Certificate/Award I really hope you like this product as much as I do! Don't forget to leave feedback! TPT will give you credit towards future purchases when you leave feedback. :) Follow me for product updates and freebies! :) Related Products • All About Plants • All About Letters • All About Colors! • Alphabet Punch Cards • Basic Skills Assessment • Classroom Newsletters-Fully Editable- Mega Bundle • Counting Bears Pattern Math Center • Compound Words • Counting Fish- Counting Clip Cards • Daily Weather Chart • Desk Nametags- Full Year • Exploring Shapes 2-D & 3-D • Fall Fun Play dough Mats • Fire Safety • Fun with Numbers: Number Sense Packet • Kindergarten ABC Worksheets • Monthly Math & Literacy Mega Bundle- Pre-K • Number Sense Puzzles- Free! • Numbers 1-20 • Phonics Skills Workbook 1 • Phonics-Sound it Out!

Today I’m going to explain exactly how to teach phonograms to your child at home so you can teach them to read. Phonograms are the building blocks of the English language. The phonogram tips, resources

Happy Sunday, friends! Tonight I want to share with you one of my favorite Kagan structures – Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up (SU, HU, PU). Kagan Structures are all about cooperative learning – no…