My students need to know sight words. They are a key step in the reading process. They aren't the end-all-be-all, but ...
Guided Reading
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7 Free Blending Onset and Rime Mini-Books for Kindergarten
Learning to read CVC words is key to reading success in kindergarten. Learning to rhyme in addition to blending onsets ...
Kinder-Friendly Emergent Readers for the 100th Day of School
The 100th day of school is such a fun celebration. We work hard in kindergarten and come so far in those first 100 days ...
Free Race Card Reading Activity - CVC Nonsense Words
Looking through favorite games I've used in my guided reading groups, I found this free race car reading activity. ...
How to Teach Kinders to Segment and Blend Using Hand Motions
Use simple hand motions and a basic office supply tool to help teach kindergarteners how to sound out words. You'll be ...
Let's Build a House! Free CVC Word Building Activity
Work on beginning reading skills with a fun building block activity. This free onset and rime activity is perfect for ...
8 Free Rhyming Activities for Kindergarten
Let's teach how to rhyme with these rhyming activities for kindergarten. Here are 8 free rhyming activities you can ...
5 Things You Won't Hate About Year-Long Literacy Centers
Let's get real about literacy centers. And more specifically, literacy centers in kindergarten. We all understand the ...
Why My Guided Reading Groups Weren't Exactly Guided Reading Groups
Do you find yourself needing more time to teach everything we're supposed to? Yeah, me too. One of the ways I felt ...
4 Free Beginning Sounds Activities for Small Groups
Learning how to read means learning lots of intertwining skills - like beginning sounds. Here is my list of my top ...
Free Long Vowel Patterns Roll, Say, Keep! Game
Keeping higher readers in kindergarten challenged appropriately doesn't mean more work, or even more {{uuugh}} ...
12 Must-Have Guided Reading Tools to Use in Kindergarten
Keep fun reading tools on hand to encourage kindergarten readers. Here are my must-have reading tools that are fun and ...
Free Guided Reading Strategy Checklist for Kindergarten
Make reading in small groups easier with a reading strategy checklist. Here is a free checklist I've made ...
How to Make Guided Reading Mats for Kindergarten Groups
I like working smart and one way I found to do that was by making sets of handy charts to use during guided ...
6 Fun Ways to Teach Reading With Toy Race Cars
When it comes to shopping at the Dollar Tree, I'm always looking for ways to keep the fun in standards-based ...
Guided Reading Binder - Guided Setup
Keeping your guided reading materials, lessons, observations, running records and such can be overwhelming for new ...
Creating an Organized Guided Reading Binder - 4 Steps
A guided reading binder helps me keep lesson plans and guided reading group notes both organized and at ...
Organizing Your Guided Reading Binder - 6 Simple Ways
My guided reading binder needs to be organized in order for me to grab lesson plans and take guided reading ...
Quick and Clutter-Free Guided Reading Game Storage
Here's an organization tip for storing guided reading materials! If you like to use games, workmats or re-usable ...
Roll n' Read: A Fun Way to Blend CVC Words in Kindergarten
Using fun phonics games and reading activities make guided reading groups easier. Here's a new blending cvc words with ...
4 Clever Spinner Word Games for Kindergarten
Teaching reading skills through games now helps make up half of my guided reading group instruction time. This is a ...