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This tips and activities are excellent for teaching phoneme manipulation in kindergarten and first grade.

Tips and Activities for Teaching Phoneme Manipulation

Learning to read is not just a one-and-done type of activity. There are many skills students must learn and put together to become fluent readers. Many of these skills fall under the umbrella of phonemic awareness. And, for many kids, one of the most difficult…is phoneme manipulation. Over the years,

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Use fun activities and small group lessons when teaching consonant blends to early readers.

Teaching Consonant Blends to Early Readers

As a primary teacher, one of the biggest milestones we help students reach is learning to read. It’s one of the things I love the most about being a kindergarten teacher. Our sweet kids arrive to us with minimal knowledge of the alphabet, but in a few short months, they

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Your students will love these community helpers activities!

Community Helper Activities Your Students Will Love!

I absolutely love teaching my students about community helpers. It’s one of my all-time favorite classroom themes, and kids love it too. Teaching about community helpers is a great way to help our students learn more about and understand the community they live in. It teaches them about people and

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Help students build independence in the classroom using these 6 ideas.

6 Ways to Build Independence in the Classroom

As a kindergarten teacher, one of the things I am constantly looking for is new ways to build independence in the classroom. When my students come to me, it’s often their first time at school. We have so much to learn to build their confidence and promote more independent action.

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Learn about the importance of rhyming in learning to read. Plus get ideas for some fun rhyming activities that your students will enjoy!

The Importance of Rhyming in Learning to Read

Teaching young students to read is one of the most exciting things that primary teachers get to do. It’s pretty amazing to watch a student progress from letter identification, to letter sounds, to CVC words. Along the way, we work on other skills too – like rhyming. This is arguably

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Students can practice cvc words in these 5 fun ways.

5 Fun Ways to Practice CVC Words

Mastering CVC words is something we spend a lot of time on in kindergarten. And, as with anything that requires a lot of practice, I’m always looking for ways to make it more fun! If you’ve been on the hunt for new ways to engage your students as you practice

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