Category: Literacy

3 Warm Ups for CVCe Words

What is Orthographic Mapping?

Orthographic mapping is a crucial skill for early readers who are developing word recognition, a key to reading success. It involves the connection between letters and sounds so that students can see how written words correspond to spoken language....

Cranky Franky Freebie

You know those days when you have a bunch of things planned out and then on the whim you change it all up? That was what happened today with this activity. And I'm glad it did because it was fun and not to mention funny for me to hear my...

Spring Into Fluency

Another Season is on the horizon. I know I'm not the only one who is more than ready to say farewell to Old Man Winter for quite some time. This also means we're getting ready to move into a new season of fluency in our classroom!{Download the FLUENCY label from...

Batty for Contractions & Halloween Week

What happens when you go two weeks without getting a blog post up? You end up sharing a whole lot in one post. But the upside to that is there a lots of pictures & even a freebie along the way! So. Let's catch up!! {Red bandana for red ribbon week....

Falling Into…FLUENCY!

My first year teaching I felt a little overwhelmed by all of the sight words my students were expected to memorize. We used the FRY word list and had to test throughout the year to see which words they were learning. So of course, I sent home flash cards. And...