5 Effective Strategies to Prevent the Summer Slide
As the school year comes to an end and the temperature rises, the summer season brings about the dreaded “summer slide” for many maybe even most students. This phenomenon refers…
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Decodables for Back to School
Hey teacher friend, ever walk into well…. pretty much any store in July and cringe when you see the big Back to School display glaring right at you? I am…
Science of Reading Kindergarten Ideas for Spring
Are you working hard to implement activities that are aligned with the Science of Reading for Kindergarten in your classroom, but sometimes find it a challenge to still include seasonal…
Planning for Small Group Instruction in Kindergarten
Planning for small group instruction in kindergarten is all about the letters! At least at the beginning of the year. So picture this, you are in your kindergarten classroom, with…
Reading Fluency with Decodable Text
So you have incorporated decodable text into small groups, yay! Students are filling in gaps with their phonics skills and gaining decoding skills with all the words that they can…
How to Use Decodable Readers in First Grade Small Groups
Magic happens during my small group time now that I have switched to Decodable Readers rather than guided reading text. (Wondering Decodable Readers are? Check out this post to learn…
