K-6 Literacy Resources for Teachers & Parents
Like everyone, I’ve been spending more time than usual inside this summer due to Covid-19, but I live in a wonderful little coastal town in North County San Diego and it’s still nice to be able to get some fresh air at the beach when it’s a bit less crowded on a week day. One …
Halloween poems help teach phonics skills Who wants to teach dry or boring phonics lessons? No one, that’s who. That’s why short Halloween poems written especially for kids help make teaching phonics skills easier, more targeted, and definitely a whole lot more fun. Halloween poems are perfect for teaching mini-lessons in October It would be …
First of all, what are phonics poems? They’re simply poems that can be used as good examples (exemplars) to teach specific phonics skills. Why use phonics poems for teaching reading? 1. Phonics poems provide an efficient use of short instructional time: As a reading intervention teacher, I typically had between 15-20 minutes to work with …
Phonics poems help teach short and long vowel sounds Phonics poems differ from other types of poetry because they are written specifically to be a targeted teaching text. They are strategically embedded with words of a certain spelling or sound pattern (such as the long o vowel/silent e) to help teach that specific phonics skill. …