Why You Need Write the Room Activities in Your Classroom

Phonics and writing are both incredibly important. You want to give your students several opportunities to practice letter formation, spelling, and more! What if I told you there was a simple way you can do that and all you need is a little prep time and printer? When you use a write the room activity, […]
Simple Low-Prep Kindergarten Writing Activities for Your Classroom
In kindergarten, we spend a lot of time teaching students phonics, blends, and more. Once students are starting to read words, it’s important we teach them how to write using those words. However, teaching writing in kindergarten isn’t always the easiest task! But it just got a whole lot easier with these great writing activities! […]
Simple Hands-On Reading Activities for Kindergarten will Rev Up Reading
Reading is a fundamental skill for students to have. While we focus a lot on phonics and knowing how to read in kindergarten, it’s important to also work on reading comprehension. I was talking to a friend one day. She was telling me how frustrated she was with her daughter’s kindergarten teacher because she kept […]
Why A-Z Letter of the Week Activities are Science of Reading ApprovedLetter of the Week is Out and What You Should Do Instead
Once upon a time, we used to have a letter of the week. This was a traditional way of learning letters. However, this isn’t best practice especially for our younger students any more. Wait, what do I do if that’s not best practice? Well I have some great A-Z letter of the week activities for […]
Phonics to Fluency in Kindergarten
Teaching Kindergarten students to read can be a challenging task, especially when it comes to going from phonics to fluency. However, phonics and fluency are two essential components of early literacy development that cannot be overlooked. In this blog post, we will explore the critical relationship between phonics and fluency in Kindergarten students. We’ll also […]