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Picture Sorts For Short A & O

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Before moving on to short o word families, I did a simple sort with ALuv, comparing the vowel sounds in some short a and short o words.  This was a phonemic awareness activity because print was not involved and I was asking him to isolate the vowel sound in each word as he sorted them.  It took about 7-10 minutes…
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April Showers

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It has rained a tremendous amount over the last 3 weeks where we live!  And then there’s also the old saying: “April showers bring May flowers.”  So we did a few rain activities together.  I meant to post this last week, but forgot… Day 1: Read aloud Rain by Robert Kalan (illustrated by Donald Crews).  I would classify this book on an early to mid-Kindergarten reading…
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Syl-la-ble Sort

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Recently, ALuv and I did a syllable sort.  It had been a long time since we had talked about syllables and I felt fairly certain that he could count and identify syllables in a word, an important skill for emergent readers. I decided to put a new spin on the concept, though.  My goal was for him to discover from this activity that…
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Quick Tips for Independent Work

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When you’re teaching more than one learner, independent work is necessary. In order to work one-on-one with a child or with small groups of learners, the other learners need to be doing something. If independent work is not executed in a purposeful manner, it can become a necessary “evil”, serving to frustrate your learner(s) and you! Do you ever find yourself…
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Short a Review

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After studying 5 different short a word families (-at, -an, -ad, -ap, and –ag) with ALuv, we took a break from doing more short a word families and reviewed the short a word pattern (CVC).  I felt that he was ready to do this because he was able to sound out and read short a words we had not studied,…
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