So, you guys! I'm over the moon excited about a new feature on our beginning spelling app called Alphabetic Spellers. If you already have it and use it, you're going love it EVEN MORE now!! You already know that this app was created so that your learners could practice customized sorts for alphabet, blends, digraphs, CVC words and MORE! But, creating and customizing sorts for each user was a rather tedious process because you had to do it on each device. While it only takes a couple of minutes, that's precious time you could be spending on other things. A few classroom ... Continue Reading
Teaching Spelling
What is Word Work?
We've arrived at word work in our balanced literacy series. What exactly is word work? What are some ideas and activities? And how do you fit it into a balanced literacy framework? I'm so glad you asked. That's exactly what we're exploring in this post! *This post contains affiliate links. What is Word Work? Word work is a hands-on time to explore the spellings and/or meanings of words (vocabulary). Making time for word work is vital because it helps patterns and words move into long-term memory. Word work can help our learners become better readers, spellers, and ... Continue Reading
Beginning Spelling App for Word Study
Do you teach beginning readers and spellers? You're sure to LOVE our beginning spelling app for word study called Alphabetic Spellers! It's FULL of word study activities for letter sounds and short vowel words. It's PERFECT for advanced preschoolers or Kindergartners or any child in the Alphabetic Spelling Stage. And now, you can easily share data from your device to all your learners! Beginning Spelling App for Word Study We have 5 learning apps already, so what makes this one different? It covers all of the phonics skills that beginning readers and spellers need ... Continue Reading
What is Balanced Literacy?
Have you ever heard the term balanced literacy? It's been around for many years. What exactly is it? And does it still apply to teaching, even after all these years? Find links to the posts in this series at the END of this post. *This post contains affiliate links. What is Balanced Literacy? Balanced literacy came along in response to the more extreme teachings of whole language and heavy phonics-based instruction. In the whole language approach, literacy skills were mostly taught IN the context of real reading and writing. Phonics-based instruction swung the opposite ... Continue Reading
Print and Play Word Family Games
Looking for some no prep word family games? Here you go! These print and play word family games are a free sample from my Print & Play Word Family Games pack! If you want even more no prep phonics games, you might enjoy the entire bundle, Print and Play Phonics Games {just updated}! *This post contains affiliate links. **The free download link can be found towards the END of this post. Just click on the teal, download button. Print & Play Word Family Games I'm so excited about our new set of word family roll and race games. These are similar to the phonics games ... Continue Reading