Unit 6 of Pathway to Fluency is here, and it’s filled with effective and fun activities to teach reading! I released Unit 6 a few weeks ago, but I’m only just getting around to writing the blog post because there is SO MUCH packed into it! Unit 6 continues the systematic approach of reading instruction….
Unit 5 of Pathway to Fluency is here, and it’s filled with effective and fun activities to teach reading! Unit 5 continues the systematic approach of reading instruction. Prior to Unit 5, students have learned a range of phonics skills, including CVC words, silent e, blends, digraphs, r-controlled vowels, and some vowel teams. In Unit…
Unit 4 of Pathway to Fluency is here, and it’s filled with effective and fun activities to teach reading! (I’ll admit, this blog post is coming a bit late, but that’s besides the point. Unit 4 continues the systematic approach of reading instruction. In Units 1 to 3, students learned letter identification and the sounds…
Get ready for some fun because the Phonics Task Cards are here! These hands-on task cards are a great way to help students focus on targeted phonics skills in an engaging way! Plus, they require minimal prep and can easily be used at any time of the day to fit with your busy teaching schedule. This packet…
The 1st Grade Reading Comprehension: Quarter 2 is here! Teaching foundational reading comprehension skills at an early age is a vital part of overall reading success throughout a child’s school career. Therefore, I’ve been working hard to create a First Grade Reading Comprehension Curriculum to help maximize reading understanding and minimize the teacher’s workload! Throughout…
Unit 3 of Pathway to Fluency is here, and it’s filled with effective and fun activities to teach reading! Unit 3 continues the systematic approach of reading instruction. To begin, in Unit 1 students learned to identify letters and the sounds they typically make. Then in Unit 2 of Pathway to Fluency, students were introduced…
While teaching first grade students how to decode words to become better readers, reading comprehension in first grade often gets less focus in the classroom. Teachers frequently find it difficult to implement quality reading comprehension strategies for fiction and non-fiction texts. Nonetheless, teaching these reading comprehension skills at an early age is a vital part…
