Learning about long vowels helps children understand different letter-sound relationships. Thus preparing strong reading and spelling foundations. Teaching spelling generalizations via long vowel spelling patterns allows children to learn and remember that long vowels can be represented in different ways. By the way, there are so many different ways, oh my! Once children have […]
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Word Work Idea with Popsicles
Here’s an easy-peasy (to create) word work idea for your center activities. I created this super fun spelling activity to help students work on blending, adding and also deleting, and substituting phonemes to make new words, all while having loads of fun. These vital phonemic awareness skills are just some of the 34 skills that I […]