It’s the thirty-second day of school. Over half my kindersare ‘Top Bananas,’ I’ve introduced and we’ve reviewed over half the letters of the alphabet, they showing signs of segmenting and blending, they totally ‘get’ patterns, and I’m feeling like it’s time to introduce word … [Read more...]
Differentiating Word Family Study
This marks my class' sixth week of word family study, and I absolutely love the routines we have establish for participating in word family activities and the success my kinders are feeling in recognizing and reading these important words that will make reading so much easier in … [Read more...]
All In the Family (The Word Family That Is) and a Freebie to Get you Started
I am a true believer in the power of FAMILY...specifically Word Families. In my own classroom, it's an essential part of my Daily 5 Word Work. Word families, or some people call them chunks (families is just so much more friendly sounding to me but to each their own), … [Read more...]