There's a new addition to the family! The Word Family Word Work Galore family now includes CVCe long vowel word families. And the first of many bundles is the Long A CVCe Bundle (also available individually). Like the original Short Vowel Word Families, these new sets include many familiar features and a TON of NEW activities and extra fun items. My entire goal with making Word Families originally was to offer other teachers my weekly schedule and plan for introducing word families. ... VIEW POST
More Differentiated Word Family Word Work With CVCe Words and a Giveaway!
Chapter Three of the Next Step: Non-readers and Emergent Guided Reading Tips, Skills and a Couple of Freebies
Chapter 3: The Next Step You know, I tell myself every year, “this summer, you’re not going to do a book study.” And every summer, of course, I do and I never regret it because, quite honestly, every time (so far) I’ve learned new things or have been able to tweek what I’m currently doing to make things better in my classroom. This year is no exception. I am LOVIN’ this book and these ideas because it really does attend to all the readiness levels in my class and I can totally see how ... VIEW POST
Short “i” Word Families Word Work Galore-Differentiated and Aligned
Short “I” Family Word Work Galore Word family study is an essential part of reading instruction. They represent patterns in our language. By mastering these single syllable words, students become more comfortable with rhyming and eventually learn to decode longer, more complex words. All this will help your students become better readers. This Word Family packet includes activities for the 4 short “I” word families. For each word family, there is a week’s worth of activities included to ... VIEW POST
Planning on Valentine’s Word Work Stations and a BIG BIG Sale.
February has arrived and that means that it's time to turn my thoughts from polar animals and snowmen and turn them towards that pink month. The one that my kiddos never want to end. In fact, they love it so much and the month is so short that we're usually utilizing Valentine's activities for the entire month. I have to say, I'm ok with that.So time to say good-bye to my sweet snowmen at night in the hall outside my class. Didn't they do a great job on the snowflakes ... VIEW POST
Word Families Galore Bundle-22 Weeks of Differentiated Word Work
Word family study is an essential part of reading instruction. They represent patterns in our language. By mastering these single syllable words, students become more comfortable with rhyming and eventually learn to decode longer, more complex words. All this will help your students become better readers. These Word Family packets include 22 weeks of activities for short ‘a, e, i, o and u' families. (Each vowel pack is represented by a different color for easy reference.) For each word family ... VIEW POST
Long ‘A’ CVCe Word Family Word Work Galore Bundle-Differentiated/Aligned
Long ‘a’ CVCe Word Families Galore Word family study is an essential part of reading instruction. They represent patterns in our language. By mastering these single syllable words, students become more comfortable with rhyming and eventually learn to decode longer, more complex words. All this will help your students become better readers. This Word Family packet includes four long ‘a’ families included in Long “a’ CVCe Word Families Galore. THIS UNIT IS HUGE-OVER 280 PAGES LONG. PLEASE CHECK ... VIEW POST