Teach students how to have fun with figurative language by reading aloud these books with alliteration! This post contains affiliate links. What is alliteration? Alliteration is the purposeful repetition of the intiial sound – most often a consonant or consonant cluster – in two or more words of a phrase. For example: He spluttered and splashed. Why is it important to teach our students about alliteration? Alliteration is important to…
19 Versions of the Three Little Pigs
Check out these fun versions of The Three Little Pigs! This post contains affiliate links. We love reading different versions of familiar tales! In fact we’ve already shared a number of book lists – The Little Red Hen, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Hansel & Gretel, and The Princess and the Pea. But I have to say that of all of them, we’ve seen the most variety in the versions…
Free alliteration activities for kids (grades 2-5)
If you’re looking for alliteration activities, you’re in the right spot! I promised more activities for older learners, and today’s game fits the bill! Plus, it comes in four different levels – so you can use it with learners in grades 2-5! What is alliteration? Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of many or most of the words in a sentence. Peter Piper picked a…
15 Free printable sight word games (for all the Dolch lists!)
My blog subscribers have been asking for sight word games – so I created a set of games that feature all the Dolch sight words … from the preprimer list all the way to the third grade list. I even created an editable version so you can type in any words you’d like! There are 5 main lists for the Dolch sight words: preprimer, primer, first, second, and third grade. Since…
Christopher Columbus children’s books
This post contains affiliate links. In my first year of teaching, I taught a combined class of third, fourth, and fifth graders. In an attempt to teach critical thinking, I gave my fifth graders articles and books that were up front about Christopher Columbus and some of his not so heroic behavior. Just recently I had the opportunity to visit with one of my former students, and at 28 he still…
Different versions of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
This post contains affiliate links. Don’t you love reading different versions of familiar tales? This book list is the second in a series of lists that share versions of favorite stories. Different Versions of The Three Billy Goats Gruff When possible, I’ve shared the guided reading level of each book. This way you’ll know if the book is a good fit for your guided reading groups. Here’s a quick look at…
How to find easy reader books your learners can actually READ
This post contains affiliate links. When a parent approaches one of our librarians for books that his/her new reader can read, the librarian points the parent to the “Easy Reader” section. That poor parent is left to search through hundreds of books in all different series… I Can Read. Ready to Read. Hello Reader. Step into Reading. Brand New Readers. Ack! After the initial overwhelm, the parent finally finds a…
4 Ways to boost reading comprehension
Learn how to boost reading comprehension in today’s video blog post! It’s time for another video blog post! This time we dive into comprehension. Watch the video to learn: How to use think alouds to improve students’ understanding of a text How to ask the right questions How to teach students to monitor their comprehension How to choose appropriate reading response activities Useful links: Teaching with interactive read alouds How…
8 Ways to build fluency
This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for joining me for another video blog post! Today’s video shares 8 ways to build fluency in grades K-5 (and beyond!). Links mentioned in the video: Video blog post: What you need to know about sight words My page of phonics printables Reading Fluency Table from Reading A to Z Shel Silverstein’s poetry books: Falling Up, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in…
What you need to know about sight words
Thanks for joining us for this summer video blog series! In this video I cover the following: What are sight words? How do you know which sight words to teach? How do you teach sight words? How do you help students who are struggling to learn sight words? Recommended posts, resources and materials: Sight word lists – from This Reading Mama Magnetic letters Sightwords.com – enter your words, and…
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