Year-long centers are my absolute favorite way to structure literacy centers into the class. And when I discovered how to incorporate student choice into my centers {instead of rotating learners at my centers and changing centers activities out every day}, I really began to get my evenings and weekends back. Woot! Visual Literacy Center Menu {A Google Drive Resource} If you choose to use the free choice idea with your year-long literacy centers, a visual literacy center menu is a MUST! This can help tremendously with managing your learners. Even if you choose to rotate learners ... Continue Reading
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Multisyllable Word Cards Bundle ~ Break it Down
This Multisyllable Word Cards Bundle is a great way to give your learners practicing breaking down words into syllables. All the cards in this bundle come with the option of digital cards and printable task cards. Sometimes learners struggle to move from reading simple one-syllable words to longer words, two-syllable words. Explicitly teaching your learners, then giving them plenty of practice is a great way to help them see how longer words are just made of shorter words and/or word parts they already have the strategies to read. Let’s Break it Down ~ Multisyllable Word ... Continue Reading
VCCCV Syllable Division Cards – Break it Down
If your learners are working on reading words with syllable divisions of VC/CCV or VCC/CV, these Break it Down VCCCV Syllable Division Cards {both digital and printable cards} are a simple way to give them practice. Let's Break it Down ~ VCCCV Syllable Division Cards After learners have mastered breaking apart words with the VCCV pattern like mitten {mit-ten} and helmet {hel-met}, bump up the challenge by giving them closed syllable words with THREE consonants in between the vowels. This is known as the VCCCV pattern and includes words like dolphin, pumpkin, or ... Continue Reading
Final Stable Syllable Cards – Break it Down
If your learners are working on reading words with final stable {or consonant + le} syllables, these Break it Down Final Stable Syllable Cards {both digital and printable cards} are a simple way to give them practice. Let’s Break it Down ~ Final Stable Syllable Cards Sometimes learners struggle to move from reading simple one-syllable words to longer words, two-syllable words. Teaching syllable types is a helpful way to help them take their phonics knowledge to break apart longer words. Final stable syllables can be a difficult concept to learn unless decoding these words broken down ... Continue Reading
Break it Down Diphthong Syllable Cards
If your learners are working on reading words with diphthong syllables, these Break it Down Diphthong Syllable Cards {both digital and printable cards} are a simple way to give them practice. Let's Break it Down ~ Diphthong Syllable Cards Sometimes learners struggle to go from reading simple one-syllable words to longer words. If learners know how to read one-syllable words with diphthongs such as shout or coin, we can help them see how to use that knowledge to read longer words with diphthongs such as shouted or enjoy. These printable and digital cards give learners practice breaking ... Continue Reading