Sky Color by Peter H Reynolds was our daily read-aloud picture book today. It inspired us to paint, recall details from the book, and get creative! I picked this book because we read The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds yesterday and learned about the water cycle, clouds, and weather last week. These are the Sky Color inspired activities we …
Short Vowel Word Mapping Activities
I've been learning more and more about Structured Literacy and all things Science of Reading lately. Orthographic mapping is the newest element of the science in how we read that I have been learning more about. I have been learning about and implementing it with the students I tutor and my homeschool kids. Orthographic mapping …
Book Activities with Sector 7 by David Wiesner
The wordless picture book Sector 7 by David Wiesner has been one of my favorite resources for teaching sentence structure, transitional phrases, commas, and descriptive writing in the classroom. I have recently used it to teach the reading skill of sequence of events and cause and effect. Here are our favorite Sector 7 activities. What is the …
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Short Vowel CVC Word Activities & Games
As I learn more about the Science of Reading, I have been completely throwing out my old lessons and activities and creating new literacy resources. Over the last year, I have been developing short vowel CVC word activities. They were designed for preschool and kindergarteners, but I have used them with students as high as …