It’s the thirty-second day of school. Over half my kinders are ‘Top Bananas,’ I’ve introduced and we’ve reviewed over half the letters of the alphabet, they are showing signs of segmenting and blending, they totally ‘get’ patterns, and I’m feeling like it’s time to introduce word families. Since you all have had so many questions about this part of my classroom routine, I thought I’d show you a bit more about how I introduce, differentiate and maintain this part of my ELA instruction. I’m ... VIEW POST
Ingredients For Successful Word Family Instruction
Back To School With Guess Who? Jeannie from Kindergarten Lifestyle!
We're off to a FABULOUS start. Thanks to everyone who stopped by yesterday and left some kind words for my pal Leanne. I know you're gonna love my guest blogger today just as much. She's one of my favorite blogging friends! I just think the world of her. She's not just a great teacher, she's one of the nicest people I know! Please welcome Jeannie.Hello all!! My name is Jeannie Partin and I am the author of Kindergarten Lifestyle! This is my first ... VIEW POST
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), help readers look for patterns when decoding. When your students recognize those patterns, they can more easily sound out words they don't readily know. It is always amazing to watch when a light suddenly turns on ... VIEW POST
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 the coming months. They are recognizing chunks and referring to the word family wall regularly, and I can really see how confident they have become. Needless to say, we love word family work. I've had quite a ... VIEW POST
Short ‘A’ Word Family Word Work Galore Bundle-Differentiated/Aligned
Short ‘a’ 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 six short ‘a’ families included in Short “a’ Word Families Galore. THIS UNIT IS HUGE-193 PAGES LONG. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE ... VIEW POST
Super Simple “Edit It” Sight Word Activities
Everyone loves sight word activities that they can edit so they can use their own individual lists, right? I mean, my list and your list may not be the same. And the same goes for students . . . Suzy and Bobby may be on totally different lists, so why would we expect them to be using activities with the same words? But editing activities can also be a big ol' pain. Re-entering each word on every page of every activity in a packet is time-consuming and frustrating . . . and just not fun! ... VIEW POST
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