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  • 120 Minute Literacy Block Schedule

    120 Minute Literacy Block Schedule

    The sample 120 minute literacy block schedule below is designed to help teachers, literacy coaches, and school leaders plan for effective literacy block time management. The two literacy block schedules below are for Grades 2-3 and Grades 4-5. If you’d like to see a full set of literacy block schedules, you can learn about them…

  • What Are Word Study Warm-Ups?

    What Are Word Study Warm-Ups?

    Here’s a quick overview of the activities in the free word study warm-ups…The word study warm-ups are no-prep, interactive videos. This means you press play for the class to watch, the video begins, and the video prompts students to participate. You walk the classroom to monitor students, support struggling students, and then check the work…

  • Guided Reading Resources

    Guided Reading Resources

    Without the right guided reading resources, it can be a headache. Heck, even with the right guided reading resources it can be overwhelming! But it doesn’t have to be. It can be simple, easy to plan for, and effective to execute. That’s why we’re excited to share these guided reading resources with you! The video…

  • 8 Strategies for Teaching Context Clues

    8 Strategies for Teaching Context Clues

    8 Strategies for Teaching Context Clues! Sign Up Login You might have seen the first two strategies for teaching context clues in this post, or you might have read how to teach context clues here. Today, I’d like to give you 8 Strategies for Teaching Context Clues – strategies that you can use this week with…

  • Free Reading Comprehension Strategy Pack

    Free Reading Comprehension Strategy Pack

    UPDATE 1/8/2019: Here is our newly updated reading comprehension strategy pack for 2019. This reading comprehension strategy pack is our short set of instructional strategies that build reading comprehension strategies. It’s recently updated from the comprehension strategies that we sent in January 2018. This pack (downloadable PDF is at the end of this post) includes…

  • Short Vowel Spelling Assessment [Level 1]

    BETA VERSION: We are beta testing student assessments. Feel free to use and provide feedback in the commnets below or via email. Thanks and happy learning! This short vowel spelling assessment allows students to identify correctly spelled words with short vowels.  Students can earn up to 20 points and the quiz follows the unidimensional best practice. The…

  • Words Sorts: Double Consonant

    Words Sorts: Double Consonant

    Students in 3rd- and 4th-grades should fluent spell words with double consonants. They should learn that double consonants create short vowel sounds. In this post you will find word sorts that distinguish double consonants (short vowel) from single consonants (long vowel).Word Sorts with Double ConsonantsStudents can practice sorting words based on the double consonant pattern. Short…

  • Word Sorts for Two-Letter Blends

    Word Sorts for Two-Letter Blends

    Words sorts can help students build stronger spelling skills. These spelling activities can be used in class, in learning stations, or for homework. They are easy for students to complete without help, and they reinforce knowledge of spelling patterns. In this post, there are two types of word sorts: Words with initial blends Blends in…

  • Word Sorts for Short Vowels

    Word Sorts for Short Vowels

    Word sorts are an excellent way to deepen spelling skills. They are embedded in our word fluency units and the spelling warm-ups. Some students will need additional practice to master spelling patterns, and word sorts are a perfect way to help! This post has two types of short vowel word sorts: Basic Short Vowel Word…

  • [NEWS] Spelling 1 Warm-Ups are Published!

    We’re happy to announce our newest free word study warm-ups! The first spelling unit is complete. In this unit, your students will: Sort words based on orthographic patterns.Receive direct instruction/review on consonant digraphs, blends, and short vowels. Physically participate in identifying phonemes and graphemes.Build spelling fluency. The new spelling 1 unit is designed for on-level…

  • Word Study Launch: A Huge Thank You!

    Word Study Launch: A Huge Thank You!

    A Huge Thank You for a Successful Word Study Launch! You are the reason we are providing free word study warm-ups! And thank you for signing up. We’ve had more signups than expected since the word study launch on August 1st! If you still have questions about the free Word Study Warm-Ups, this is the right place…