by Resource Ranch | Reading, Language Arts
We can all agree that teaching children to read is an important part of early elementary education, but how we should go about preparing students to become readers is often a topic of debate among teachers. I believe the best approach is to provide students with...
by Resource Ranch | Reading, Language Arts
A word family is a group of words that contain a similar pattern. As you look through these word families lists, you’ll notice that each list uses the same rime, such as -ain, -ing, or -ock. These word families lists are helpful in creating your own phonics and...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts, Reading
One of my favorite ways to work on a skill in the classroom is through trade books! Sometimes this seems like an obvious thing to do. If you are learning about butterflies you may pull out The Very Hungry Caterpillar or if you are talking about Thanksgiving, you might...
by Resource Ranch | Language Arts
Learning to read can be an exciting time for kindergarten and first grade students. To see their beaming smile as they reach the end of a sentence or page can be pretty exciting for their parent or teacher too. However, for some children, the experience is one of...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts
Chances are if you are a kindergarten or first grade teacher you will spend a lot of time working with CVC words. To keep things interesting for your students as they are practicing this skill, you’ll want to vary your instruction. Below, I’ve given you five...
by Resource Ranch | Language Arts
As your students begin to learn how to read, one aspect of phonics that is particularly helpful for beginning readers to learn is the concept of CVC words. CVC stands for consonant, vowel, consonant and refers to one-syllable, three-letter words that follow this...
