by Creation Castle | Language Arts, Reading, Writing
The alphabetic principle is the fundamental concept that letters and combinations of letters represent sounds in spoken language. This principle is crucial for developing reading and writing skills, particularly for children learning to read. In this blog post, we...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts, Reading
The Science of Reading has gained a lot of popularity over the last few years. The tricky thing is there is no definition for the term. In the most non-specific terms, you will probably ever see in the realm of education, the science of reading refers to research that...
by Creation Castle | Reading, Language Arts
When you’re planning phonics instruction for your students, it is important to select words they will encounter regularly that are also decodable. One of the first steps in teaching students to read is working with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. These words...
by Creation Castle | Reading, Language Arts, New Teacher
If you went to college to become an elementary school teacher, you undoubtedly took a course or seven on reading instruction to learn about things like the alphabetic principle, phonics vs phonemic awareness, and more. Literacy Foundations, Phonological and...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts
In my quest to further my knowledge of phonics, one name kept showing up. Whether it was in teacher Facebook groups, reputable teacher websites, course lists, or simply in bookstores, the same name was everywhere. That name is Wiley Blevins. Wiley Blevins has been in...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts, Technology
Chances are you have used technology with your students in your classroom, but you may not have relied heavily on it. In today’s classroom with virtual learning, distance learning, and hybrid models, that likely isn’t the case anymore. A popular platform with many...
