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, Reading
I enjoy sharing my stories and experiences with you, but if you don’t want to read the backstory behind using the Alphatales books in my classroom, you can jump down to the book details here: AlphaTales BooksPhonics Tales BooksSight Word Tales Books When I found...
by Creation Castle | Language Arts, Reading
A simple, engaging way to incorporate rhyming into your daily lessons is through read alouds. Captivating trade books can pull in even your most reluctant learners! Countless books include rhyming as part of the book’s cadence. Check out a few of these rhyming books –...
