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Should I be teaching Syllable Types?

Should I be teaching Syllable Types?

February 28, 2021

Syllable Types. What are they? How do I teach them? The most important thing is to know why teaching syllable types matters. In other words, why should I spend time teaching this skill? Here’s your answer: a child will remember word patterns and his decoding skills will improve once he can successfully break words into syllable types. What does this… Read More

Filed Under: Boom Cards, Digital Resources, Elementary Education, Language Arts Tagged With: 1st grade, 2nd grade, Boom Cards, digital task cards, multi syllable words, phonics games, reading skills, Syllable Division, syllable types, teaching syllable types

Boom Cards Digital Resources are Easy to Master

Boom Cards Digital Resources are Easy to Master

June 27, 2019

You may have already jumped on the digital resources bandwagon and used Google Classroom? Maybe you’ve also heard of a digital resource called Boom Cards?  Well, Boom Cards are digital task cards in an educational game format. Along with being no prep for teachers and self-checking, they are also FUN for students because they don’t realize they are learning. How… Read More

Filed Under: Boom Cards, Digital Resources, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Reading Tagged With: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, Boom Cards, Digital Resources, digital task cards, elementary, phonics games, reading skills

Tech Increases Student Engagement

Tech Increases Student Engagement

July 19, 2018

It is a fact. When learning is turned into a game format, students learn more. One of the reason is student engagement. Oddly enough, failure in the classroom is often seen as failure. Right? Still, many experts estimate that gamers spend up to 80% of their time failing…. yet they are only more eager to play the game again! My… Read More

Filed Under: Digital Resources, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Reading Tagged With: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, Boom Cards, digital task cards, elementary, phonics games, reading skills

Back to School List: Digital Boom Cards

Back to School List: Digital Boom Cards

June 29, 2018

Boom Cards™. Ever heard of them? Maybe you’ve heard of them and have no clue what all of the fuss is about. Well, let me tell you! They are the BEST, so read on and you will understand why. We’ve all heard of task cards and you may even use them in your classroom. Boom Cards™ are a no prep,… Read More

Filed Under: Digital Resources, Elementary Education Tagged With: 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, Boom Cards, phonics games, reading skills

Use Word Study to Teach Reading

Use Word Study to Teach Reading

March 22, 2018

Okay, full disclosure, I’m kind of a word geek. Not the kind of geek that knows every definition of rarely heard words. I’m a word study geek. First of all, I love spelling generalizations! I’m not referring to spelling “RULES”. You and I both know that many English rules are bound to be broken as soon as you learn the… Read More

Filed Under: Digital Resources, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Reading Tagged With: 2nd grade, 3rd grade, phonics games, reading skills

1 Easy Way To Rock Phonics and Reading Skills

1 Easy Way To Rock Phonics and Reading Skills

February 17, 2018

[social_warfare]As a teacher, you already know that the primary focus of phonics instruction is to help readers understand how letters are linked to sounds (called phonemes). Pretty easy on a basic level, right? We need to build strong phonics skills in order to create strong reading skills.   As a reading specialist, what I often see with striving readers is… Read More

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