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Short U Word Family Flip Books

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

word family flip books - short u words

Today I'm excited to share my last flip books for word families. This set focuses on short u sounds. So many teachers and parents have been using them! I know many have been patiently waiting for me to complete all the short vowel words, so thank you for waiting! There are 12 booklets in this set. Some of the word families have fewer words. These are the word families for the short u word families: ub - club, sub, cub, rub, tub ud - mud, bud ug - hug, jug, mug, rug, bug … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beginning Readers, Phonics, Reading Tagged With: flip books, phonics, short u

Short O Word Family Flip Books

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

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Short O Word Family Flip Books are here!! I'm excited to share these with you today! It makes me so happy to hear that so many of you are loving these flip books! You can practice these words at school, and then send them home with the child to practice at home. There are 6 booklets in this set. These are the word families for the short e word families: ot – hot, pot, tot, cot, dot ob – cob, job, rob, sob, Bob op – cop, hop, mop, pop, top og – dog, hog, dog, log, frog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beginning Readers, Phonics, Printables, Reading Tagged With: flip books, phonics, short o

Short I Word Family Flip Books

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

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Are you excited for a new word family flip book?! Today I'm sharing flip books for short i words! These flip books are a great way to practice reading and to review word families. There are 9 booklets in this set. These are the word families for the short e word families: it – lit, pit, kit, fit, hit id – lid, hid, kid, slid, rid in – pin, fin, win, tin, bin ig – wig, pig, dig, big, fig ick – sick, kick, click, lick, brick ill – pill, grill, drill, spill, hill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beginning Readers, Phonics, Reading Tagged With: flip books, short i, word families

Short E Word Family Flip Books

by Angela Thayer 5 Comments

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If you are teaching short e word families, you'll have to check out these free word family flip books! These flip books are a great way to practice reading and to review word families. There are 8 booklets in this set. These are the word families for the short e word families: et - net, vet, pet, wet, jet ed - red, fed, sled, bed, wed en - pen, hen, ten, den, men eg - beg, peg, leg, keg eck - check, deck, neck, peck, wreck est - test, chest, vest, rest, nest ell … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beginning Readers, Phonics, Reading Tagged With: flip books, short e, word families

Short A Word Family Flip Books

by Angela Thayer 9 Comments

word family flip books - short a words

Are you teaching word families? If so, you'll want to check out these Short A Family Flip Books! Not only are these cute, but they are also a great way to help kids practice reading! Kids can create them in the classroom and then bring them home to read to parents or caregivers. I'm excited to offer these flip books FREE to you! Short A Family Flip Books All you need for these flip books are the following: paper scissors crayons or colored pencils stapler Begin by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beginning Readers, Phonics, Reading Tagged With: flip books, short a, word families

Why is Phonological Awareness so Important?

by Anne Wahlgren 9 Comments

Why is Phonological Awareness so Important?

In the last few years, it’s become really clear that phonological awareness skills are important for reading success. But if you’re anything like me, you didn’t learn about it in your teacher preparation classes. The importance of phonological awareness really hit home for me in the fall when my daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia. She could read okay, but she could not spell simple words like “fix” as a 2nd grader. When the neuropsychologist presented the results, we found my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Early Literacy, Reading, Tips for Teachers Tagged With: phonological awareness

Free Summer Reading Charts

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

summer reading chart for kids

Summer is almost here! We can't wait for a more relaxed schedule and for all the adventures we'll have. During the summer, it's so important for kids to keep reading! We're planning to read at least 30 minutes a day. This will help my kids stay on track with learning. Sometimes kids need a little bit of motivation to read in the summer. I've found that having a fun reading chart helps with this! Today I'm sharing two free summer reading charts. One is for younger kids and the other is for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading, Summer Activities Tagged With: reading, reading chart, summer activities, summer reading challenge

100 Picture Books to Read This Summer

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

Every summer I give the kids the challenge to read 100 picture books. The boys are so excited about this and love to mark off the books they read on our chart. Sometimes we need some new ideas for books, so today I thought I'd share 100 of my favorite picture books for summer! I've personally read through all these books and can recommend all of them! Hopefully you can get some new ideas for reading! This list contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. These books are great … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading, Summer Activities Tagged With: book list, summer reading

Can You Read 100 Books? Summer Reading Challenge!

by Angela Thayer 15 Comments

Summer is just about here! While we take a break from our school routine here, we do a lot of reading! I wanted to create a fun way to challenge my little ones to read, so I came up with the challenge to read 100 books together this summer. I also created a chart to track the books we read. On this chart, there are 100 colored circles. After we read a book together, we will either put a sticker on the circle, mark it with an 'X', or stamp it with a Do-a-Dot marker. I also created a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Printables, Reading, Summer Activities Tagged With: summer reading challenge

25 Dr. Seuss Activities

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Dr. Seuss Activities

Dr. Seuss Day is coming up on March 2nd! This day is also known as Read Across America Day. When I was teaching 4th grade, this was a super fun day! We got dressed up, did lots of fun reading activities, and spent a portion of our day just reading. I remember it so well and the students always had a blast. Today I'm sharing with you 25 really awesome Dr. Seuss Activities! These are so much fun to do with little ones! This post contains affiliate links. Ten Apples Up On Top Counting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preschool, Reading Tagged With: dr. seuss

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