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Here you will find 1000’s of free CVC worksheets, games and activities for teaching CVC words and sound blending. Teaching CVC skills and segmenting words is an important phonetic skill accords the year groups from kindergarten, second language students and ESL students all the way to first grade and primary students
When you’re writing, it can be sometimes tricky to remember the rules surrounding the many compound words that exist within English. Compound words are single expressions that are made up of more than one word. They are broadly categorized into three categories: open, closed, and hyphenated compound words. The phrase “high school” is typically written…
The word “beat” has several different definitions, the most commonly used of which are either to hit something violently, or to defeat someone in a contest or conflict. Besides these, it can also be used in a more abstract sense to refer to whipping eggs, or the action of the heart as it pumps blood…
When it comes to teaching language fundamentals, it can easily become quite overwhelming even for the most experienced teachers. There is so much content to cover and a timeframe that just seems to shrink faster than you can keep up with. So, what can we do about this? Certain important language teaching such as the…
English Past tenses need a little practice and learning especially when factoring in Irregular Verbs along side the more common regular verbs in the English language. We have a large number of verb pages that will help show you the difference formats ( conjugations) of English irregular verbs and the more tricky regular verbs. –…
English Past tenses can be both tricky and confusing especially when factoring in Irregular Verbs with their more common regular verbs in the language. We have collated a series of pages that will help show you the difference formats ( conjugations) of English irregular verbs. – Those that don’t follow the “rules” there are quite…
If you’ve ever used “high-frequency words” and “Dolch words” interchangeably, then you may be sad to hear that you’ve been using them incorrectly all this time. While there is a certain amount of crossover, they are two distinct and separate ideas. We’ll do our best to explain that difference in today’s post. Dolch words are…
The subject of thsi article is something that not only teachers, tutors and other fellow educators will appreciate, but also parents and caregivers. Understanding the difference between “need” and “want” is important from a linguistic perspective, of course, but also something that kids should master on an emotional level at some point in their lives,…
Has a student ever asked you before about the letter combination “qu” and specifically how to identify it? If so, what was your first gut reaction to the question? Was it to say that “qu” is a blend? Or did you immediately gravitate towards digraph? Qu can be both a digraph and a blend in…
Whether you are teaching a class of students or you are just looking to brush up on your own knowledge, you may have questions about what are quantifiers in English. It’s important to understand that the use of these words is very important in our everyday lives and it’s important to know how to use…
Present Perfect tense, as well as many tenses after simple past / present can be tricky for all students. Native students may well be able to use it in natural conversation, but may struggle when asked to explain why the present perfect tense works the way it does. For this reason present perfect is often…
