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I have been teaching for more years than i can remember, and a lot of those years were teaching students who were learning English as a foreign language or second language students. From primary to adults there always seems to be an issue with how to introduce yourself in English. The correct way to introduce…
Phonics, although by any means, not a new concept, has moved from being a buzz word to a mainstay of kindergarten, primary and ESL classrooms all over the world. With the increased focus on phonics and decoding skills there has also been an increase in testing. (isn’t there always!) With that nonsense words have made…
Children are not born with manners, they are taught and learned both by formally teaching and by children observing the actions of the important adults in their lives. What is the best way to teach manners to toddlers? Well the good news is its never to early, and never too late to start to both…
Here we have a set of grade 1 to 3 Halloween Worksheets to use and download. There are others on the site to check out as well. We have a description of the worksheets below as well as the links to download. The Link and images are below 🙂 Have a Special and spooky day!…
The longer you are in teaching the faster the years seem to go by. When i was teaching in Hong Kong we always used to say aim for december. It was four long months without a fall break ( or Half term if you are from the UK) Those months were broken up by Halloween….
Decodable readers utilize phonetic words, usually in book sets of increasing difficulty. They are often accompanied by child friendly pictures to assist with comprehension and understanding of the text. Reading requires many different skills of which decoding phonetic words, although important, is only one.
CVC word lists help to quickly and effectively introduce students to simple, manageable chunks of text. They allow students to practice blending sounds and word construction, developing both reading and phonetic skills
We have are a lot of cool and fun tornado facts on how tornadoes are formed, where you can see tornadoes, how big tornadoes are, why tornadoes are more common in some places and much much more.
Sight words, Dolph Words and High-frequency words are some of the most common words that children and students will encounter in their reading materials. Although Flashcards, songs and games all help, are a sure fire way to grab attention in classrooms and homes in to use some of the excellent and free online sight word games that are available.
he “Bossy R”, or R controlled vowel rule describes the way the letter r can influence pronunciation. Bossy R states that vowel syllables with an R at the end will change their vowel sound. Examples include car, sister, fork, which do not have a long or short vowel sound but have an entirely new phonetic sound.
