Category: Reading
The majority of adverbs do end in ”ly” but it is not a set rule. There is more to consider than just the ending spellings of words to determine what meaning to apportion to them
Category: ESL, Phonics, Reading, Teaching, Teaching English, TEFLTags: 1st grade, Education, English, esl, grammar, kindergarten, primary, reading, Reading Skills
Many readers begin to read with support around age five or six (grade 1 and grade 2). With a few years of practice, children will begin reading to themselves.
Handwriting can be practiced by tracing letters; however, tracing mazes and shapes are better suited to practice handwriting
Category: ESL, Phonics, Reading, Teaching, Teaching English, TEFLTags: cursive writing, handwriting, tefl, wriitng, writing ksills, writing skills
Bedtime stories are an underutilized way of improving a child’s reading comprehension, higher order thinking and meta cognition skills. Developing a series of simple questions will enable them to practice and develop reading skills including empathy, comparison, summarizing, and prediction skills at all ages.
Category: Reading, Teaching, Teaching EnglishTags: bedtime, comprehension, esl, kindergarten, parenting, Reading Skills, story, teaching english, tefl
Students struggling with homework is an increasing problem. Ever increasing demands on student’s time, and a shortening attention span globally are some root causes
Category: Questions Kids Ask, Reading, TeachingTags: classroom, first grade, highschool, homework, kindergarten, priamry, secondary, teacher, Teaching, tefl
Methods such as whole language instruction, balanced literacy, and Native Instruction are alternatives to phonics and work well for many children, including those with Dyslexia.
Category: ESL, Phonics, Reading, Teaching, Teaching English, TEFLTags: Education, English, kindergarten, phonics, preschool, sounds, Teaching, tefl, whole language
Metacognition and evaluating skills can be taught using many traditional classroom activities, mill drills, idea boards, Why, What, Where and time capsule activities are all relatively easily adapted to enable teachers to teach and practice meta cognition and evaluating skills with their students.
Making English lessons more enjoyable for students is beneficial on a number of levels. It can be achieved by introducing new and dynamic activities, considering their interests when planning
Category: Educational technology, Educational Technoology, ESL, Phonics, Reading, Teaching, Teaching English, TEFLTags: dance, edtech, english sngs, games, kindergarten, making lessons fun, music, phonics, pre reading, pre school, reading, Reading Skills, School, Students, teaching english, Technology
Posted on January 2, 2021
by Making English Fun!
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There is no magic age to begin teaching phonics, but you should begin fostering phonological awareness as early but at an appropriate time as possible.
Category: ESL, Phonics, Reading, Teaching, Teaching English, TEFLTags: kindergarten, phonics, pre reading, pre school, print, reading, Reading Skills, School, Students, teaching english
A kindergartner should be at a reading level between 1 and 6. Higher reading levels indicate that they’re near the top of the range,
Category: ESL, Phonics, Reading, Teaching, Teaching English, TEFLTags: dra, esl, kindergarten, learn to read, pre school, read, reading levels, Reading recovery, reading stratagies, teaching tefl, tefl