Phonemic Awareness FREEBIE!

Hi friends!

We have been working HARD on listening to the beginning sounds of picture cards and discriminating between sounds that are the same and sounds that are different lately. Some of my students are SO good at this and others still struggle. It takes a lot of practice!

We usually warm up with this activity at teacher table using the picture cards that are provided with our Treasures curriculum. I have been trying to figure out a way to put this into a station without getting all my cards mixed up so I came up with this little freebie!

 I usually will say the words as we point to them and say "which one does not sound the same?"
{for example... "fish, foot, taco"} and my students will point and say the word that does not belong. I made these little task cards so that my students can practice more independently and self-check with a partner!

Click HERE to snag up the freebie!! I hope you can use these in your class!

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Guided Reading: Phonics

So, I posted on my Facebook page the other day asking what your favorite part of guided reading is- I had SO many people say that it's the "aha" moment and seeing our kiddos go from struggling to excelling. {isn't that why we all got into teaching in the first place?! Can I get an "amen!"} Well..that absolutely is my favorite part, too- seeing the progress over a period of time is AMAZING! 

I've been thinking a lot this summer about how I can improve my guided reading block and I have been working really hard on this Guided Reading: Step by Step Phonics pack. I have included the phonics steps that we K teachers will touch over the year in guided reading!

This packet is discounted through the weekend ONLY! Snag your copy up before it goes up to $18 for the rest of the school year. Click HERE to check it out!

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