2nd grade spelling

by Tes connect

Bossy r anchor chart

Great visual for teaching proper usage.

Ghost Letter Digraphs Anchor Chart (photo only- no link)

My Kindergarten class (in our co-op) has been working hard on learning the letter sounds and now we have moved on to learning some digraphs. I found a cute idea on Pinterest about the H Brothers, so I ran with it, modified it, and created my own materials. I had a lot of fun putting [Read On]

Vowel Teams and Diphthongs Anchor Chart

It’s always so much fun listening and watching our young readers figure out those “longer” words. Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllabe words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words. So, really, what is a syllable? Simply put, a syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a […]

Low Prep Fun Sight Word Activities- Roll A Sight Word!

It has been requested that I create a post about how I organize my Level 1 Orton Gillingham notebook. The structure and order of my notebook is important as it dictates the proficiency of my lesson de

Are Students Missing Strong Reading Foundations? Phonological, and phonemic awareness skills are the foundations for competent readers. If students are memorizing text, reading without fluency, reading words incorrectly, it might be a sign that they are missing some foundations. These missing foundations are often present in the phonological awareness continuum. Many times, our assessments target […]

phonics no prep printables CVC, CVC3, CVCC, Beginning Blends, Digraphs, R-controlled words, Vowel Teams (diphthongs)

I recently posted some photos on Instagram of Orton Gillingham Phonics activities that I’ve been doing with my students. As a classroom teacher we’ve always used word families and reviewed vowel sounds in a million different ways, but as the reading specialist I’ve learned while our previous way works for probably 85% of our ... Read more

I love these spelling games because they're for one player! Just print and give your child a die for some short vowel spelling practice.

Listed are 3 reasons I don't give a Friday spelling test in my home and 8 things I do instead to ensure my kids can spell well.