Effective Reading Activities & Resources {K-3} Linky Party

Happy Friday, Café Friends!

I could get used to working only Monday and Friday with 3 snow days in between.

Everything's wonderful until I get back to school this morning and try to make up for the 3 days we were out! Just when I think I'm getting back into our daily groove, the fire drill sounds! Go figure.

TGIF is all I have to say!!

 

Mid-term reports just went home this week and we're in full-swing with getting these little first graders reading at and above grade level. With only 3 solid months of school left I've been trying to find various ways to help ensure my students are ready for second grade. {My heart just skipped a few beats and my anxiety level just rose a bit when I typed that---3 MONTHS!} Where has the year gone?!?!

If you're like me, you're constantly looking for new tools, tricks, and activities to help your kids during this "crunch time".

 

Join the party!

Feel free to link up to 5 EFFECTIVE READING ACTIVITIES, RESOURCES, or BLOG POSTS that you've used and found to be SUCCESSFUL with your K-3 students in helping them become better readers. Please be sure the links are suitable for K-3 students.

An InLinkz Link-up

 

 Thanks for stopping by the Crazy Critter Café! I hope you'll join the linky! {it ends 3/9/15}

Once the linky party is over, stop back by, check out the links, find some awesome resources for reading and get ready to finish out your school year with ease!

 



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Happy Thursday Friends!

 

Still no snow here in Eastern NC :(

 I hope all of you that did get snow are safe and sound.

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Have a super Thursday, and remember, the weekend is almost here!!!



 

Sentence Building with Short Vowel Words

Happy Fall Y'all!!

It's pumpkin spice and Little Debbie Pumpkin Delights time! {Those little cakes are my weakness.}

 

School is in full-swing now.

 Assess, assess, assess.

Teach and progress monitor.
Conference.

Assess some more.
Conference some more.

Anybody with me?

 

To help with some informal assessment I recently introduced my students to sentence building with short vowels using Sentence Solvers. This interactive activity allows students to read words related to the short vowel phonics skill, cut and unscramble the sentence {I remind my students that their sentences must make sense - just like when they're writing.}

 

Students, then, are asked to check their own work for neatness, spacing, capital letters, punctuation, and word reading fluency {if they could read the sentence fluently without needing to sound out words}.

Another alternative I've used is to pair students at tables to help check those skills. They love being the "teacher". They're to check their partner's skills and "teach" them if an area is unable to be checked at the bottom of the sheet.

 I love to walk around and hear them sharing ideas and helping one another! It certainly creates a positive atmosphere.

 

I've used Sentence Solvers for morning work, in literacy centers, and to review short vowels we've learned so far {especially helpful for students who are struggling with phonics skills}.

To check out Sentence Solvers ~ Short Vowels, click HERE:

 

 

 

 

 

You can also check out the Sentence Solvers Digraphs by clicking HERE:

 

View Sentence Solvers Bossy e {CVCe} HERE:

 

 

Save on Sentence Solvers when you purchase a BUNDLE!

 

Click HERE to check out the Sentence Solvers BUNDLE.

 

Thanks for stopping by the Crazy Critter Café!
 If you use Sentence Solvers in your class I'd love to hear how you use them!

Now it's time for a Mocha K-Cup and a warm, fuzzy blanket!
 

Phonics-Based Sentence Building

Hello July! Already?! I was sure I'd have tons of time this summer to catch up on blogging and share lots of the fun ideas I've been writing in my little notebook. Time is FLYING by!!

We just finished All-Stars ball this past weekend and, well, I guess my mind has been in beach mode this past week. Came home today to escape Hurricane Arthur. Friends on the east coast, stay safe!

I did finish my Sentence Solvers Short Vowel sentence-building pack on TPT. I'm so excited to start using these this year as I teach and review short vowels with the CVC pattern. My goal is to use these in the Word Work center after I introduce the format as a whole group. There are 3 pages for each skill, so I can introduce one whole group, use one in the small group setting, and have the other to use in a center.

These printable sheets are great for reinforcing short vowel skills {CVC} and sentence structure. Students can self-assess their work in capitalization, punctuation, spacing, handwriting, and reading fluency, to become "Super Sentence Solvers". 2 variations are included for differentiation. If you decide to use these in your class I'd love to hear how it's going!

Have a great summer!