06Dec
digraph sounds – ch sh th
Digraph sh, ch, and th sounds appear often when reading books. We often come across words like ship, thumb, shell, chess, chump, chick, bath, mash, munch, moth, thin, etc. Today,
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27Oct
Reading comprehension PDF – The Solar System
In this post, I will be sharing a PDF file consisting of 9 reading comprehension passages for practice. The topic is The Solar System. I have covered planets and the
01Oct
reading passages with consonant blends
Consonant blends are a combination of two or more consonants with no vowels between them. The sound of all the consonants may be heard in each consonant blend. I will
28Sep
nd ng nk nt words booklets
We often come across words like ring, sting, link, sunk, bent, spent, vend, land, etc. All of these words end with n blends. Ending blends and digraphs ‘ng nk nt
27Sep
qu words for kids
Phonics sound qu is quite an interesting sound. q has no sound of its own. It needs u to make the /kw/ sound. So, q gets married to u. That
21Sep
dictation sentences for class 1 – r-blends
Dictation is an important activity that I regularly undertake as it helps me assess how well children are doing. Dictation helps master language arts skills such as writing, reading, speaking,
20Sep
reading comprehension – vegetables
Today, I am sharing one of my favorite reading comprehension Pack for practice. This Pack consists of 8 passages. The vegetables covered are: potato peas onion broccoli bell peppers carrot
19Sep
homophones examples with pictures
Pairs such as ‘night knight’ ‘ant aunt’ ‘ate eight’ ‘wait weight’ ‘sale sail’ ‘pair pear’ ‘been bean’ ‘peace piece’ ‘blue blew’ sound the same but have different spellings and different
18Sep
phonics reading passages – ff ll ss zz ck
In this post, I will be sharing reading passages focusing on phonics sounds ff ll ss zz, and ck. Words ending in ff ll ss zz are called ‘Floss rule
17Sep
Free Phonics decodable reading books
I just finished creating these free phonics decodable reading books and I am extremely happy with the outcome. These have turned out really cute and what I love is that
