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Differentiated Word Study Made Easy

by Emily

When Heidi and I were both teaching 2nd grade, we had a dream. We had a dream of THE IDEAL WORD STUDY PROGRAM. We both feel like we had some really solid practices in place for teaching phonics and spelling. But we had complaints about our cobbled together word study program: It never quite seemed…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, Word Play Phonics, words their way

Dollar Store Word Work Activities

by Emily

Do you do Daily 5? It was a total game changer for my daily schedule! You can read more about how I manage Daily 5 here. My students have a few tasks to do every day for the Word Work station of Daily 5.  First, they do their word sort.  Second, they practice their sight…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, Daily 5, words their way

Christmas Consonant Blends

by Emily

We’re back again with some adorable Christmas literacy centers. This time we’re tackling consonant blends : s blends, l blends, and r blends. These centers are a fun and seasonal compliment to our phonics program. Word Play Phonics for 1st and 2nd grade is a differentiated word study program that incorporates weekly word sorting, chunk spelling, phonics…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, christmas, freebies, Word Play Phonics, words their way

1 Easy Trick to Simplify Word Sorting

by Emily

Aren’t we all looking for a way to simplify the management of 25+ students and all their little word sort cards each week? A reader told us this tip a few years ago and we couldn’t believe how simple and easy it was. It’s a CRAYON. Here’s what you do… Buy a big box of…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Grade, Daily 5, Phonics, Word Play Phonics, words their way

Words Their Way : The Ultimate How To Guide

by Emily

Around here we are big fans of Words Their Way, an assessment-based, differentiated, leveled approach to spelling and word work. Here’s a little background on our experience with the Words Their Way program: It’s encouraged, not required in our district. Teachers can implement the program however they see fit. Heidi has taken some trainings but…

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, 2nd grade, 3rd Grade, Daily 5, words their way

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We are Heidi and Emily. Sisters. Heidi & Emily are both former 2nd grade teachers and current preschool teachers with a combined 17 years experience.

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