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Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template (Part 4): Blending Words

Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template (Part 4): Blending Words

by Jan and Kari | Sep 29, 2022 | Phonics

This week, we help students develop trust. Trust?! YES, trust! Students will take the skills they’ve learned in the first two components of our Explicit Phonics Lesson Template and put them together in one orchestrated action. The Blending section of The Template...
Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template (Part 3): Explicit Skills Practice

Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template (Part 3): Explicit Skills Practice

by Jan and Kari | Sep 23, 2022 | Phonics

Last week we warmed up our phonological processors during the Phonemic Awareness Warm-up component of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Template,  (If you missed that post you can find it here.)Now that your students are all warmed up, you are ready to roll up your sleeves...
Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template (Part 2): The Phonemic Awareness Warm-up

Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template (Part 2): The Phonemic Awareness Warm-up

by Jan and Kari | Sep 15, 2022 | Phonics

Let’s get reeeeaaadyy for a warm-up! No, not that kind of warm-up! The phonemic awareness warm-up portion of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Template won’t have you breaking a sweat, but it WILL support your students while they exercise their phonological processors! Last...
Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template Part 1: An Introduction

Using Our Flexible Phonics Lesson Template Part 1: An Introduction

by Jan and Kari | Sep 13, 2022 | Phonics

The start of the 2022-2023 school year is here! One wonderful thing about being an educator is the gift of fresh beginnings that a new school year brings! If only we could bottle the special mix of emotions that accompanies the back-to-school season–excitement,...

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