Teaching Phonological Awareness Skills – Why Is Teaching Syllables Important and 7 Ways to Practice With Your Students

When readers understand how to break up a word in syllables, it makes it easier to read unknown words. When readers can read or “sound out” chunks , those chunks are easier to remember in our short term memory rather than remembering all the single phonemes in a word. Dividing words into chunks and blending the chunks together, speeds up the process of decoding which creates more fluent readers.

Kindergarten Is A Zoo !

I have had so much fun decorating my classroom as a zoo and changing our dramatic play area each week that we study a new habitat. My students loved fishing, bird watching, and milking a cow on the farm. Here are some pictures so you can “see” what we have been up to !!