Teaching Tips
Teaching Tip for August 2010
What a great idea - a New (School) Year's Resolution. Although some of the ideas are more towards high-school, there are some good ideas here,...
Teaching Tip for July 2010
Sorry this month's tip is a little late getting posted - I snuck away to Mexico for 11 days with a couple...
Teaching Tip for June 2010
Had a customer ask me recently about whether I was planning to add a 'wh' card to the Phonics Sound Cards...
Teaching Tip for More Drill and Practice Ideas
Another great drill and practice activity is to dictate consonant-vowel-consonant words for children to spell. I like to do this using...
Teaching Tip for April 2010
This is a great time of the year to bring out the games for drill and practice. One of my favorites...
Teaching Tip for Oct, Nov, Dec '09
Our tip this term focuses on phonological awareness (PA) skills. Research shows that children with strong PA skills, especially rhyming, tend...
Teaching Tip for July, Aug, Sept '09
Many of you are already looking at preparations for the upcoming year. I thought this would be a good time to...
Teaching Tip for July, Aug, Sept '09
Many of you are already looking at preparations for the upcoming year. I thought this would be a good time to...
Teaching Tip for April, May, June '09
I often get asked how long I recommend spending on each letter. There isn’t a definitive answer to this – your...
Teaching Tip for Oct, Nov, Dec '08
I often get asked how long I recommend spending on each letter. There isn’t a definitive answer to this – your...
Teaching Tip for July '08
I know I have mentioned this topic in previous tips, but thought, as a new school year approaches for most, it...
Teaching Tip for April, May, June '08
At my presentations, I often give attendees a homework assignment - go back and look through your alphabet books and analyze...
Teaching Tip for January, February, March '08
The Correct Sound for /r/The sound for the letter 'r' is probably one of the trickiest to enunciate, but it is...
Teaching Tip for Oct, Nov, Dec '07
Check your alphabet books!! Many of the alphabet books out there are beautiful picture books but poor phonics books. Here are...
Teaching Tip for July, August, September '07
Even though most of us are enjoying a well earned summer break, many teachers are already giving thought to the new...
Teaching Tip for April, May '07
As the year end approaches, it is time to start thinking about assessments. Be sure you have assessed your students for...
Teaching Tip for January, February, March '07
We are going to continue discussing some of the position-in-space words that can cause confusion for children when printing. This session...
Teaching Tip for October, November, December '06
We have been working on letter formations with our Grade 1 and 2 students this month and I have noticed many...
Teaching Tip for June, July, August '06
My apologies for those of you looking for the April/May/June tip. I did one up but must not have saved it....
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