Phonics for upper elementary

Grab a copy of our FREE Upper Grade Phonics Assessment {for grades 3-5} with 15 different phonics skills you can use to assess your learners.

Struggling with how to address phonics gaps in your 4th or 5th graders? This blog post shares strategies to reteach and review phonics skills.

Every year I have a couple students who need extra work on phonics. These phonics activities are geared especially towards the "big kids".

This post shares how I teach word study and spelling words in my 5th grade classroom. This word study "program" works well in upper elementary grades.

Help to teach reading to struggling readers with these hands-on activities that can be used at home, school, or for tutorials. Teaching phonics is not only important in younger grades but also a skill that your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students need. Help bridge the gap with older students by teaching or re-teaching phonics. This phonics activities for kids product can provide reading help for kids that are learning to read or need extra support.

Help 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students practice decoding multisyllabic words with these 9 engaging activity ideas. These ideas make lesson planning and teaching multisyllabic word strategies to upper elementary students easier. Word sorts, word walls, syllable ladders, and more decoding multisyllabic words activity ideas.

Unique, alternative approaches to RETEACHING reading and spelling. Phonics Activities for Upper Elementary Students. Decoding Strategies that support struggling readers in grades 3-5 and Special Education. Decoding Short Vowels.Decoding Long Vowels. Decoding R-Controlled and Diphthongs. Decoding Multisyllabic Words. Decoding Prefixes. Decoding Suffixes. #DistanceLearning #HybridLearning #3rdGradeReading #FourthGradeReading #SpecialEducationReading #ReadingIntervention

Science of reading activities can be so helpful for students of all ages. Reading is an essential skill to have in order to succeed in school and life. It’s not just about being able to read the words, it’s about understanding what you are reading and connecting those ideas with what you already know.

I am linking up with Schroeder Shenanigans in 2nd and Lucky Little Learners for this month's #2getherwearebetter. Today we are talking all things bulletin boards. Now, if keeping bulletin boards fresh and exciting doesn't come easy to you - don't worry - you are not alone! I am not a fan of constantly changing my bulletin boards, but, I don't want to keep the same thing up all year long either. So, here are a few of my tips for making life easier on you when it comes to bulleting boards…

Fluency is such an important tool for readers as they move ahead to reading more challenging texts. Being able to read fluently, aloud or silently in your head, is a skill that students must be able to master as good readers. So why is fluency so important? Reading fluently is the ability to read a given text accurately, quickly, and with expression. When this happens students not only comprehend what they are reading, but also better grasp character feelings and understand the mood and tone…