Phonics bulletin board

Decoding sight words with Secret Stories® phonics helps support orthographic mapping in the brain for science of reading-based instruction.

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Are you ready to spruce up your classroom bulletin boards with custom letters? Head over to the Polka Dots Please website to grab the FREE Letter templates you can use to make your own bulletin board, hallway display or classroom display letters. Find out how you can quickly and easily create customized bulletin boards with this free alphabet template. The perfect classroom decor resource that you will use again and again.

Have you ever wondered about the difference between a Word Wall and a Sound Wall in the elementary classroom. This blog post dives into the details on both. Find out what each is and how you can use both of these tools to help your students. Both a word wall and sound wall can help your students improve their phonics skills and reading abilities. A word wall can also help improve vocabulary, spelling and writing. Head over and read this blog post for all of the details.

Hi friends! There has been a LOT of buzz about switching from word walls to sound walls this year. I am so happy to be hearing all of the buzz and seeing teachers diving into learning a "new" way of teaching reading. I say "new" because the research has been around for years!! Finally, the switch is happening. Let's talk about what a sound wall is and the benefits of a sound wall versus a word wall. Sound Wall vs. Word WallTo be 100% honest, I never had a word wall in my classroom. Since I…

Learn how incorporating a sound wall into your classroom and phonics instruction directly impacts the success of your little readers...

Displaying words by putting dots under each individual sound helps a child to blend the word easily and read.