After attending Wiley Blevins’s Two-Part Phonics Masterclass: 10 Common Causes of Phonics Instruction Failure and How to Avoid Them, I’m rip-roaring and ready to go in terms...
If I wasn’t already a believer in the importance of strong phonics instruction, I certainly am now. After attending two sessions with renowned phonics expert, Wiley Blevins,...
As I prepare my students for their semester exam that will include 80-100 vocabulary words, I feel the need to insert little vocabulary activities to help my students...
Opening day for Major League Baseball was March 28th. This is the perfect time of year to play the Vocabulary Baseball Game! This vocabulary game is guaranteed to be a home...
National Tell a Story Day is celebrated on April 27th. This is a day for people to get together to tell all kinds of different stories. These stories can be about anything –...
Hey there, educators, administrators, and all-around ELA lovers! I’m Emily, the newest contributing member of the Sadlier ELA Blog crew. I’m so excited to have the...
Based upon the popular game, Apples to Apples™ from Mattel®[1], my version, Oranges to Oranges Vocabulary Game, puts a twist on the game using your weekly vocabulary words....
That sense of independence and belief in one's ability to comprehend a text independently often leads to students challenging themselves and taking more risks. By providing...
So often, teachers tell students to figure out what a word means based on its word parts or on surrounding context clues, but rarely know how to elaborate on that idea and...
The Relay with Words Vocabulary Game gets students moving and provides vocabulary instruction indirectly through play! This interactive vocabulary game encourages students to
In this article, you'll explore the benefits and rationale for teaching and reviewing vocabulary strategies as part of high-stakes test preparation! Specialists,...
Make vocabulary practice fun for students with the Rap Your Words activity. In this article, I share how I get students to write and record rap lyrics using vocabulary words.