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Phonics Strategies and Ideas

October 13, 2019 by Whimsy Workshop Teaching 4 Comments

Phonics: Classroom Practice
Much of our phonics instruction comes from our daily practice. Most of the activities are embedded into PLAY. Apart from some direct full class and small group lessons (including guided reading lessons), most of our phonics practice takes place through game boards, sorting, word building and creative writing.
Here are some specific ways to find phonics practice happening in our classroom.

PHONICS BOARD GAMES

The easiest to prep, and a big class favorite through the whole year is phonics game boards.
I have [Read More…]

Number Bridge No-Prep Math Game – Bright Ideas October

October 18, 2015 by Whimsy Workshop Teaching Leave a Comment

Today I’m sharing one of my favorite no-prep ideas for math or spelling.
All you need is paper and crayons.
I call it Number Bridge.

This simple game can be adapted to any grade level, but here are the basic rules to play for my little ones.

That’s all there is to it!
This is great practice while making the number board themselves, and more practice creating the bridges. Each student will have a uniquely different board, and it’s a great tool for [Read More…]