How to Use Your Classroom Sound Wall
Jess2021-08-17T20:17:35+00:00So you have decided to have a sound wall in your classroom, know how it will be set up, possibly even know all the graphemes you will include on it.
How to Set Up A Sound Wall | Vowel Valley
Jess2021-07-18T17:26:03+00:00It’s now time to set up your classroom sound wall for the vowels. Congrats because putting up a vowel sound wall in your classroom is a bit simpler. Luckily, the
How to Set Up A Classroom Sound Wall | Part 2
Jess2021-07-12T11:39:05+00:00Congrats on deciding your classroom is ready for a classroom sound wall! Knowing how to set one up can be overwhelming and frustrating. Through this blog series, you will have
How To Set Up A Sound Wall | Part One
Jess2021-07-11T18:45:05+00:00Congrats on deciding your classroom is ready for a sound wall! (Clap, clap) Switching to or even adding in a sound wall is not about adding something else to your
Teaching Consonant Blends and Digraphs
Jess2021-05-25T11:03:30+00:00Consonant Blends and digraphs are something almost every lower elementary teacher teaches or reviews. Yet there is still SO many misconceptions about what is a blend and what is a
How To Use Word Ladders in Your Classroom
Jess2021-05-31T20:27:32+00:00I know word ladders are not a new thing to the classroom but maybe you have still yet to use them in yours. Or maybe you haven’t realized all the
10 Distance Learning Activities to Increase Engagement
Jess2021-04-07T10:56:45+00:00Being a year long virtual teacher, engagement seems to get harder as the year goes on. Here are some of my go-to activities that have increased engagement within lessons or
My Favorite Lesson to Teach
Jess2021-02-04T18:23:20+00:00Have you ever been asked this question- What is your favorite lesson you have taught? It is almost a guaranteed to be asked in an interview. For whatever reason,
Teaching Syllables
Jess2021-04-01T12:20:08+00:00If I’m being completely honest, it has only been recently that I have jumped on the teaching syllable type train. I have taught open and closed syllables for years,
Every Word Needs a Vowel…Or Does It?
Jess2021-02-04T18:23:36+00:00In order to teach our language effectively, we need to make sure we use our language intentionally. I have heard and seen over and over again in curriculums and