Reading and Writing Skills
Let’s read and write! Literacy coaches help students build reading skills using long vowels, short vowels, rhyming words, consonants, and blends.
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VOWEL TEAMS AI AND AY
Isabel Simmons decodes, builds, reads, and writes words with the vowel teams ai and ay. Isabel explains that ai is in the middle of a word and ay is at the end of a word.
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LONG O AND OW VOWEL SOUND
Isabel Simmons explores how to blend, read, and write words with long o and ow, including snow, grow, and coach.
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LONG E SOUNDS SPELLED EE AND EA
Anna Scretching-Cole explores long e vowel sounds spelled with ee and ea.
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LONG I VOWEL SOUND
Anna Scretching-Cole explores the long i vowel sound spelling words with y and igh.
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VOWEL TEAMS EW AND UE
Isabel Simmons builds words with vowel teams ew and ue, including chew and true.
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ADDING MAGIC E TO WORDS WITH I
Anna Scretching-Cole= teaches students about the magic e. An e at the end of a word can change the vowel sound of a short I to a long I. Pin becomes pine.
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MAGIC E TURNS SHORT O INTO LONG O
Isabel Simmons transforms the short o vowel sound into the long o vowel song by adding magic e to the end of the word.
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E PARTY!
Isabel Simmons has an e party. She demonstrates how an e at the end of a word turns the e in the middle of the word into a long vowel sound. Isabel prompts viewers to practice reading, decoding, and writing words with two e letters like these, theme, and Pete.
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LONG VOWELS
Anna Scretching-Cole reviews long vowel a, e, i, o, and u. Then she explores how to blend open syllables to make words like hero and focus.
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LONG U
Anna Scretching-Cole explores the long u vowel sound. Long u appears in the middle of words that end in e like cube, tube, or flute.
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Short e Vowel Sound
Learn about short e with Anna Scretching-Cole. The short e vowel sounds often appear in the middle of words like web and bed. Practice reading and blending letter sounds to make rhyming words with short e sounds.
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LONG A WITH A FINAL E
Isabel Simmons teaches children about the long a sound when a final e is at the end of words like shade and cake.
