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Multisensory Monday: Catch the -tch!

Posted by Samantha Brooks on 9th Jun 2019

Today, we are going to practice spelling with -tch. This is a tricky concept because the ‘t’ is silent, so you can only hear the /ch/sound! Let’s practice -tch with a game called Cat … read more

Multisensory Monday: Tic-Tac-DOUGH Game

Posted by Tammi Brandon on 21st Apr 2019

Students of all ages love games! Here is a quick game you can play to teach or reinforce the short E sound heard in EA words such as “bread”. Alternately, you could use this activity when teaching sin … read more
Multisensory Monday: Paw Prints for Diphthong AW

Multisensory Monday: Paw Prints for Diphthong AW

Posted by Stephanie Castillo on 8th Apr 2019

Diphthong. Even pronouncing this word is tricky! This weeks’ Multisensory Monday activity uses the keyword “paw” to help students recall the /aw/ sound. If you have students that are fans of ani … read more
Multisensory Monday: Color-by-Vowel-Team!

Multisensory Monday: Color-by-Vowel-Team!

Posted by Stephanie Castillo on 17th Mar 2019

A vowel team is a group of letters that work together to make a single vowel sound. Usually, the vowel sound created is long, as in -oa, but vowel teams can also make a short vowel sound, as /ea/ in b … read more