I have been teaching for twenty some years and love what I do. I also love creating things for my classroom and for classrooms around the world. Sharing my knowledge and wisdom just seems right.
For my first post, I would like to talk about SOUND BOXES.
If you are familiar with them, hooray for you! If you aren't, I would like to familiarize you with them.
Sound Boxes are boxes that break up sounds. Every sound gets a box, not every letter. Since some sounds need more than one letter, some boxes will have more than one letter in them.
For instance, the word cat has 3 sounds. /c/ /a/ /t/
The word cash also has 3 sounds. /c/ /a/ /sh/ But the "sh" in cash belongs in one box, because you don't hear /s/ and /h/.
I have been using sound boxes extensively with my students this year. Their spelling skills have skyrocketed as a result.
When they are working on a writing piece in writers workshop, I hear them talking to themselves. "Ok, how many sound boxes does _____ have? Then they start "finger spelling" the word and writing every sound that they hear. They still spell some words wrong, but the difference is that I can now read their writing so much better. They aren't leaving out sounds. This also helps their reading.
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Thanks for stopping by!
:) Carrie
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