I LOVE literacy!

I love teaching literacy! If you are a teacher needing some AMAZING ideas to spruce up your reading instruction check out Jan Richarson’s “The Next Step in Guided Reading”. I had a teacher friend of mine recommend it and it was so insightful! You can find her book HERE.

I am going to share with you the tools I love using to deliver the best reading instruction for my kinder babies. Along with Jan’s book I also LOVE to use anything made by Deanna Jump and DeeDee Wills. These ladies have been teaching for a long time and make units that give ANY textbook program a run for their money! I have purchased their Guiding Readers Bundle as well as their Guided Reading Bundle Leveled Readers AA-G. You can find both of these units in their TPT store HERE. The Guiding Readers Units are a great resource for teaching whole group reading. Each month comes with several different read alouds, phonics instruction, and word work for both kindergarten and grade 1. The Guided Reading Leveled  Readers has specific lesson ideas for individual reading level needs. I promise that they are well worth the money!

This school year I have also integrated Michelle Hudgedeons “Phonics Friends” FIND ME HERE. I am telling you this has CHANGED our phonics skill level so much! The kids have really enjoyed meeting a new phonics friend each week and it has seriously helped with our decoding skills! She not only offers a phonics friend to anchor our learning, but several crafts, interactive journal activities, and more!

These are just a few of my must haves for amazing literacy instruction! I hope you found something new to integrate into your classroom! Happy learning!