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Paula Plumer
Apr 4, 20244 min read
What Are Diphthongs? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
This blog post will explore what diphthongs are and provide some practical suggestions for teaching them to your students.
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Paula Plumer
Oct 5, 20234 min read
What Are R-Controlled Vowel Sounds? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
R-controlled vowels, also known as "rhotic vowels," are a subset of vowel sounds in English that undergo a distinct transformation in the...
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Paula Plumer
Aug 25, 20233 min read
What Are Vowel Teams? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
Vowel teams, also known as vowel digraphs, are two or more vowels that are used together to represent a single sound. In English, there...
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Paula Plumer
Jul 21, 20233 min read
What Are Long Vowels? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
Long vowel sounds are an important part of English language learning and understanding them is essential for reading and writing. Here’s...
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Paula Plumer
Jun 25, 20232 min read
What Are Consonant Blends? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
Consonant blends are groups of two or more consonant letters that are pronounced together but maintain their individual sounds. In...
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Paula Plumer
May 15, 20233 min read
What Is a Consonant Digraph? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
Consonant digraphs are two consonant letters that together represent a single sound. In English, there are several consonant digraphs...
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Paula Plumer
Apr 20, 20232 min read
What Are CVC Words? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
CVC words are a fundamental part of English language learning and understanding them is essential for young children as they learn to...
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Paula Plumer
Mar 20, 20233 min read
What Are Short Vowels? Ideas and Free Resources for Teaching Phonics
One of the reasons English is a challenging language to learn to read is that one letter can represent more than one sound. While most...
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Paula Plumer
Sep 10, 20224 min read
Why Reading Assessments Are Important to Guide Your Instruction
One thing there is no shortage of in education today are tests. In fact, there are so many that in recent years parents have begun to opt...
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