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L Blends Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.
Word Families included:
pl
gl
sl
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Guided Reading Groups made EaSY- 'R' Controlled Vowels: "eer, ear, air, are"
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
eer
ear
air
are
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Guided Reading Groups made EaSY- Beginning al-, al, all Word Families
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
beginning al-
al
all
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 8 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Digraph Fluency Practice for Small Groups - ch tch th
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
CH Spelling focused Guided Reading Small groups,
made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!
Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of CH spelling focused, research and evidence-based, word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing, fluency practice, assessment, and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
ch spelling
tch spelling
th spelling
Also includes a sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade and Wonders Unit 2 Week 5 for First Grade and other ch spelling lists
Long i Fluency Practice for Small Groups with 'y' 'igh' 'ie' 'ild' Word Family
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
y
igh
ie
ild and ind
*this week includes identifying syllables practice, two levels for each story, and
decoding option.
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 6 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Guided Reading Small Groups made EaSY- Silent Letter Teams: "kn, gn, mb, wr"
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
kn
gn
wr
mb
*this week includes verb tense practice practice.
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
‘S' Blends Fluency Practice for Small Groups with SL SP ST Word Families
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
sp
sl
st
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Ending Blends Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
nd
nk
nt
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Small Groups Made EASY- ing ink ang ank Ending Phonograms Word Families Unit
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Ending Phonograms Word Families made EASY
CVC Words & Reading Fluency included! Reading instruction and planning made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!
Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group guided reading instruction!
Teaching word families and practicing nonsense cvc words has a dramatic impact on reading fluency in early readers. Year over year, my students achieve benchmark or higher in reading fluency and nonsense cvc word fluency using this amazing resource I created.
What you get with this unit:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom-tested word family sorts
Labels for word family sort envelopes (These are the envelopes I use)
Word work pages to work on segmenting, blending, and handwriting
Reading fluency passages and assessment
Nonsense cvc word practice and assessment
Word family BINGO and word family coloring pages
Sample small group schedule and tracking sheets to help plan your small groups or for use at home
Just print and teach! EASY!✔️
Word Families included:
ink
ing
ank
ang
Check out all the Short Vowel Small Group plans here:
https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Small-Groups-Made-EaSY-Short-Vowel-Unit-Bundle-4500806
Save by purchasing all 32 word family units here:
These resources work well with any curriculum (homeschool curriculum, reach for reading, wonders, etc)
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Keywords: Word Families, CVC Words, Reading Fluency, Reading Groups, Kindergarten, Home School, 1st grade
Consonant +le Practice for Small Groups and Fluency
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
+ble
+tle
+dle
Mixed Consonant +le
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*May be used with with Unit 8 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Guided Reading Small Groups made EaSY- Long 'u' Long 'e' Word Family Unit
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
-u_e
-e_e, -e
-ee
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Long 'i' Fluency Practice for Small Groups with Silent e 'i_e' word family
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
-ide
-ile
-ice
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Short O Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
*Digital Activities Included* Small groups made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.
Word Families included:
og
op
ot
and mixed short o
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
Guided Reading Small Groups made EaSY- Long 'o' Word Family Unit
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
-o_e
-old, ost
o
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Short U Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.
Word Families included:
un
ub
ug
and mixed short u
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
CK LL ING Ending Words Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.
Word Families included:
-ck
-ing
-ll
and mixed short e review
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
R Blends Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
R Sounds
Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of R Sound spelling research and evidence-based word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing, fluency, assessment, and even nonsense word practice.
R Sound Word Families included:
dr
tr
br
Also includes a sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade and Wonders Unit 5 Week 2 and any other r sound spelling list.
Guided Reading Small Groups made EaSY- Long 'a' Word Unit- a_e
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
-ame
-ake
mixed a_e (-age, -ace, etc)
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!
Short E Fluency Practice for Small Groups
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Small groups, made EASY!!! Consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.
Word Families included:
et
en
ed
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
R sound - Small Groups made EaSY- 'R' Controlled Vowels: "or, ore, wor"
By Leslie Ann Porter - Small Town Teacher Life
Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!
What you get:
A week's worth of researched-based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!
Word Families included:
or
ore
wor
*this week includes syllabication practice practice.
Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!
*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!