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Teaching Contractions as a Rhythm Rule, Not a S...
Contractions exist because spoken English has a rhythm and that rhythm resists extra syllables. A hands-on lesson where students write the original word pair, mark what gets dropped, and build...
Teaching Contractions as a Rhythm Rule, Not a S...
Contractions exist because spoken English has a rhythm and that rhythm resists extra syllables. A hands-on lesson where students write the original word pair, mark what gets dropped, and build...
How to Teach Long Vowel e Patterns with Hands-O...
The long E sound doesn't work alone — it needs a neighbor, an A or another E, to say its name. Switch-Its magnetic dry erase blocks make that pattern visible...
How to Teach Long Vowel e Patterns with Hands-O...
The long E sound doesn't work alone — it needs a neighbor, an A or another E, to say its name. Switch-Its magnetic dry erase blocks make that pattern visible...
How to Teach Word Building with Hands-On Letter...
When students build words letter by letter with physical blocks, spelling stops being a guessing game. Switch-Its magnetic dry erase blocks make the construction of words visible and hands-on.
How to Teach Word Building with Hands-On Letter...
When students build words letter by letter with physical blocks, spelling stops being a guessing game. Switch-Its magnetic dry erase blocks make the construction of words visible and hands-on.
How to Teach the Schwa /ər/ Sound with Hands-On...
The /ər/ sound hides in three different spellings — er, ir, and ur — and each one shows up in a different position in a word. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make...
How to Teach the Schwa /ər/ Sound with Hands-On...
The /ər/ sound hides in three different spellings — er, ir, and ur — and each one shows up in a different position in a word. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make...
How to Teach Proper Nouns with a Hands-On Revea...
Common nouns sit level in a sentence. Proper nouns stand tall with a capital letter. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that distinction physical — cover the common noun, reveal the proper...
How to Teach Proper Nouns with a Hands-On Revea...
Common nouns sit level in a sentence. Proper nouns stand tall with a capital letter. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that distinction physical — cover the common noun, reveal the proper...
How to Teach Word Morphology with Prefixes, Suf...
Morphology turns vocabulary instruction into a building system. Switch-Its magnetic blocks let students physically snap roots, prefixes, and suffixes together — so complex words become something constructed, not memorized.
How to Teach Word Morphology with Prefixes, Suf...
Morphology turns vocabulary instruction into a building system. Switch-Its magnetic blocks let students physically snap roots, prefixes, and suffixes together — so complex words become something constructed, not memorized.
How to Teach Compound Words with Hands-On Lette...
Compound words are built from parts students already know. Switch-Its magnetic blocks let students physically snap those parts together — turning word recognition into word construction.
How to Teach Compound Words with Hands-On Lette...
Compound words are built from parts students already know. Switch-Its magnetic blocks let students physically snap those parts together — turning word recognition into word construction.
Word Building with Vowels: Early Reading Made H...
Two consonants and the five vowels can unlock a surprising number of words for an early reader. Here's a simple hands-on way to build word families one vowel swap at...
Word Building with Vowels: Early Reading Made H...
Two consonants and the five vowels can unlock a surprising number of words for an early reader. Here's a simple hands-on way to build word families one vowel swap at...
Teaching Silent e with Hands-On Word Building
Silent e is one of the trickiest spelling patterns to explain, because the letter does its job without ever making a sound. Here's a hands-on way to let students watch...
Teaching Silent e with Hands-On Word Building
Silent e is one of the trickiest spelling patterns to explain, because the letter does its job without ever making a sound. Here's a hands-on way to let students watch...
Holding the Idea in Your Hand: Flexible Manipul...
Why physical manipulatives still matter in elementary classrooms — and what we've lost by moving away from them Friedrich Froebel believed children learned by touching. In the 1830s he designed...
Holding the Idea in Your Hand: Flexible Manipul...
Why physical manipulatives still matter in elementary classrooms — and what we've lost by moving away from them Friedrich Froebel believed children learned by touching. In the 1830s he designed...