What is "The ABC Song"?

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Today we are sharing with you the A-B-C Song.  This is a video we produced with children singing in the background, while different colored alphabet letters are flashing on the screen.  We have also digitally slowed down the audio so your children can keep up with the flashing letters. 

This video has been getting a lot of views on YouTube.  By the way the video is for children who have trouble remembering their alphabet letters.  You can use this video with children from ages 2 - 7.  We hope you and your children enjoy it.


Next week we will be sharing with you how you can be one of the first ones to get a copy of the New Who Wants to be a Millionaire PowerPoint Game.  We have been getting numerous e-mails on this new PowerPoint game.  Stay tuned for more details this weekend.

In two weeks we will be sharing with you some math counting videos we have been working on.  If you want to see a preview then check out our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/complabteacher   We will be posting these videos in my blog article next Sunday.  We will see you next week.  Take care.

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How to Use the Sound Spelling Cards (Grades K – 5)

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I hope you had a great Easter Holiday.  Today I will be sharing with you how to use the Open Court Sound Spelling Cards.  When I was a Second grade teacher, we would practice the sound spelling cards two - three times a day.  The purpose of the sound spelling cards includes the following:

* Teaches children how to sound out words to read

* Teaches children how to spell words and to recognize spelling patterns

* Teaches children to recognize words in print

* Teaches children to speech sounds to combine with other words

* Teaches children the relationships between the letters of written language and the individual sounds of spoken language

* Teaches children to read words isolated and in connected text

* Teaches children to correctly remember the sound and meaning in their mind when reading

* Teaches letter sounds and simple patterns to remember through letter introduction

It is very important for the teacher to display the cards and model the use of the sound spelling cards.  Cards can easily be referenced by children in the classroom as a reference.  The children should be able to easily see all the sound spelling cards. 

There is also a sound spelling card chant and song we used when reviewing the cards.  Click here to download it.  When using the chant and song, make sure your children are standing and facing the cards.

Once you have the spelling chant memorized then you can add the actions that make the cards come alive.  To view these movements click here to download it.  I hope you enjoyed these wonderful resources on the Open Court sound spelling cards.  I will see you next week with another exciting topic.

Update August 2011: For those of you who have found my Sound Spelling Cards Blog, I have a YouTube channel with 72 Instructional videos, including 10 blending videos to help you and your students.  To check out the blending videos, simply click here or play the video below.



Here is a training video on the Open Court Reading Sound Spelling Cards.

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Great Student Centered Activities (Grades 2 - 3)

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I hope you are doing well.  I know you a lot of the second and third grade teachers have been waiting for this blog article.  So, let's get started.  Today I am sharing with you the free reading student centered activities for grades 2 - 3.

The Student Center Activities for Grades 2 - 3 include three books and one DVD: The DVD is broken up into 6 parts.  Here are the three books:

1. Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension Student Center Activities

2. Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Student Center Activities

3. Teacher Resource Guide

1. Teacher Resource Guide

Part 1: Five Components of Reading Instruction, Frequently Asked Questions, Implementing and Managing Student Centers in the Classroom: System one, Implementing and Managing Student Centers in the Classroom: System Two, Interpretation of Activity Plans, Implementation of Activity Plans

Part 2: Crosswalk, 2-3 Glossary of Reading Terms

Book 1: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics (8 page PDF)

A. Phonemic Awareness

Part 1: Phoneme Matching & Phoneme Isolating (64 page PDF)

Part 2: Phoneme Blending & Phoneme Segmenting (56 page PDF)

Part 3: Phoneme Manipulating (29 page PDF)

B. Phonics

Part 1: Letter Sound Correspondence (56 page PDF)

Part 2: High Frequency Words (72 page PDF)

Part 3: Variant Correspondences (132 page PDF)

Part 4: Syllable Patterns (56 page PDF)

Part 5: Morpheme Structures (36 page PDF)

Book 2: Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension (10 page PDF)

A. Fluency

Part 1: Letter Sound Correspondence & Word Parts/Patterns (82 page PDF)

Part 2: Words (12 page PDF)

Part 3: Phrases & Chunked Text (38 page PDF)

Part 4: Connected Text (18 page PDF)

B. Vocabulary

Part 1: Word Knowledge (62 page PDF)

Part 2: Morphemic Elements (38 page PDF)

Part 3: Word Meaning (20 page PDF)

Part 4: Word Analysis (52 page PDF)

Part 5: Words in Context (28 page PDF)

C. Comprehension

Part 1: Narrative Text Structure (34 page PDF)

Part 2: Expository Text Structure (18 page PDF)

Part 3: Text Analysis (32 page PDF)

Part 4: Monitoring for Understanding (38 page PDF)

To download all the resources and to view the DVD parts for FREE, click here.

Ok, next week I will be sharing with you the grades 4 - 5 reading resources. I hope you have a great week. Take care.

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How to Find Free Microsoft Office Power Point, Word and Excel Templates

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Today I am blogging about how to download thousands of free office templates from Microsoft Office. If you click on the picture above, it will take you to the Microsoft site where they post their free templates. Also if you create a template, you can upload it to their server and others will be able to download it as well. I am currently working on a (5 Year Planner) 2010 - 2015, 3 month planning calendar that I will be posting soon on the site. Stay tuned and I will let you know when I post it. It will be posted under academic year calendars. Hope this helps out. See you next week.

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