Hollie Griffith

These no-prep decoding drills provide Science of Reading aligned phonics and fluency practice for beginning and struggling readers. Students move from decodable words to nonsense words, sentences, and short passages, building accuracy and automaticity. Perfect for small groups, phonics intervention, RTI, and literacy centers. Each worksheet follows a clear words-to-passages progression to support fluent decoding. The ResearchAccording to the National Reading Panel, key elements of effective r

These interactive printables are perfect for teaching or reinforcing prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Prefixes: re-, un-, pre-, dis-, mis-, de- Suffixes : -er (a person who), -er (more), -est, -ful, -less, -ed 1. Trace it/Color it – Students trace or color words based on the prefix or suffix. 2. Find it – Students go on a word hunt (using classroom books) to find words using the given prefix or suffix. 3. Define it – Students use what they know about the given prefix or suffix to write their

Phonics Activities for Decoding Practice, Fluency, and Phonics Review Need engaging phonics activities that go beyond worksheets? These phonics crafts give students meaningful decoding practice, phonics review, and reading fluency through hands-on learning. Perfect for reinforcing phonics patterns, word recognition, spelling rules, and reading skills in a way that keeps students motivated and learning. This resource is designed to support explicit, systematic phonics instruction while giving

Help your students master text evidence and build strong reading comprehension skills with this year-long bundle of engaging informational passages. Designed for 1st and 2nd grade, these reading comprehension passages teach students how to find and prove their answers by underlining text evidence directly in the passage using a color-coded system. Students practice essential comprehension skills including main idea, key details, making inferences, drawing conclusions, and vocabulary while buildi

These I CAN READ letter sound decodable worksheets are perfect for students who are just learning or struggling to identify and blend letter sounds quickly and automatically. Each letter sound is introduced or reviewed in a sequence that promotes blending and segmenting words as soon as possible. Right away, students learn that letters and combinations of letters make up sounds and words. As students master a level, they move to the next. Each level introduces four new letter sounds at a time.

Build confident, fluent readers with this complete set of Funny Phonics and Reading Fluency Passages for first and second grade. Students will laugh out loud as they decode, read, and comprehend silly, phonics-based stories while practicing essential skills in fluency, word recognition, and comprehension. Each unit includes decodable passages, fluency sentences, data sheets, word lists, and phonics flash cards to make reading instruction structured, effective, and fun. What’s IncludedDecodable

This phonics assessment is quick and simple. It’s the perfect tool for identifying phonetic needs and strengths so that you can plan targeted and effective small group Science of Reading aligned lessons and activities. Includes the following skills:letter namesletter soundscvccvcedigraphsblendsr and l controlled vowelslong vowel digraphsother vowel digraphs (oo, aw, ew, ui)other vowel digraphs (oi, oy, ou, ow)closed syllablesopen syllablesThere is a short phonemic awareness section that includ

Phonics Brochures for Fluency and Comprehension help students practice phonics, reading fluency, and comprehension in one interactive format. This bundle includes tri-fold phonics brochures that cover all major phonics patterns: short vowels, long vowels with silent e, vowel teams, blends, digraphs, diphthongs, r-controlled vowels, prefixes, suffixes, and more. Each brochure targets a specific phonics pattern and provides focused practice to build decoding skills, fluency, and reading comprehens

Get your students active, engaged, and start fostering a strong classroom community with these interactive THIS or THAT slides! Featuring real photos and hand signals for each option, these slides are perfect for back to school events, morning meetings, or energizing movement breaks throughout the day. Enhance discussions and create a vibrant learning environment with these dynamic prompts!*This bundle now includes an opinion writing option!PowerPoint and Google Slide versions are included.Looki

Make the last days of school memorable with this Last Day Blues book companion! Students will love listening to the heartwarming story and making connections with their own experiences throughout the school year. Along with a read-aloud link and question guide, this unit includes engaging activities such as a story map, original poem, color by code, writing prompts, and a fun last day cootie catcher. Top it all off with a delicious Last Day Blues Juice recipe for a tasty snack! This resource ma

Build confident, fluent readers with this phonics and fluency bundle designed for early readers! Featuring decodable passages, phonics word hunts, fluency phrases, and grapheme cards, this set makes reading instruction both effective and hilarious. Your students will laugh out loud as they read about Troy’s noisy toilet and Joe, who ate a cockroach and started croaking like a toad!Perfect for small groups, centers, independent reading, or guided fluency practice, these passages target vo

These I CAN READ CVC short vowel word family decoding activities are perfect for children who are just learning to blend words or those students who are struggling to decode cvc words quickly and automatically. Each decodable sheet includes decodable words, nonsense words, sentences, and a short story. These phonics activities are designed to move students from slowly blending words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic.*Science of Reading Aligned - All words are decodable. Some pr

I'm excited to introduce you to our POTATO theme day! While it may sound unconventional, I assure you that both you and your students are in for a delightful surprise. This low-prep day is packed with engaging activities that promise a memorable and fun experience. Ensure you have enough potatoes for each student to create their potato pet. Additionally, gather powdered sugar and chocolate chips if you choose to explore the optional potato candy activity. Trust me, it's simple, and your students

Make phonics practice interactive, fun, and targeted with these NO PREP Vowel Team Reading Passages! Each brochure guides students through a specific phonics skill and integrates fluency, comprehension, and word work, perfect for small group instruction or independent practice. What's Included: Each brochure introduces a unique vowel team pattern through step-by-step reading and comprehension activities: Steps for Success:Introduce the Phonics Skill - Target a new vowel team.Word List Practice

This Popcorn Theme Day unit is NO PREP and includes EVERYTHING you need to end the year with some extra fun! Your students will learn how popcorn works, sing a popcorn song, and even watch popcorn pop in slow motion. This unit includes math, phonics, grammar, comprehension, and writing connections. Your students will rate and graph their favorite popcorn flavors, play a “pop the popcorn” digraph and trigraph game, sort common and proper nouns, read POP! (video link included) focusing on story e

Enhance student engagement and foster classroom community with these engaging THIS or THAT slides! Featuring real photographs and hand signals for each choice, this resource is ideal for spring. Use it during morning meetings, for movement breaks, discussion starters to develop listening and speaking skills, or for opinion writing. This download includes 50 slides and 3 different opinion writing paper/organizers, available in PowerPoint and Google Slide versions. Included in this download: 50 wo

Countdown to Summer with Fun and Educational Theme Days! Are you looking for an easy way to get your students excited about the end of the school year? Our End of the Year Theme Days BUNDLE has everything you need to celebrate with smiles, sunshine and learning! Each day includes math, reading comprehension, writing, phonics, vocabulary, a craft activity and snack idea. Start your summer countdown today with our FUN and Educational Theme Days! Included in this bundle:Camping DayBubble DayIce Cre

End of Year Reading Comprehension Passages with Text Evidence | Close Reading | Theme Day ActivitiesKeep students engaged while still practicing essential reading skills during the final weeks of school. These high-interest nonfiction passages are perfect for end of year theme days, spring review, and meaningful literacy practice. Students read, answer comprehension questions, and go back into the text to prove their answers using built-in color-coded evidence. Read about popcorn… then have a ta

To complete the mystery of The Lost Lemonade your students will work in small groups, use their detective notes, and solve language tasks to discover who has taken the lemons. After solving the tasks, you might want to have a special lemonade treat! It’s the first day of summer! Lemon Larry and Sugar Shelly are having a lemonade stand for the neighborhood. As they are setting up, they realize that all their fresh lemons have disappeared! Help them figure out who took the lemons so they can make

Decodable phonics passages for partner reading that build fluency and comprehension. These partner read stories are divided into short parts so two students can take turns reading together. Each decodable passage gives students practice with targeted phonics patterns, partner reading, and expressive fluency while also enjoying fun short stories. Each partner passage also includes comprehension questions to reinforce understanding and check for accuracy. Ways to incorporate these partner reads in