Secret stories

FREE Secret Stories Phonics “Appetizer” Poster Pack!!...”Twice the Gain, Half the Time—Phonics with the BRAIN in Mind!”

Decoding sight words with Secret Stories® phonics helps support orthographic mapping in the brain for science of reading-based instruction.

How well do students recall letter-sound patterns? Flashcards with easy-to-remember phonics stories are ideal visual aids for small group instruction, guided reading, word work & one-on-one tutoring.

Why Wait to Teach the Sounds of Y? There’s an elephant in your classroom. And it’s huge. You sweep by it every day in your classroom, several times in fact, and probably without ever even noticing. It’s most conspicuous during morning calendar time, as that’s its favorite time of day. If you can’t see, watch this. So […]

The Secret Stories Better Alphabet™ Song uses muscle memory to make learning the individual letters and sounds fast and easy!

Tips for teaching with the Secret Stories to fill phonics gaps quickly!

Practice segmenting & blending with the Secret Stories® Interactive Phonics Grid and use the digital stickers to help read & spell words!

Soft start, #classroombookaday, and Secret Stories were some of my favorite newer additions. Reading a book a day and our morning tubs helped build an authentic classroom community, and The Secret Stories really helped carry phonics instruction from the lesson to application.

Encoding is a powerful place to start when teaching kids to decode. Secrets empower beginning readers to write any word using phonics patterns. Here are first grade & kindergarten writing examples.