Phonics for older students upper elementary

When you have students who are in upper elementary classrooms reading several years below grade level, your phonics instruction needs to b...

This post features seven ideas for helping older students who struggle with spelling. FREE SPELLING worksheets are also included for readers.

These long a decoding activities are perfect for students learning to read and write words with the long a phonics pattern. Each decodable includes words, nonsense words, sentences, and a short story.

What do you do when 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders, are struggling to decode words that should come easily? Learning about syllable types is a huge help!

Students in 4th and 5th grade still need decoding strategies and instruction. This post shares my go-to decoding strategies with activities.

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Every year I have a couple students who need extra work on phonics. These phonics activities are geared especially towards the "big kids".

At you looking for fluency activities for 3rd graders and older students? These activities for your upper elementary classroom are perfect for instruction and intervention to increase fluency. These strategies worked for my students and will work for yours, too! Click to read more and grab an anchor chart freebie, too!

Upper Elementary Novel Study Ideas - favorite book suggestions and novel study ideas for upper elementary ELA classrooms.

In this post, I am sharing my top three reasons why upper elementary teachers should have centers in their classroom, plus BONUS material!