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Tips for Teachers issues contain instructional strategies and materials.


  SHORT/LONG VOWEL PATTERNS

How to teach this key phonics skill with flip strips
(68 combinations covering all vowel spellings)

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  BLENDING SLV BASES

Ideal technique to build this challenging skill
(resource list of 100+ bases with 1000+ words)

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  VARIANT VOWELS

Which ones matter and how to teach them
(50 variant vowel word families with 375 words)

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  SYLLABICATION RULES

Teach the 4 rules holistically and apply in order
(resource list of words that follow each rule)

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  CAPITALIZATION

Strategies for remembering words that need capitals
(reproducible capitalization reference chart)

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  QUOTES & MECHANICS

How to write them and suitable quotations for youth
(list of inspirational quotes, mechanics charts)

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  ANALOGIES

Perfect for developing reasoning and vocabulary
(resource list broken down by relationship type)

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  IDIOMS

Fun ways to share these colorful expressions
(50 well-known idioms, their meanings and origin)

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