Resources

Authored by Janine Henley, this blog post offers 15 essential resources for elementary educators to enhance their writing curriculum and instruction. From webinars to books…

Heggerty's "Want or Need?" Lesson Plan focuses on CVCe phonics patterns, teaching students how vowel sounds change when a silent 'e' is added. Through exercises like modifying "like" to "lick" and "mat" to "mate," students learn to adjust vowel sounds, enhancing their reading fluency and spelling skills. This approach helps them understand the impact of vowel sounds on word meaning and pronunciation.

Heggerty's "The Young Detective" Lesson Plan helps students master complex vowel sounds, focusing on the "oo" pattern with sounds like /o͞o/ and /o͝o/. The lesson teaches students to recognize and adjust these sounds through interactive reading activities. By practicing underlining vowels and flexing vowel sounds when necessary, students enhance their phonemic awareness and decoding skills, improving their overall reading fluency and comprehension.

Heggerty's "Sports for All" Lesson Plan focuses on teaching the schwa sound (/ə/) in multisyllabic words, particularly those starting with the letter 'a'. Students engage in activities that involve identifying vowel sounds, segmenting syllables, and practicing fluent reading with words like "across" and "attempt." This approach helps improve their phonemic awareness and reading fluency, equipping them to handle complex words in English more effectively.

Heggerty's "Splash and Stretch" Lesson Plan emphasizes teaching the -ed endings to improve students' understanding of past tense verbs. The lesson details how -ed can sound like /d/, /t/, or /əd/ depending on the root word's final sound, with practical examples such as "planted," "stuffed," and "nodded." Through interactive activities, students practice reading, distinguishing, and applying these variations, enhancing their pronunciation and reading fluency while deepening their grammatical knowledge.

Heggerty's "Riddles" Lesson Plan focuses on teaching students about the consonant +le pattern in multisyllabic words like "simple" and "handle." The lesson involves interactive activities where students learn to segment these words into syllables, identify vowels, and spell with attention to phonics patterns. This approach helps improve their decoding skills, reading fluency, and understanding of word structures, enhancing their overall reading and spelling abilities.

Heggerty's "Pointing the Way" Lesson Plan teaches students to read and spell multisyllabic words with final stable syllables like -ture, -sure, -sion, and -tion. Students practice identifying these patterns to enhance decoding skills, reading fluency, and understanding of complex word structures. This foundational skill boosts their overall reading proficiency and vocabulary comprehension.

Heggerty's "It's Called Fishing" Lesson Plan focuses on enhancing students' phonics skills, particularly with multisyllabic words containing consonant digraphs and blends. Through exercises like identifying and blending syllables in words such as "bobbers" and "fishing," students improve their reading fluency. The lesson connects phonics to engaging real-life activities like fishing, making learning both practical and enjoyable.

Heggerty's "Granny's Birthday Gift" Lesson Plan helps students understand how 'y' functions as a vowel in words. Focused on distinguishing when 'y' represents the /ī/ sound in single-syllable words and the /ē/ sound in multisyllabic ones, the lesson includes activities for identifying and pronouncing these variations. By practicing with words like "forty" and "gently," students enhance their phonemic awareness and reading fluency, learning to segment and blend syllables effectively.

Heggerty's "Dear Danny" Lesson Plan focuses on enhancing students' skills with multisyllabic words to improve their reading fluency. The lesson involves segmenting longer words into syllables using visual aids like whiteboards, helping students understand and pronounce each part clearly. It links vocabulary to real-life contexts, making the learning process engaging and relatable while building confidence in reading complex texts.

Heggerty's "Below the Water's Surface" Lesson Plan focuses on teaching the suffixes -er and -est to help students understand comparative and superlative forms. The lesson includes activities for identifying and applying these suffixes to base words, enhancing students’ vocabulary and grammatical knowledge. Through engaging exercises, students learn to transform words like "deep" into "deeper" and "coldest," enriching their understanding of language usage.

Heggerty's "A Wishful Thought" Lesson Plan focuses on teaching suffixes, particularly -ly, to enhance students' understanding of how these grammatical elements modify the meanings of base words. The lesson includes activities for segmenting words, understanding syllables, and applying suffixes to form adverbs, helping students improve their phonemic awareness and vocabulary through practical examples and interactive exercises.