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Teaching Phonemic Awareness with a Sweet Twist: Upgrade Your Skills with Halloween Candy

by Marnie Ginsberg
phonemic awareness

Join us for a post-Halloween-candy-overdose party!

BYOC…Bring Your Own Candy.😉

In this video, learn how to play with your leftover Halloween candy to become experts in teaching phonemic awareness and phonics. 

If you teach reading, these are the fundamentals of our language that you need to know.

Researchers have repeatedly discovered that elementary teachers have poor knowledge of phonemic awareness and phonics knowledge (e.g., Moats, 1994 or  Cunningham et al., 2009). 🙁 

And…teachers with stronger knowledge in these domains get stronger outcomes in their students' reading (e.g., McCutchen et al., 2002a or McCutchen et al., 2002b).

The good news is that it's easy to learn–most of us just haven't been taught it before.

So, let's turn it into a party!! Be on the lookout for a prize, too! 😮

And now that you've sweetened your own phonemic awareness, go to this post for the latest research updates on teaching phonemic awareness to your tiny costumed humans! 

9 thoughts on “Teaching Phonemic Awareness with a Sweet Twist: Upgrade Your Skills with Halloween Candy”

  1. Ann Stern says:
    November 1, 2023 at 1:36 pm

    My favorite candy is M and M peanut candy!

    Reply
    1. Marnie Ginsberg says:
      November 1, 2023 at 8:24 pm

      That is one of my favs too!

      Reply
  2. Patricia says:
    November 1, 2023 at 11:45 pm

    I will have kids play this they will enjoy candy as they learn. Thanks

    Reply
  3. Brigitt J says:
    November 2, 2023 at 12:56 pm

    Great idea! And you have an awesome assistant!

    Reply
    1. Marnie Ginsberg says:
      November 2, 2023 at 1:05 pm

      Why thank you! She was really into it. 😉

      Reply
  4. Karin R Kling Bright says:
    October 28, 2024 at 9:21 pm

    thanks for the free sort it poem!

    Reply
    1. Kaylah Osorno says:
      October 29, 2024 at 3:20 am

      You are most welcome! May it serve your readers well!

      Reply
  5. Stacey Williams says:
    October 29, 2024 at 8:23 am

    My favorite candy is butterfingers.

    Reply
    1. Marnie Ginsberg says:
      October 29, 2024 at 10:55 am

      That was my fav when I was younger!

      Reply

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