Author: Mr Wright
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Build 1st Grade reading fluency in minutes with decodable Sentence Pyramids
If you’re craving a no-prep, print-and-go phonics boost for your next lesson, this set of fully Decodable Fluency Sentence Pyramids is for you. It targets 14 common digraphs—all in black‑and‑white, low‑ink worksheets you can use the moment you hit “print.” What you get (and why teachers love it): How it works in practice:Learners climb each…
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What Is Phonics? A Simple Guide for Parents and New Teachers
Phonics is the foundation of learning to read and write — but it can feel confusing if you’re just starting out. In this guide, we’ll break down exactly what phonics is, how it works, and why following a specific sequence of sounds (from simple letters like s, a, t, p, i, n to trickier digraphs…
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The Truth About Lesson Observations: Stop Performing and Start Believing in Yourself
Feeling stressed about an upcoming lesson observation? You’re not alone. Observation anxiety is something almost every teacher faces — especially early in their career. But after more than ten years in the classroom, I’ve discovered that dealing with observation stress isn’t about perfect planning or performing — it’s about confidence, authenticity, and backing yourself as…
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How to Prepare for Your First Parent-Teacher Meeting (and Feel Confident Doing It)
Feeling nervous about your first parent-teacher meeting? You’re not alone. The good news is, with the right questions, you can turn those nerves into confidence and set the stage for a brilliant year. For me, the first parent-teacher meeting of the year always used to come with a mix of anxiety and nerves: Over the…
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Teaching Writing Made Simple: A Primary Teacher’s Guide to Talk 4 Writing
If you’re anything like me when I first started, teaching writing felt like poking my eyeballs with the blunt end of a HB pencil. No matter what I tried, my kids just didn’t get it. Asking them to write a story was like teaching a seven-year-old to drive—in another language. We’d spend weeks on a…
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The Best Job I Never Got
It sounds strange to say, but the best thing that happened to me last year was a job I didn’t get. When I returned to teaching a couple of years ago, I was determined to move quickly into leadership. I wasn’t there to coast—I wanted to progress, stretch myself, and, practically, provide more for my…
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Starting the School Year Without the Stress
So here we go again. The start of the school year. And if we’re honest, it usually comes with that familiar mix of dread, stress, anxiety… and the desperate thought: “Couldn’t we just have one more week of summer?” But… what if this year was different? What if this year you didn’t just survive—you actually…
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Overcoming Teacher Burnout: Discover How To Live Stress-Free as a Christian Teacher
I know what you’re thinking. Stop living in fairytale land. Teachers are expected to work 60-70 hrs per week. We will always be stressed! That comes with the territory right? I’ve been a Christian my whole life and yet for the longest time at the start of my teaching career I struggled to find the…
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Phonics Made Easy: Resources for Educators
When I first dropped down from teaching upper stages into the weird and wonderful world of lower stages teaching I was completely lost. The most confusing part was teaching Phonics. It genuinely felt like my colleagues were speaking a different language. “They need to work on their blending and tricky word walls.” Huh? “He’s still…
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Why Teaching Writing to Children Can Feel Like Herding a Stampede of Snails – And What to Do About It
If you’ve ever ended a primary writing lesson staring at a sea of confused faces – or worse, unreadable scrawls of random words – you’re not alone. Teaching writing in primary school is hard work. Not because our learners aren’t capable, but because writing is complex. It asks children to do so much, all at…