Nonsense

What are nonsense words to you? Are they just an assessment you give 3 times are year or are they really important and meaningful in the continuum of learning to read. Many people have thoughts and opinions on this topic, but if you do a little research you will find that nonsense words have been around […]

Get 6 free lists with 376 nonsense words, also called pseudowords! These nonsense words are organized by syllable type for targeted practice.

Drawtism says he's creating illustrations to disturb the comfortable. Or to comfort the disturbed. Whatever the case, one might call his works funny, low-brow, nonsense drawings... And the artist would be fine with all of these epithets. He just wants to help people escape the mundane part of day-to-day life.

Nonsense word fluency is one of the key components of DIBELS. Here are some ways that you can practice nonsense words to prepare for the DIBELS test! Check out the link up at the end of the post for NWF activities! Students sort real and nonsense words onto the correct mats. When they are done, they can record their answers on recording sheets. Students can cut and paste real and nonsense words, sort nonsense words from a word bank, or color by code. Students say the words as they pop up on…

Nonsense word fluency is one of the key components of DIBELS. Here are some ways that you can practice nonsense words to prepare for the DIBELS test! Check out the link up at the end of the post for NWF activities! Students sort real and nonsense words onto the correct mats. When they are done, they can record their answers on recording sheets. Students can cut and paste real and nonsense words, sort nonsense words from a word bank, or color by code. Students say the words as they pop up on…

New FREEBIE posted today for free on Friday! It is a no-nonsense way to practice nonsense words. Anyone else have DIBELS benchmark coming up? Free Nonsense Word Practice How to use This is a game to practice reading nonsense words. Can be played with up to four players. Print, cut and play. Place one word card face down on each box with a die. Put the rest of the cards in a pile beside the game board. Roll a die. The student reads the card with the corresponding number. If they read it…

What is a nonsense word anyway? Nonsense words are 3 letter words (CVC) that you can sound out but they are not "real" words. LUP is a great example. When I was first introduced to nonsense words as a form of assessment in kindergarten I thought it was RIDICULOUS. Why on earth would I teach my kids words that aren't real? What a waste of time right? Wrong! You and I read nonsense words without hesitation, even though they are not real words because we have the ability to process all 3…

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What's more relaxing than some good old laughter and pure nonsense? Perhaps nothing! If you want to take a moment from your day to chill, but have nowhere to put your gaze, we have just the thing for you. Let us present to you the "Cat Trigger" comics made by the talented Patrick Cheng. These comics have everything that contemporary comics have—humor, darkness, twists and turns, elements of randomness, an easy-going drawing style, and much, much more.