Julia Shayto
@phonicsandstuff.com
Phonics, morphemes, & reading lover |
phonicsandstuff.com |
Elementary reading interventionist
phonicsandstuff.com |
Elementary reading interventionist
I've had a great time the past several years. Looking forward to it again!
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November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I've had a great time the past several years. Looking forward to it again!
Reposted by Julia Shayto
Sold a Story fans - we've got something new! www.youtube.com/shorts/a94It...
New Sold a Story discussion guides for Episodes 11-14
YouTube video by APM Reports
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sold a Story fans - we've got something new! www.youtube.com/shorts/a94It...
We have a new daily puzzle! It's a fun way to learn different morphemes, but really it's just an excuse to have another word puzzle for me to play.
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
Morpheme Mix - Phonics & Stuff
Play a daily puzzle where you mix morphemes to make words!
phonicsandstuff.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
We have a new daily puzzle! It's a fun way to learn different morphemes, but really it's just an excuse to have another word puzzle for me to play.
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
It's been a few years, but we finally have a real home page. Plus, a new mascot. Say hello to Nibbles!
October 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It's been a few years, but we finally have a real home page. Plus, a new mascot. Say hello to Nibbles!
We have something new I hope you guys will like! It's a daily morphology puzzle we're calling Morpheme Mix. Every day you'll get a collection of morphemes that you combine in different ways to make words.
Let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
Let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
Morpheme Mix - Phonics & Stuff
Play a daily puzzle where you mix morphemes to make words!
phonicsandstuff.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We have something new I hope you guys will like! It's a daily morphology puzzle we're calling Morpheme Mix. Every day you'll get a collection of morphemes that you combine in different ways to make words.
Let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
Let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/puzzles/morp...
The subtraction worksheet is available now too!
Create subtraction facts worksheets from 0 to 10 for students.
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
Create subtraction facts worksheets from 0 to 10 for students.
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
April 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The subtraction worksheet is available now too!
Create subtraction facts worksheets from 0 to 10 for students.
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
Create subtraction facts worksheets from 0 to 10 for students.
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
Addition Worksheet Creator
Create addition facts worksheets from 0 to 10. Why does a phonics website have math worksheets? Because we do phonics AND stuff. The stuff includes math!
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
Create addition facts worksheets from 0 to 10. Why does a phonics website have math worksheets? Because we do phonics AND stuff. The stuff includes math!
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
April 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Addition Worksheet Creator
Create addition facts worksheets from 0 to 10. Why does a phonics website have math worksheets? Because we do phonics AND stuff. The stuff includes math!
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
Create addition facts worksheets from 0 to 10. Why does a phonics website have math worksheets? Because we do phonics AND stuff. The stuff includes math!
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/m...
We finished re-formatting another Core Knowledge decodable. We love the high quality story and images, but think they work better when you put the stories and images on a single page. Enjoy!
phonicsandstuff.com/decodables#r...
phonicsandstuff.com/decodables#r...
Decodable Readers - Phonics & Stuff
Phonics & Stuff Decodable Readers are free to use! They are labeled with the phonics elements in each one, so you can pick the correct level for your reader.
phonicsandstuff.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We finished re-formatting another Core Knowledge decodable. We love the high quality story and images, but think they work better when you put the stories and images on a single page. Enjoy!
phonicsandstuff.com/decodables#r...
phonicsandstuff.com/decodables#r...
How often does the rule 'i before e' actually apply?
In our database of 30k+ words, 'i before e' occurs 902 times compared to 'e before i', which occurs 226 times.
However, if you look at weighted word frequencies (how often a word actually occurs in English), it's a more interesting story.
In our database of 30k+ words, 'i before e' occurs 902 times compared to 'e before i', which occurs 226 times.
However, if you look at weighted word frequencies (how often a word actually occurs in English), it's a more interesting story.
February 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How often does the rule 'i before e' actually apply?
In our database of 30k+ words, 'i before e' occurs 902 times compared to 'e before i', which occurs 226 times.
However, if you look at weighted word frequencies (how often a word actually occurs in English), it's a more interesting story.
In our database of 30k+ words, 'i before e' occurs 902 times compared to 'e before i', which occurs 226 times.
However, if you look at weighted word frequencies (how often a word actually occurs in English), it's a more interesting story.
Can't wait for more of this!
New episodes of Sold a Story are coming next week. Thursday Feb 20. youtube.com/shorts/aPe_4...
Educators on Sold a Story
YouTube video by APM Reports
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February 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Can't wait for more of this!
We have a new worksheet! Create 'Fill In Vowels' worksheets with customized settings.
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/p...
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/p...
February 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
We have a new worksheet! Create 'Fill In Vowels' worksheets with customized settings.
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/p...
phonicsandstuff.com/worksheets/p...
We just made a new fun tool! Teaching students how to write letters correctly is critical, so we made some simple animations for use in classrooms or at home.
Come try it out and let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/handwriting
Come try it out and let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/handwriting
February 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We just made a new fun tool! Teaching students how to write letters correctly is critical, so we made some simple animations for use in classrooms or at home.
Come try it out and let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/handwriting
Come try it out and let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/handwriting
Reposted by Julia Shayto
'Niece' and 'nephew' aren't the original English words.
They were borrowed from French and supplanted native 'nift' and 'neve', direct cognates of German 'Nichte' and 'Neffe'.
The French words have the same Proto-Indo-European ancestors so they're cognates too, but very distant ones. Here's more:
They were borrowed from French and supplanted native 'nift' and 'neve', direct cognates of German 'Nichte' and 'Neffe'.
The French words have the same Proto-Indo-European ancestors so they're cognates too, but very distant ones. Here's more:
January 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
'Niece' and 'nephew' aren't the original English words.
They were borrowed from French and supplanted native 'nift' and 'neve', direct cognates of German 'Nichte' and 'Neffe'.
The French words have the same Proto-Indo-European ancestors so they're cognates too, but very distant ones. Here's more:
They were borrowed from French and supplanted native 'nift' and 'neve', direct cognates of German 'Nichte' and 'Neffe'.
The French words have the same Proto-Indo-European ancestors so they're cognates too, but very distant ones. Here's more:
On our site you can use Google to sign in now, so you don't have to remember another password. If you previously made an account, you can login with Google and it'll still have all your data.
We also added a reminder for which you used to login, because I forget all the time on other sites.
We also added a reminder for which you used to login, because I forget all the time on other sites.
January 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On our site you can use Google to sign in now, so you don't have to remember another password. If you previously made an account, you can login with Google and it'll still have all your data.
We also added a reminder for which you used to login, because I forget all the time on other sites.
We also added a reminder for which you used to login, because I forget all the time on other sites.
Reposted by Julia Shayto
Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
January 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Renew! Time for a new year!
January 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Renew! Time for a new year!
Solstice! Completely missed posting this last week.
December 30, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Solstice! Completely missed posting this last week.
Here's a delightful discussion I had about our site and ways to make it better. I really like the community that's developing on Bluesky.
Off the top of my head: Reading eggs, Teach your Monster to Read, Khan Academy Kids.
Just checked out your site but couldn’t find the flash cards.
Just checked out your site but couldn’t find the flash cards.
December 28, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Here's a delightful discussion I had about our site and ways to make it better. I really like the community that's developing on Bluesky.
Reposted by Julia Shayto
After a cosy Christmas fire, there are cinders in the fireplace, as well as ashes, which in French are called cendres.
'Cinder' and 'cendre' may look alike but they aren't etymologically related: they come from two unrelated words.
However, 'cendre' did influence the spelling of 'cinder'.
More:
'Cinder' and 'cendre' may look alike but they aren't etymologically related: they come from two unrelated words.
However, 'cendre' did influence the spelling of 'cinder'.
More:
December 26, 2024 at 7:59 PM
After a cosy Christmas fire, there are cinders in the fireplace, as well as ashes, which in French are called cendres.
'Cinder' and 'cendre' may look alike but they aren't etymologically related: they come from two unrelated words.
However, 'cendre' did influence the spelling of 'cinder'.
More:
'Cinder' and 'cendre' may look alike but they aren't etymologically related: they come from two unrelated words.
However, 'cendre' did influence the spelling of 'cinder'.
More:
I see academics complaining that schools are ignoring results of their research, but it might be easier if reading the papers themselves wasn't so difficult. (I almost said arduous, but Flesch wouldn't approve.)
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Academic writing is getting harder to read—the humanities most of all
We analyse two centuries of scholarly work
www.economist.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I see academics complaining that schools are ignoring results of their research, but it might be easier if reading the papers themselves wasn't so difficult. (I almost said arduous, but Flesch wouldn't approve.)
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
What do guillotine and tortilla have in common?
They both spell the /y/ sound as “ll”
The first comes from French and the second from Spanish.
phonicsandstuff.com/wordlist?wc=...
They both spell the /y/ sound as “ll”
The first comes from French and the second from Spanish.
phonicsandstuff.com/wordlist?wc=...
December 22, 2024 at 9:28 PM
What do guillotine and tortilla have in common?
They both spell the /y/ sound as “ll”
The first comes from French and the second from Spanish.
phonicsandstuff.com/wordlist?wc=...
They both spell the /y/ sound as “ll”
The first comes from French and the second from Spanish.
phonicsandstuff.com/wordlist?wc=...
These posts delight me. It speaks to my inner word nerd.
‘Deck’ in “Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly” means “to decorate.”
It is not related or a shortening of ‘decorate.’
It comes from the Dutch word meaning "to cover.”
You also use it when you're all "decked out."
It is not related or a shortening of ‘decorate.’
It comes from the Dutch word meaning "to cover.”
You also use it when you're all "decked out."
December 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
These posts delight me. It speaks to my inner word nerd.
Besides the great engagement, I like the underlying design ethos here. We can control our data and social graph. If for some reason Bluesky has issues in the future, it's easy to pick up and start elsewhere. So, Bluesky is incentivized to be user friendly.
"Educators who are trying Bluesky say it feels a lot like Twitter in the early days: supportive, authentic, with a lot of ideas and resources being exchanged."
100% this. And if you're new here, this starter pack will help you get started: bsky.app/starter-pack...
www.edweek.org/leadership/i...
100% this. And if you're new here, this starter pack will help you get started: bsky.app/starter-pack...
www.edweek.org/leadership/i...
Is Bluesky the New Twitter for Teachers?
Educators are trying out social media app Bluesky for building and maintaining their professional learning networks.
www.edweek.org
December 18, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Besides the great engagement, I like the underlying design ethos here. We can control our data and social graph. If for some reason Bluesky has issues in the future, it's easy to pick up and start elsewhere. So, Bluesky is incentivized to be user friendly.