How does slow processing speed impact reading skills?
Skillful reading requires many cognitive processes. A weakness in cognitive skills such as processing speed,...
10 Common Ways English Learners Can Struggle in the Classroom, Part Two
Do you have English language learners in your classroom with language processing challenges or other...
Ten Common Ways English Learners Can Struggle in the Classroom, Part One
Do you have English Learners (ELs) in your classroom who have reading difficulties or struggle...
Vocabulary Instruction: The Missing Piece of Your Literacy Lessons?
Of the five components of reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary), vocabulary...
Challenging Dyslexia Myths: Seeing Beyond the Stereotypes
Dyslexia is a complex and often misunderstood learning difference that affects millions of people worldwide....
Dyslexia 101: Key Concepts Made Easy
Dyslexia Awareness Month is an annual observance held during the month of October to raise...
Should spelling instruction still be taught in school?
A question that teachers sometimes wonder is: should we explicitly teach spelling or are spelling...
Studying Look-Alike Words to Promote Orthographic Mapping
Do you have students who make guesses based on initial letter sounds instead of sounding...
Using Scrambled Sentences to Teach Sentence Writing
Do your students struggle with sentence writing? Do they tend to compose fragments and run-ons,...
Teaching “Sight Words” the Science of Reading Way
Does your reading program require you to teach “sight words,” “heart words,” “trick words,” “red...
