A question that teachers sometimes wonder is: should we explicitly teach spelling or are spelling…
Category: Strategies
Sight Words
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Studying Look-Alike Words to Promote Orthographic Mapping
Do you have students who make guesses based on initial letter sounds instead of sounding…
Phonics
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Using Scrambled Sentences to Teach Sentence Writing
Do your students struggle with sentence writing? Do they tend to compose fragments and run-ons,…
Sight Words
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Teaching “Sight Words” the Science of Reading Way
Does your reading program require you to teach “sight words,” “heart words,” “trick words,” “red…
Research
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The Role of Phonological Awareness and Rapid Naming in the Development of Early Reading Skills
Phonological awareness and rapid naming are two skills that are often weak in struggling readers,…
Special Education/IEPs
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Not Learning Disabled, But Still Struggling: What Compensators Need
For struggling readers, whether they are identified with a learning disability or not, the process…
Disabilities
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Should we teach and assess with nonsense words?
Nonsense words aren’t part of anyone’s daily vocabulary, yet they follow the same spelling patterns…
Phonics
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How to Align Your Sight Word Instruction with Your Phonics Instruction
Are you new to the science of reading research and looking for ways to help…
Phonics
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Tips For Teaching Silent E Words With Soft C And G… With Ninjas!
Silent e has many jobs! If you found this article, I’m guessing you recently discovered that…
Phonics
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The Many Jobs of Silent e- Tips for Phonics Instruction
Silent e has many jobs! If you found this article, I’m guessing you recently discovered…
