Syllable Division 101: Part 1
Have you been wanting to teach syllable division but you’re not sure where to begin?...
The Road to Reading Certification
Are you passionate about the science of reading research and interested in pursuing additional certification?...
Dysgraphia 101: A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Supporting Students
Dysgraphia is defined as “the condition of impaired letter writing by hand” or put more...
Read and Spell Consonant le Words: the Count Back 3 Strategy
Reading and spelling words with consonant le can be a tricky skill to master! Fortunately,...
Vocabulary Instruction: The Missing Piece of Your Literacy Lessons?
Of the five components of reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary), vocabulary...
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...
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,...
