Dyslexia Awareness Month is an annual observance held during the month of October to raise…
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Phonics
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Should spelling instruction still be taught in school?
A question that teachers sometimes wonder is: should we explicitly teach spelling or are spelling…
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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Strategies for Struggling Readers Who Are Not Learning Disabled
For struggling readers, whether they are identified with a learning disability or not, the process…
