Tag: science of reading

Vocabulary Instruction: The Missing Piece of Your Literacy Lessons?

keepreadingandlearning, November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

Of the five components of reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary), vocabulary…

keepreadingandlearning, July 25, 2023July 31, 2023

Do you have students who make guesses based on initial letter sounds instead of sounding…

keepreadingandlearning, June 24, 2023August 1, 2023

Does your reading program require you to teach “sight words,” “heart words,” “trick words,” “red…

keepreadingandlearning, May 10, 2023December 2, 2024

Nonsense words are not real words but they follow common patterns of English spelling. They…

keepreadingandlearning, October 24, 2023August 25, 2024

Dyslexia is a complex and often misunderstood learning difference that affects millions of people worldwide….

keepreadingandlearning, July 11, 2023December 2, 2024

Do your students struggle with sentence writing? Do they tend to compose fragments and run-ons,…

keepreadingandlearning, May 21, 2023April 30, 2024

For struggling readers, whether they are identified with a learning disability or not, the process…

keepreadingandlearning, October 9, 2023April 30, 2024

Dyslexia Awareness Month is an annual observance held during the month of October to raise…

keepreadingandlearning, August 23, 2023September 6, 2023

A question that teachers sometimes wonder is: should we explicitly teach spelling or are spelling…

keepreadingandlearning, June 12, 2023December 2, 2024

Phonological awareness and rapid naming are two skills that are often weak in struggling readers,…