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Sight Words Thru Phonics: A Game That Actually Teaches–Steal It
Don’t make this mistake. Don’t put the cart before the horse. Don’t emphasize sight words […]
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A Streamlined System for Differentiated Learning–Guided Reading
[Looking for a small group Guided Reading structure that’s easy to use AND accelerates students’ […]
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Organize Advanced Phonics Information for Rapid Learning–Sort It
Have you had a student like Anthony? Anthony’s finishing 1st grade and he seems to […]
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Teach the Letter-Sounds with Multiple Early Reading Skills–Build It
How can one not start at the beginning, you may be wondering. “Start” and “beginning” […]
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Learning How to Blend and Read Words–Read It
Maria is a beautiful, endearing child with carefully plaited braids and bows that match her […]
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The Foundation for Strong Sound-Based Decoding–Switch It
Imagine with me the recipe that most first grade teachers attempt to create a class […]
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Speech to Print: Is There a Third Way?
A fall-out of the Reading Wars is that phonics programs mostly stagnated. In their struggle […]
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K-1 Teacher Jennifer Glueck’s Review of Reading Simplified
Beginning My Teaching with Balanced LiteracyI began my teaching career over 20 years ago and […]
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Activities for Kindergarten Reading to Boost Growth
What if you discovered activities for your kindergarten reading instruction that enabled all of your […]
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Science Shorts #3-Integrate; Don’t Isolate Reading Subskills
Most learning to read programs isolate reading subskills, such as oral phonemic awareness or letter-sound […]
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Science Shorts #2 – Decoding Begins with the Alphabetic Principle
After, and along with, the essential task of learning oral language, learning to read words […]
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Science Shorts #1–Do You Believe?
You’re eager to learn more about the Science of Reading. You’re frustrated that you didn’t […]
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Corrective Feedback for Beginning or Struggling Readers
Giving feedback is one of the highest levers a teacher has. But giving corrective feedback […]
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The Creator of a Remarkable Professional Development Facebook Group
Reading teacher and literacy advocate Donna Schultz Hejtmanek had no idea what she was getting […]
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Margaret Goldberg on Evidently, Evidence Isn’t Enough
How can teachers honestly be expected to abandon years, if not decades, of training and […]
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