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How to Thrive & Not Just Survive from Now Until Christmas Dec 03, 2024


Okay teacher friends, it's time for a pep talk...


You’re back from Thanksgiving break feeling blessed...

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Big Words Bootcamp: A Multisyllabic Mission Nov 19, 2024

 

Are you looking for ways to make teaching syllable division strategies more engaging for your stu...

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Bringing Phonics to Life: Closed Syllable Exceptions Nov 13, 2024

You know when the holidays come around and you make a few, or maybe a ton, of exceptions when it com...

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A Teacher's Guide to Using Decodable Readers Nov 05, 2024


When I made the switch from balanced literacy to structured literacy several years ago, one of the m
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Letter Reversals And Interventions That Work Oct 29, 2024

A common misconception is that if a child reverses letters, or reads a word backward, they must be d...

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Bringing Phonics to Life: The Many Sounds of the Letter Y Oct 22, 2024


If you had to choose an animal to represent the letter Y, which animal would you choose?

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Facts About Fluency & How to Help Your Reader Become Fluent Oct 16, 2024

 

It is very likely that you’ve been reading with your child, or your students, and thought, “Final...

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Help! My Child Can't Blend Sounds to Read Words Oct 08, 2024


Recently, a parent reached out to us, concerned that her first grader is struggling to blend sounds
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Bringing Phonics to Life: Consonant Blends Oct 02, 2024

 

If you are the teacher (or parent!) of early readers, you know that the struggle is real when it ...

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Shining a Spotlight on Morphology Instruction Sep 24, 2024

 

The Science of Reading is at the forefront of many conversations these days, which is absolutely ...

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A Parent's Guide to Supporting Your Struggling Reader Sep 17, 2024

 

Knowing how to support your child’s reading development at home can be overwhelming. And let’s fa...

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Bringing Phonics to Life: Consonant Digraphs Sep 09, 2024

Before my Orton Gillingham training, I didn't think my students needed to know the technical vocabul...

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