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Bringing Phonics to Life: How to Teach Glued Sounds NG & NK Apr 01, 2025

For some reason, every single year, certain concepts are sure to trip up our kids. No matter where w...

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Bringing Phonics to Life: How to Teach Closed Syllable Exceptions Mar 19, 2025


Have your students ever asked you a question that you didn't know the answer to? My hand is definite
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Bringing Phonics to Life: How to Teach Short Vowel Protectors Mar 12, 2025

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach short vowel protectors? This post is for you! Fo...

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Bringing Phonics to Life: How to Teach Hard and Soft C & G Feb 26, 2025

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach the 2 sounds of the letters C and G? This blog p...

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Organization Hacks for Your Small Groups Feb 12, 2025


Lately, we've received several questions about how we organize our small group lesson plans and mate
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Winter Reading Challenge Bookmarks Dec 10, 2024


Motivating your students to read over Winter Break can be.... well, challenging. 

At the beginning of
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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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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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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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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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So, What Does a Science of Reading Lesson Plan Look Like? Aug 07, 2024

As teachers around the globe are gearing up for back-to-school, plans are being created left and rig...

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Syllable Types: Why do kids need to understand these? Oct 24, 2021

To be honest, I have no idea how I was taught to read. I have specific memories from elementary sc...

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