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Common Core Content Area Reading and Writing
Nothing in the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has worried English-language arts teachers more than “The Great Shift.” This shift changes the emphasis of reading…
Why Vocabulary Word Lists Don’t Work
Teaching vocabulary word lists does not work. The strategy of giving twenty words on Monday and testing on Friday is both inefficient and ineffective. However, three…
Good Reading Fluency, but Poor Reading Comprehension
Teachers and parents see it more and more: good reading fluency, but poor reading comprehension. Repeated reading practice to build fluency needs to be balanced with…
Straight Talk with Stephen Krashen on SSR
Straight Talk with Stephen Krashen on SSR is a dialogue between Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) advocate, Dr. Stephen Krashen, and reading specialist/ELA teacher, Mark Pennington.
5 Reasons SSR Doesn’t Work
Essentially, SSR is based upon these assumptions: Reading is a skill which improves with practice. Students should be allowed to select their own books to read.…
How to Teach the Voiced and Unvoiced “th”
Teaching the voiced and unvoiced consonant digraphs in the context of beginning and remedial reading instruction can be tricky. Speech therapists and ESL teachers insist that…
Teaching Reading to Your Child
Whether your child is in pre-school, kindergarten, or first grade he or she can and will learn to read with your help. Get free diagnostic assessments…
Word Families (Rimes) Activities
Although systematic explicit phonics instruction should be the core of beginning reading instruction, as a reading specialist I support an eclectic approach to ensure success for…