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Reading
Sight Word Activities
Most every reading teacher places some value on sight words instruction; however, just what teachers mean by sight words varies more than the flavors at the…
Phonemic Awareness Activities
Find a summary of the reading research on phonemic awareness, get six free whole-class phonemic awareness assessments, an Mp3 of the "New Alphabet Song," and a…
How to Teach Continuous Blending
Teaching phonics is an essential ingredient to effective reading instruction. Learning the phonetic code teaches the beginning or remedial reader to make efficient and automatic judgments…
Phonics Games
Plenty of phonics-based programs do a fine job of providing that systematic instruction. However, some do the basic job, but will bore both students and teachers…
Teach Your Child to Read
One of the true joys and responsibilities of parenthood is teaching your child to read. But wait... isn't that the teacher's job? Of course it is,…
Standards and Accountability
The standards-based movement has ushered in a new era of accountability in public education with all of its attendant problems and teachers may be the ones…
How to Teach Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Prefixes, roots, and suffixes: These word parts that are, indeed, the keys to academic vocabulary—the types of words that students especially need to succeed in school.…
How to Write a Summary
Learning how to write a summary is a valuable skill. Learning how to teach what is and what is not a summary may be even more…