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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,…
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 Teach Helping Verbs
English teachers learn early in their careers that strong nouns and “show-me” verbs are the keys to good writing. Of these two keys, verbs give developing…
How to Teach Main Idea
Finding the main idea is a basic reading comprehension strategy. However, basic does not mean easy. Main idea questions are found on every normed and every…
Reading Readiness
The following big picture advice on getting students ready to read applies equally to teachers of four-year-olds, fourteen-year-olds, and forty-year-olds. Of course, there are differences that…