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Consonant Digraphs for Big Kids
s an MA reading specialist, I know that teachers get confused about consonant blends. Let me give you the definitions, a way to remember the difference,…
Consonant-Final e for Big Kids
Students find the silent final e to be a frustrating component of our English sound-spelling system. In particular, second-language learners struggle with both pronunciations and spellings of…
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 Reading Intervention
Teaching reading intervention is qualitatively different from teaching beginning reading. By definition, the initial reading instruction did not “take” to a sufficient degree, so things must…
How to be an Effective Reading Specialist
As an elementary reading specialist and staff developer for five years, I learned from lots of my mistakes. In the hope that prospective reading specialists, coaches,…
How and When to Teach Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness is the key predictor of reading success. However, is it a pre-requisite skill or a by-product of reading? This article suggests that phonemic awareness…