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Tag: phonemes
r-controlled Vowels for Big Kids
Following is the explicit, systematic approach to phonics acquisition via small group workshops from my reading intervention program. Download the entire set of r-controlled vowel lessons and…
Which High Frequency Words?
First, let's dispel a few notions about how we learn to read. It's not a which came first, the chicken or the egg? question some still…
Reading Fluency Assessment
Wouldn't it be great if you found a two-minute, numbered reading fluency that was leveled, at say first through seventh grade reading levels, did not require…
Phonemic Awareness Assessments
Phonemic Awareness can be assessed and taught to both beginning and remedial reading students with fficient, comprehensive, and accurate whole class (or at least small group)…
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…
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 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…