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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)…
Reading Assessment Issues
I have a bit of advice: Only administer, correct, record, and monitor reading assessments if they are quick, comprehensive and teachable and if you, the teacher,…
How to Practice Reading Comprehension
We can't teach reading comprehension, but we can practice it. Johnny has high fluency scores and everyone knows he's a good reader, so one way to…
Don’t Teach Reading Comprehension
The article offers proof that, despite contrary claims, there is no clear consensus as to what is reading comprehension and how to teach it.
Reading Screening and Placement Assessments
What if reading screening and placement assessments were designed as part of the instruction. What each of the assessment items informed the teacher about what did…