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Effective Secondary School Reading Staff Development
Reading staff developments at the middle and high school levels can be challenging. However, accomplishing three goals will improve results significantly. Learn three sure-fire components for…
Help! My Child Won’t Read or Write
Most children will not read or write with accountability. Providing that accountability will not ruin a child's love of reading or writing in the long run.
How to Teach Reading to Children, Youth, and Adults
Should you teach reading to children, youth, and adults in the same way? The answers may surprise you in this strategy-filled article.
Interactive Reading-Making a Movie in Your Head
Why does everyone understand movies better than reading? By using the interactive strategies that we naturally apply at the movies, we can increase our reading comprehension.
Should We Teach Phonics in Reading Intervention?
Reading is not a developmentally acquired skill. Although most students learn to read in their early years of school, some students experience significant reading problems. Almost…
Should We Teach Phonemic Awareness to Older Readers?
Phonemic awareness is the key predictor of reading success. Many students with reading problems have not acquired this ability. This article suggests that phonemic awareness should…
How to Teach Sight Words
Although not a substitute for systematic phonics instruction, learning key sight words does makes sense to promote reading automaticity. In fact, many of the high frequency…
The Top Ten Syllable Rules
The Top Ten Syllable Rules will help students improve reading, pronunciation, and spelling accuracy. Applying these syllabication rules will also help readers identify prefixes, roots, and…