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Vowel Sounds
Wow, it's rare for me to disagree with Grammar Girl. However, when Grammar Girl goes after the w in suggesting that it may not serve as…
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…
Visual Spelling Strategies
Spelling is primarily an auditory skill; however, when used as an appropriate instructional component of a comprehensive spelling program, visual spelling strategies, such as these “picture…
Spelling Rules
In this six part series on How to Teach Spelling, this third post discusses and provides teaching resources for teaching the eight conventional spelling rules.
English Sound-Spellings
In this six part series on How to Teach Spelling, this second post discusses and provides teaching resources for teaching the sound-spelling system.
Ten Components of a Successful Spelling Program
Teachers truly want to differentiate spelling instruction, but the materials, testing, instruction, and management can prove overwhelming to even the most conscientious professional. Using this Spelling…
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,…
Why English Spelling Is So Difficult
This article explains why the English Spelling System is so difficult to master. Seven suggestions give hope to even the most challenged speller to improve spelling.