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Tag: special education
Free Science of Reading Lessons | SPED
Many SPED teachers are curious about the Science of Reading and (SOR) and, specifically, what a complete SOR phonics-based lesson looks like for their struggling readers.…
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…
Mastery Learning in RtI
I just finished listening to a TED TALK by Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy. Sal was talking about mastery learning and the importance of…
Fluency Assessment Problems
The heart of effective reading intervention, whether in a comprehensive Response to Intervention (RtI) program, individual remedial reading classes, reading tutoring, or in-class literacy centers, guided…
Reading Fluency Norms
Hasbrouck and Tindal, have now (2017) have replicated their initial study for grades 1–6. Following is the latest data, i.e. 2017 for grades 1–6 and 2006 for 6–8.
Books for Struggling Readers
I just finished a comment on a teacher's post asking for feedback on her self-authored ESL teaching resources and chapter books. I was struck by the…
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…