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Tag: Teaching Reading Strategies

Grammar & Mechanics Jan 24, 2022

Heart Wordles

Do you love Wordle? For those of you teaching reading intervention, SPED, or ELL classes, here’s a set of 43 FREE Google slide games to help…

Grammar & Mechanics Sep 17, 2021

Reading and Spelling Assessments

Following are accurate and teachable diagnostic phonemic awareness, reading, and spelling assessments with audio files, Google forms, Google sheets, and corresponding recording matrices to help teachers…

Reading Aug 9, 2021

Sound-Spelling Cards

Reading teachers know the value of picture mnemonics to help students master phoneme-grapheme relationships. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. Sound-spelling cards can…

Reading Jul 15, 2021

Decodables Criteria

Reading specialists and reading intervention teachers have long advocated the use of decodable text for struggling, vulnerable readers... especially those in upper elementary, middle or high…

Reading Jul 15, 2021

Decodables for Big Kids

The Sam and Friends Phonics Books are pure (as much as possible) decodables for older students.

Literacy Centers Jan 19, 2021

Tier 3 Reading and Spelling Assessments

Get FREE reading and spelling diagnostic assessments.

Grammar & Mechanics Dec 20, 2019

Making Sense of Guided Reading

Most elementary teachers in the United States use one form of guided reading or another. In fact, the two most popular reading programs (Fountas & Pinnell…

Grammar & Mechanics Dec 11, 2019

FREE Reading and Spelling Assessments

Get 13 FREE diagnostic reading and spelling assessments, most of which include audio files to pinpoint literacy deficits. Appropriate for reading intervention program placement and assessment-based…