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Want to know how the Science of Reading applies to your classroom? Keep reading to discover what the research suggests, and how we should teach phonics and phonemic awareness to help all students learn to read.

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what is orthographic mapping
  • Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Reading Research

Orthographic Mapping

The term orthographic mapping slipped around my head for a year before I felt I could finally grab it and understand.  If I struggled to master the concept, I thought others may too.  So today, I want to break down orthographic mapping in a way that won’t leave you banging your head against the keyboard.  Hopefully.  What is orthographic mapping?
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5mistakes
  • Reading Research, Science of Reading

My Top 5 Reading Mistakes

This year, I am entering my 11th year of teaching. I’ll never forget how confident I was that first year. I thought I knew EVERYTHING there was about teaching reading to my children. In reality, I’m still learning 11 years later. I’ve made a lot of mistakes along the way, but I know I’ve never stopped working as hard as
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scienceofreading
  • Reading Research, Science of Reading

The Science of Reading

This was intended to be my first post when I launched my blog. As I began writing, though, I was overwhelmed with the idea. My apprehension came because this is just too important to mess up, too important to do half-heartedly. But today, I’m writing for those of you who, like me, are still overwhelmed sometimes with the Science of
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