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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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  • Phonics, Science of Reading

The Power of Cumulative Review

Before becoming Orton Gillingham trained I rarely reviewed nbsp I taught my spelling features for the week and then expected my children to magically remember those rules forever nbsp I was still using leveled texts so there was no review of skills in connected text nbsp I knew I needed to do more but I didn t know how to
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  • Phonics, Resources

Word Chaining: Practices That Work

I ve talked a lot about word chains but realized I ve never dug deeply into why they are important and very explicitly explain the steps to take nbsp So today I m diving deep into why and how without extra fluff nbsp Look I m even keeping the intro short so this doesn t become one of those recipe
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  • Science of Reading

Kids Don’t Have to Love Reading

I identify as a reader so much I literally had a Harry Potter wedding But that doesn t mean my children have to love reading like I do As teachers we tend to be voracious readers nbsp I wear my identity as a reader on my sleeve and quite literally on me at all times I have a Harry Potter
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  • Book Reviews, Reading Research, Uncategorized

Book Review: Reading for Life by Lyn Stone

Fun fact my best friend Rachel and I bought this book for each other this Christmas without realizing what the other one was doing I ve read a lot of books about teaching reading nbsp Some have been great some have been meh and some have been so dense I have to wait until I m on a break to
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  • Phonics, Resources

The Science of Reading and Teachers Pay Teachers (pt. 2)

I think Teachers Pay Teachers is great biased I know nbsp But honestly I think it can also be terrible for someone who doesn t know what they are looking for nbsp There are a LOT of let s just say questionable resources out there nbsp If someone were just looking for Science of Reading resources they might run across
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  • Phonemic Awareness, Reading Research

Addressing Key Issues in Phonemic Awareness

The issue of phonemic awareness right now is HOT nbsp I can t go to Twitter or Facebook without seeing another heated argument over phonemic awareness nbsp It can be overwhelming it can get nasty who would ve thought right and it can feel disheartening nbsp I felt like I had just learned about teaching phonemic awareness and then I
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  • Fluency, Phonics

Let’s Talk Running Records

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I was the queen of running records nbsp You should see the composition books I had where I took a running record on every child in all of my groups almost weekly nbsp I didn t need a form I didn t need any fancy technology
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  • Phonics

You Can Still Give Spelling Tests

As I entered the Science of Reading world I heard a lot about how people were ditching spelling tests nbsp When I was in the classroom I had between 4 and 5 different word study groups and each group had a spelling test on Friday So that meant I spent over an hour each Friday testing children on their words
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  • Phonics

10 Ways to Practice Phonics Skills

I love teaching children how to read nbsp I enjoy teaching in general but teaching phonics is just SO MUCH FUN nbsp So today I want to talk about 10 different ways I practice a phonics skill with kids nbsp Each activity is something I do with my kiddos and all of them are meaningful ways to practice reading and
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  • Phonemic Awareness

Sounder and Friends™: An Interview with the Creators

The characters from Sounder and Friends™ Recently I had the chance to sit down and speak with Laura and Heather the creators of Sounder and Friends™ an educational show airing on PBS and streaming on You Tube that focuses on developing phonemic awareness in young children They also have a free phonemic awareness app coming out Today listen in as
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