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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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  • Reading Research, Science of Reading

What the National Reading Panel Says About: Phonemic Awareness

               In 1997, the National Reading Panel was convened at the behest of Congress and the Secretary of Education.  It was gathered in order to “assess the status of research-based knowledge, including the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching children to read”(National Reading Panel, 2000, p.1-1).  In 2000, the National Reading Panel (NRP) released their report, a document free to
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  • Book Reviews

Book Review: Speech to Print

Definitely the kind of book you’ll need to take notes on. I may or may not have had to blur out coffee stains on this picture. It’s one of those books you know you should read, but it takes all of us forever to actually sit down and read it.  So is it worth all the hype?  In my opinion,
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  • Phonics, Resources, Uncategorized

Practices That Work: Sound-Symbol Mapping

A  few months ago, I started a series of blog posts where I do a deep dive into specific instructional practices.  I started with word chaining, and today I want to continue the conversation with sound-symbol mapping.  This practice can be done in whole group, small group, or one on one.  With some guidance, it can also be a valuable
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  • Alphabet Knowledge, Phonemic Awareness, Teaching Tips

The Summer Before Kindergarten

If you have a child that is about to enter kindergarten, you might find yourself wondering what they need to know when they come to us.  Do they need to know all their letter sounds?  Should they be reading?    Today, I want to put your mind at ease about what we expect when your child starts kindergarten.To put it simply,
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  • Science of Reading

My First Year of Structured Literacy

This was my first year where I fully implemented more evidenced-based practices in my intervention groups (AKA I followed the Science of Reading).  In March 2020 when the world shut down, I had just heard the term Science of Reading for the first time.  I was attempting to teach with both balanced literacy AND structured literacy formats.  I would teach
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  • Phonics, Resources

My Favorite Reading Games

There’s nothing quite like a game to take worn-out and wound-up children and bring them back to center.  There have been days where I could see that my typical lesson was not going to work, because my kids didn’t have enough gas left in their tank to make it through.  It doesn’t happen often, but on those days I give
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  • Phonics, Resources

Spring 2022 Decodable Awards

You know I love decodables.  One of my first blog posts was about why they are important and the difference between leveled and decodable readers.  Not all decodables are created equal, and I don’t use the same ones for all my students.  So today, we’re going to talk about my favorite decodables for specific purposes.  I’m talking favorite for beginning
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  • Phonics, Science of Reading

The Power of Cumulative Review

Before becoming Orton-Gillingham trained, I rarely reviewed.  I “taught” my spelling features for the week and then expected my children to magically remember those rules forever.  I was still using leveled texts, so there was no review of skills in connected text.  I knew I needed to do more, but I didn’t know how to make it all fit into
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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.  So today, I’m diving deep into why and how, without extra fluff.  (Look, I’m even keeping the intro short so this doesn’t become one of those recipe blogs that tells you the entire history
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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.  I wear my identity as a reader on my sleeve and quite literally on me at all times (I have a Harry Potter tattoo).  Becoming
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