The Blog
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.
- Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Resources
- Alphabet Knowledge, Phonemic Awareness, Teaching Tips
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,
- Phonemic Awareness, Reading Research
The issue of phonemic awareness right now is HOT. I can’t go to Twitter or Facebook without seeing another heated argument over phonemic awareness. It can be overwhelming, it can get nasty (who would’ve thought, right?), and it can feel disheartening. I felt like I had just learned about teaching phonemic awareness and then I had to completely change my
- Phonemic Awareness
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
- Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Reading Research
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?
- Alphabet Knowledge, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Small Group
We need to start this post with a mantra, and I want you to hold on to this mantra as long as needed. Are you ready? It might be hard to say, but I promise it is important.Repeat after me: I do not have to rush kindergarteners into reading books.Seriously. Say it again, and this time I want you to
- Alphabet Knowledge, Phonemic Awareness, Teaching Tips
How comfortable are you with writing the letter e? I think, at this point in our lives, we’re pretty solid. Since we are so good at it, we could probably teach it to others, right? How would you explain writing the letter e to a child who is just learning their letters? “You start kind-of halfway down the line.
