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Category: Phonics

What the National Reading Panel Says About: Phonics

Synthetic phonics is more effective than embedded phonics Phonics is ubiquitous You honestly can t read an education article or

My 5 Phonics Must-Haves

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The Decodable Story We All Need: An Interview with “Monster and Friends”

When I first heard from the author of Monster and Friends I didn t really think much about it The

The Power of Decodable Folders

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Practices That Work: Sound-Symbol Mapping

A nbsp few months ago I started a series of blog posts where I do a deep dive into specific

My Favorite Reading Games

There s nothing quite like a game to take worn out and wound up children and bring them back to

Spring 2022 Decodable Awards

You know I love decodables nbsp One of my first blog posts was about why they are important and the

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

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

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

Let’s Talk Running Records

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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