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NEW Secret Stories® Digital Phonics Tools for Online Reading Lessons I apologize for the looooong delay between blog posts, but like all of you, my time away wasn’t due to a wonderful summer vacation. Nope! On the contrary, I feel like there was NO summer this year, just a crazy-long Spring that somehow turned into […]
The following post has been reprinted, with permission, from https://writingandlaughing.com/. Yeah, I know. Super sexy blog title! I can tell you’re here because of that burning question: “How do I know if my phonics instruction is actually working?” I have two answers for this question, but first, a little background…. Teachers College Reading, Writing & Phonics […]
The following post has been reprinted with permission from https://parisjeske.com. Where to start? The past six or so months, Finley has really picked up on reading and it has become one of my favorite parts of our homeschool day. We don’t use any specific curriculum, but are slightly more structured than “unschooling.” While I’m certainly […]
How to Teach Reading to English Language Learners: How I went from knowing nothing about phonics to a “code-cracking” expert, and how I helped my kids do the same! A Guest-Post By Ariana Curcó, a Pre-K/Kindergarten Teacher in Monterrey, Mexico If you’re anything like me and/or if you’re here, reading this, it’s because you’re doing […]
(This post was originally posted on I Teach What’s Your Super Power Blog, and excerpts pertaining to the Secret Stories® have been shared here, with permission from the author.) Struggling Readers and the Phonics Divide I had never heard of the Secret Stories until a teacher I thought highly of at a previous school swore by it with […]
If you follow my daily Instagram feed (yes, I post daily, as Instagram has trained me well!) then you know it’s like a running “stream of consciousness” for me. (If you’re not on Instagram, I used to be you!!!) However, now that I’ve made the leap, you can find me here…. and I highly recommend […]
A Guest Post By Melissa Gregory —Kindergarten Teacher at Title I School in Ohio Kindergarten- End of October Who says kindergartners can’t have access to ALL of the code needed to read and write in a short amount of time???? By the end of the FIRST NINE WEEKS, these cuties are taking off in reading […]
Dyslexia, Reading, Phonics & the Brain Dyslexia So what is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is often genetic, and that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological […]
How to Teach First Graders About Persuasive Writing Teaching persuasive writing is not easy, and getting kids excited about doing it, especially first graders, is even harder….but not when there are leprechauns involved! Now you might be thinking, “This lady is crazy! Look at that mess! Why would anyone purposely ransack their own classroom for […]
Phonics “Secrets” to Support Reading and Writing at Home This was originally posted on Tara Settle’s popular (and totally FREE & AWESOME!) teacher blog, Settle on In, entitled, “The BEST GIFT I Have Ever Given. It’s about the holiday gift that she gave to her students this year, and I asked Tara if she would […]
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