If you’ve been in education for even a short amount of time you’ve heard the term nonsense word, but you may or may not know how or even why we use nonsense words in the classroom. Using nonsense words in the classroom can be beneficial when they’re used correctly, so
I talk a lot about decoding skills on the blog, like building phonological awareness skills and phonics knowledge; however, vocabulary instruction and knowledge building in the classroom is critical if we want students to be literate. Both sides of Scarborough’s Reading Rope need to be taught simultaneously. Knowledge building is
Assessments are the critical starting point when planning a literacy lesson in the classroom, but it can be overwhelming to know just how to assess reading. The purpose of this blog post is to help clear up some confusion about how to assess reading in primary classrooms, with an added
The first day of school is just around the corner, which means new and veteran teachers are prepping and searching for all the tips and tricks on teaching routines and procedures in the classroom. Elementary school is magical. It’s full of fun and excitement. It’s also extremely challenging and complex.
Fluent reading is an essential component of reading and a critical skill to develop when creating literate students. But what is fluent reading, and why is it so important? In this post, we’ll explore the key components of fluent reading and why it’s so important for students of all ages.
Make your phonics lesson planning easier with this complete guide! Here, you’ll find tips and strategies for planning and delivering effective phonic lessons.
In this blog post, were talking all about the phonics warm up portion of lesson planning. A warm up drill (or sometimes called a Three Part Drill) is the portion of your lesson where you review previously taught sounds and letters in multiple ways to help students identify sounds and
Structured literacy is an approach to teaching reading that is based off the science of reading. This term originated from the International Dyslexia Association and encompasses certain principals when teaching literacy instruction. Structured literacy is science-based, explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic. In today’s blog post we are going to focus
In any elementary educational setting the term “cvc words” is thrown around a lot. We know our students need to be reading cvc words and spelling cvc words, but do we really know what they are? And do we know how to teach them? What is a CVC word?
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