Day 6: Why Memorizing Sight Words Isn’t the Best Way to Build Strong Readers For decades, teachers have been encouraged to build strong readers by helping students memorize “sight words.”…
Day 5: Why Decodable Texts Matter More Than Leveled Readers for Beginning Readers One of the biggest changes in reading instruction over the past several years has been the growing…
Day 4: Why Some Students Freeze on Words They Should Be Able to Read Picture this: a student can identify every single sound in a word. Ask them in isolation…
Day 3: One Reading Mistake to Avoid This School Year: Misunderstanding What Phonics Really Is When you hear the word phonics, what comes to mind? For many educators, phonics is…
Day 2: The Reading Foundation You Can’t See: Why Phonemic Awareness Matters Yesterday, we talked about one of the biggest misconceptions in reading instruction: the idea that reading develops naturally…
This is day 1 of our 30 Reading Mistakes Teachers Were Never Taught to Avoid. What if I told you the biggest reading mistake happens before the first lesson, and…
STRUCTURED LITERACY | READING INSTRUCTION | DYSLEXIA SUPPORT Why Smart Students Freeze When Asked to Write? It’s not laziness, defiance, or lack of understanding. Here’s what’s actually happening and exactly…
Twice-exceptional students are some of the most fascinating and sometimes puzzling learners in our classrooms and homes. These students are both gifted in certain areas and challenged in others due…
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, such as there, their, and they’re; to, too, and two. At first glance, they may seem like a…
Students with working memory deficits often appear inconsistent in their learning. For example, one day a concept seems solid; the next day it has vanished. Usually, directions are forgotten, sounds…
When students struggle with articulation, it doesn’t just affect how they speak; it affects how they hear sounds, how they process them, how they store them in memory, and eventually…
If you have ever wondered whether Orton Gillingham (OG) can really work in a whole-class setting, you are not alone. Many teachers love OG principles but struggle with the idea…
