Teaching reading is truly two fold--teaching students to decode and teaching them to comprehends. Teach readers how to be thinkers with these simple steps.
Annotation can be a powerful way to improve comprehension and increase engagement, but its effectiveness can vary depending on how it's taught.
Teaching morphology in the primary grades can set up our students for success. you can introduce morphology by teaching suffixes right away.
Teaching questioning to primary readers can be challenging. I recently released a new edition of Concrete Comprehension for Primary Readers:
A Smile For Every Lesson Plan
This interactive emergent reader teaches students to read and spell the word "said". Each page includes repetitive text with picture support. A printable worksheet has also been included to provide students with additional practice - this can be used alongside the reader or as a separate task. The...
An intellectual disability is a lifelong condition that impairs cognitive function. Support services can help individuals with this condition achieve success.
A look at why summarizing skills are important, how to work on them, and a free printable story elements graphic organizer to teach kids how to summarize.
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When I'd sit in RtI meetings, one of the major concerns teachers frequently brought up was fluency. "He can decode at a level 24, but h...
Learn creative and hands-on ways to use Stellaluna activities will keep kids engaged and turn your readers into comprehenders.
Teaching the Letter D to preschoolers and all ages! ALL you need for Letter D (plus a FREE printable pdf) - letter d crafts, songs, videos, snack ideas, & more, including letter D art for toddlers, and different ways to write the letter D.
With new science and research, we need to rethink our strategy for prompting early readers. Come learn how to take what you know and make it better.
Tips for raising readers - helping kids learn to love books, and the benefits of having children who love to read.
Beginning Readers Books that parents and teachers can print for kids - Page 7
Alphabet Emergent Readers and Activities for our youngest learners. Perfect bundle for prek and kindergarten students.
Have you ever wondered why some kids learn to read quickly and easily and other kids struggle?Researchers have spent years trying to determine the 'why' behind struggling readers. The assumption, when it comes to reading, is that there must be one 'system' or 'method' that will help students build this skill.So...then why do so many research studies on methods for teaching reading produce basically no valuable data? The truth is that reading isn't just about knowing how to sound out words or being able to memorize a billion words from the dictionary. (Yes.. that's a honest-to-God teaching method.) It's actually
10 Ways to Become a Better Reader - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. This document provides 10 ways to become a better reader, all of which consist of simply reading more often and regularly. The key message is that frequent and consistent reading is essential to improving one's reading skills and abilities.
Five Star Listeners (1 pg word doc)
