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May 9, 2019 | Leave a Comment

Accountability in Reading

  When students are beginning to learn to read, I believe one of the most important strategies to faithfully employ is helping students to learn to be accountable to the text that they are reading on the page.  As a special education teacher, this is one of the biggest challenges I have on a dayRead More

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Categories: Teaching Reading

May 11, 2018 | Leave a Comment

When is it time to teach r-Controlled Syllable Type Words?

When is it time to teach –r-Controlled words? I know as a teacher, I always wondered when it was time to teach -r-Controlled Syllables.  After many years of teaching, I believe I have figured it out.  And the answer is: when students have mastered simultaneously reading the Closed Syllable (also known as short vowel words)Read More

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Categories: Assessments, Products, r-Controlled Syllables, Reading Steps, Resource/Strategy, Teaching Reading

November 13, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Teaching Reading Step 6 – Final Stable

The Final Stable syllable combination is found only at the end of words, and the here are some examples of Final Stable ending: -tion in nation, -sion in mission, -ture, creature, -tian in mountain, -cious in delicious.  The most common Final Stable endings are –ble, -cle, -dle, -fle, -gle, -kle, -ple, -sle, -tle, -zle.  Final StableRead More

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Categories: Final Stable Syllables, Products, Reading Steps, Six Syllable Types, Teaching Reading

September 16, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Teaching Reading Step 5 – Open Syllables

There are 6 syllable types in reading. The basic overall purpose of learning syllable type reading is to give students 6 reading strategies to aid them in chunking longer words into short, readable parts. These strategies teach students to look at a word and identify the number of syllables that word has based upon theRead More

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Categories: Open Syllables, Products, Reading Steps, Six Syllable Types, Teaching Reading

August 27, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Teaching Reading Step 4 – Vowel Teams

Of all the syllable types to teach, Vowels Teams can be the most challenging for students to master.  And the main reason is that there are so many variations of this syllable type relative to the other five syllable types.  There are approximately 32 vowel teams.  So for this reason alone this is why moreRead More

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Categories: Products, Six Syllable Types, Teaching Reading, Vowel Digraphs & Vowel Diphthongs

August 7, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Teaching Reading Step 3 – r-Controlled

Once students master reading Closed Syllable and Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable type words, I teach -r-Controlled Syllables. The reason I teach this syllable type immediately after the first two syllable types is because -r-Controlled only has 4 sounds for students to quickly pocket.  So many programs that teach syllable type words, teach Vowel Teams after Closed and Vowel-Consonant-e,Read More

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