Reading Tools in a Box is a box of reading materials that organizes teaching reading in the most simplistic way. I know when I was a younger teacher, I thought reading was teaching all the phonic rules that I could possibly squeeze in for the year. I never realized that there was actually a scopeRead More
Summer Reading
At the end of every school year, a common question that parents ask is: “How can I continue to help my child read and grow over the summer?” 1. Keep reading books on your child’s level. This way you know your child is reading on level which shows them that they are reading “justRead More
50 Sight Word Students Misread the Most
Over the past 5 years [2014–2019], I have administered a sight word reading assessment 100 times to a total of 42 students. Once this project was complete, I analyzed the data and found these 50 words to be the most missed sights words that students incorrectly read. The way I figured the data was if aRead More
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
Having Issues with Windows Not Downloading a File from TpT?
Have you ever seen the following messages when trying to download a file with Windows? I wanted to post this article, because I just recently had an issue with Windows not downloading a file from my TpT site. I received a few comments after customers made a purchase that stating that they were not ableRead More
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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