Time to Teach Vowel Teams Now that March is here, it is time to teach Vowel Teams, and I usually teach these syllable types through mid-April. By this time students have worked on Vowel Teams for 6 weeks. At that point, spring break is here, and it is the perfect time… Read More
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A running record is a simple assessment that a teacher administers one-on-one with a student to determine their developmental reading level. Credit goes to Marie Clay for designing this effective reading tool for us. [http://scholastic.ca/education/movingupwithliteracyplace/pdfs/grade4/runningrecords.pdf] READING BEHAVIORS ASSESSED There are many reading behaviors to be considered on a running record… Read More
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The Schwa Sound – The Third Sound of Vowels When teaching reading, it is quite common for teachers to not know about the schwa sound and therefore, not know to teach it. When a student is attempting to figure out the vowel sound in a word, and the vowel doesn’t… Read More
The holidays are fast approaching, and that in itself is unbelievable! I hope your school year is going well. Mine is – just so busy! In reading, I am getting ready to move from teaching Vowel-Consonant-e words to r-Controlled syllables. So thinking that you may be in the same place… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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