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Everything you need to know about sight words. We also provide articles and worksheets for parents and teachers to provide assistance with spelling, writing and reading.

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How to Read

Learning to read is a critical step in a child's development. Yet 4 out of 10 children will experience problems. The articles below elaborate on the skills needed to become a fluent reader.

Basic Reading Concepts

  • Concepts of Print
  • Alphabetic Principle
  • Phonological vs. Phonemic Awareness
  • The Five Key Areas of Reading
  • Ideal Timeline For Teaching Literacy

Phonemic Awareness

  • Acquiring Phonemic Awareness Can be Phun
  • 17 Spectacular Nursery Rhymes
  • Singing Enhances Phonemic Awareness
  • Learning Your ABCs at the Dinner Table

Phonics and Word Recognition

  • Teaching Tips for Phonics and Word Recognition
  • Sequence of Phonics Instruction - Part I
  • Sequence of Phonics Instruction - Part II
  • Sequence of Phonics Instruction - Part III
  • Sequence of Phonics Instruction - Part IV
  • Expose Children to Irregular Words Early & Often
  • The Dynamic Duo: Phonics and Sight Words

Fluency

  • Teaching Fluency
  • Monitoring Fluency

Vocabulary

  • Don’t Dumb It Down
  • Taking Specific Word Instruction Too Far

Comprehesion

  • Basic Comprehension Strategies
  • Seven Secrets to Reading Comprehension
  • Seven Habits of a Good Reader


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Printable Reading Log for Elementary Grades

A reading log is a great tool that assists teachers, parents and children. As early as first grade, both of my children were required to complete a reading log as part of their homework. As a result, we've created free, printable reading logs ideal for a child in elementary school. Daily

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What is Realistic Fiction?

Realistic fiction is a story written about events that did not actually happen but could have happened; the people, events and places may be real. It is a classification of literature containing stories that could actually happen, in a time and setting that is plausible and contains realistic

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Phoneme

It is essential that a child make a connection between letters and sounds; letters represent speech sounds and when combined forms words. Changing the letter results in a different sound and word. Phoneme Definition A phoneme is the smallest identifiable units of sound. When speaking, we combine

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Kindergarten Word Families

A word family consists of a group of words that share an ending part of a word (rime), e.g. rug, bug & hug. In addition to recognizing rhymes, knowledge of short vowel sounds is crucial when learning to read and spell. Interestingly, short vowel sounds can be the hardest for beginner readers to

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Singing Enhances Phonemic Awareness

Singing songs help children improve their ability to hear and manipulate the individual sounds that make up a word (commonly referred to as phonemic awareness). Similar to reading nursery rhymes, singing songs assist a child in hearing rhymes. Singing songs can also help a child grasp print

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Sequence of Phonics Instruction – Part IV

Sequence of Phonics Instruction – Part IV Phonics relies on letter-sound relationships to teach children to identify words. When teaching phonics begin with the easy relationships and then move along to the more complex letter-sound relationships. For more information about phonics, please

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Sight words are high frequency words that should be read fluently and automatically upon sight; they are among the most common English words and many are not spelled phonetically.

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