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Archives for November 2016

The Story of a Grateful Reading Tutor

November 24, 2016 By: Brittany Marker1 Comment

A Grateful Reading Tutor

I’m a San Diego reading tutor. I’m so grateful for what I do. I never imagined I would be a reading tutor. Unexpectedly, I met the most inspiring professor of my life…. John Shefelbine Shefelbine was a tireless and devoted advocate for early systematic reading instruction. He was quick-witted and smart; he earned his Ph.D […]

Moms of Struggling Readers Hear A Lot of Nonsense…

November 17, 2016 By: Brittany Markercomment

Struggling Readers- Bad Advice to Avoid

Moms of struggling readers have to wade through many voices. Everyone has an opinion on why a child can’t read. Explanations pour in from well-meaning friends, family members, teachers and the principle. WHY CAN’T MY CHILD READ? Friends offer advice based on what happened with their own child: “Aidan just learned how to read right […]

My Child Can’t Read Yet – Lisa’s Story

November 10, 2016 By: Brittany Markercomment

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Lisa, a mom of a struggling reader, called at a busy time. I told her I had no room in my schedule for another student. “You’ll have to research other options,” I said. But she was persistent. SELF-ESTEEM AND READING DIFFICULTIES I received long text messages and frequent phone calls from Lisa. Her daughter, Emma, […]

Has Whole Language Failed California?

November 3, 2016 By: Brittany Markercomment

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California’s history in K-2 reading instruction is a great drama worthy of an independent film movie script. The players are young idealists, policymakers blindly passing legislation and a grandmother, a woman who in her retirement, went on an obsessive campaign to help children learn how to read. California’s reading scores were once among the highest […]

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Short a Activity- Design Donuts

November 21st, 2019

Did your student just learn letter sounds? If so, it's time to start decoding short a words. Short [...]

Why Mississippi Improved their Reading Scores...

November 14th, 2019

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is like the American Report Card on reading [...]

What are Decodable Books?

November 7th, 2019

Decodable books allow beginning readers to practice their phonics skills. They are books that start[...]

A Letter Sound Activity with Interleaving

October 23rd, 2019

When kids learn letter sounds, and phonics sounds in general, they benefit from interleaving--a pra[...]

Letter Sound Activity for Beginners

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Do you have a student who is learning letter sounds? Encourage beginners by introducing just a hand[...]

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