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Caleb was in the second grade. He wasn’t able to read at all. In addition, he had a severe language delay and struggled to piece together 2-3 word sentences. His speech was incomprehensible, and he …
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I’m very excited to release my silent e books. They teach kids to read the silent e rule. The pictures are professional and fun. The stories are sometimes silly, and sometimes realistic. With the …
I’m excited to share a free silent e decodable text. Simply click on the link "Silent e Book" to download. My silent e decodable text, just like all my phonics books, is systematic, meaning sounds are …
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How important are phonics strategies? In one recent post, I mocked the absurd whole language approach by comparing it to a swim coach who fails to teach children through gradual skill acquisition, …
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Myla was in the second grade, yet she was at the kindergarten reading level. After she mastered simple short vowel and consonant digraph words like “fin, catch, mat, ship…etc.” she began to learn …
