Phonemic awareness is the ability to segment, blend and manipulate sounds. A phonemically aware student, for example, can answer “What are the sounds in Sam?” by stretching out the sounds: “Ssss-aaaa-mmmm.” Likewise, he can also get rid of beginning sounds. If you say, “Get rid of mmmm in map,” he can answer “ap.” Phonemic awareness […]
Phonics Grade 1
Sailors, Limes and how they relate to Reading Research
As of today, the story of reading research is largely one of success. For a long time, people didn’t know how to teach children to read. Teachers guessed, pulling from a wide variety of tactics. Thanks to the work of Cognitive Science, Psychology and some reading researchers, we now know how children learn to read. […]
What is the likelihood that your student has dyslexia or ADHD or both?
Reading difficulties and ADHD often co-occur. Learning to read requires sustained attention on activities that may not interest kids with ADHD. Contrary to popular thinking, learning to read is hard. Learning any new skill is hard and reading is no exception. However, once kids with ADHD know how to read, they can flourish. Their inattention […]
Sight Word Stories PDF
Sight words break the phonetic code. Sight words include: the, they, from, would, could, from, their….etc. They are common in text, especially beginning reader books. If you’d like your student to practice reading sight words in-context, click the links for FREE sight word stories pdf. Here’s one about camels: Camels If you’d like more FREE […]
ing Worksheets to Practice Inflectional Endings
Are your students learning to read 2-syllable ing words like hoping, tapping, sailing…etc? With these word types, kids need to learn to decipher the first vowel. Why does the o in hoping say something different than the o in hopping, for example? Click the following links to print FREE ing worksheets: ing Roses Here is […]
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