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 […]
Learn What to Teach After Alphabet
Is your student done learning letter sounds? Can he read simple short vowel sentences like The cat met a hen? Make sure your student reads through a few short vowel books before moving on to new content. He needs to develop some fluency and be able to read about 20 correct words per minute. (Reading […]
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 […]
ADHD and Reading
Reading requires focus. Learning to read requires even more. For a child that is easily distracted and seeks intense stimulation, learning to read can feel daunting. Drawing out the sounds, writing each letter, saying words slowly one phoneme at a time, can seem dull and tedious to kids with ADHD. A child with ADHD may […]
Why English-Speaking Kids Start School at Age 5
American children begin school at age 5. In Kindergarten, kids learn (ideally) letter sounds. Then they string sounds together to blend words. For example, a Kindergartner might read met, fin and mom. Later, they learn the names of letters. To learn to spell, teachers often encourage kids to write words slowly while saying the sounds […]
Short Vowel Game pdf with Tulips
Do you have a Kindergarten student? Beginning readers need to learn how to decode short vowel words. If you’d like to prepare your student for reading, begin by saying words slowly: mmmmm-ooooo-mmmm. Then, ask your student, “What am I saying?” Pick about 10 short vowel words per lesson. Once your student 1) knows letter sounds […]
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 […]
5 Year Old Reading Level
When Ryan was 5 years old, he didn’t know letter sounds. He also couldn’t blend 3 letter words like ham, fin and get. His peers were reading short vowel kindergarten books. Ryan knew he was behind. He dreaded reading time. One day, on his ride to school, he told his mom, “I hate reading. Mom, […]
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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