Reading Elephant
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People often associate dyslexia with older students. Some assume kids need to struggle through the early grades before adults can determine who has dyslexia and who doesn't. The truth is: it's …
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If you're working on letter tracing with your students, you know that handwriting takes time. Kids need to learn that letters have a correct direction, and how to write letters in contrast to one …
A beginner needs to learn the correct letter sounds. Since letters can say multiple sounds, this can be confusing. Many books and posters include letter sounds that educators should teach later on, …
Kindergarten letter sounds are the first step in learning to read. Yet, many educators teach letters sounds incorrectly. I’m going to go over some of the most common pedagogical letter sound mistakes. …
It's helpful to have a short vowel word list when you're creating lessons for your beginning reader. I'm sharing a free printable cvc words list. Here it is: CVC Words List CVC words …
