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Your student is in Kindergarten. He knows letter sounds. Yet, when he tries to string letters together to form a word, he forgets the first or middle sound. “H-aaaa-t… um does that say hit?” he says. …
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Kindergartners can begin reading phonics books after they know most letter sounds. They can string letter sounds together to read short a words like, "Sam, cat, tap, can, bat...etc." Kindergartners …
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It may not feel like summer, but most kids are no longer doing virtual learning activities. As an educator, you may want to know how to maintain the progress your k-2 student(s) have made during the …
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Kids learn how to spell while they are learning how to read. Reading is decoding, while spelling is encoding. For beginners, reading tends to be easier than spelling, since spelling requires the …
Dyslexic kids absolutely need research-based instruction or else they may not learn how to read at all. How do you identify a dyslexic child? Give him research-based instruction and see how quickly he …
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