For some FREE Halloween phonics stories, check out our Halloween kindergarten phonics story and our Halloween first grade phonics story. Follow links to access the leveled phonics story "Pam's …
5 Tips for Dyslexic Readers
Dyslexic readers are often slow to learn to read. Once they read, they often read fewer words per minute than their peers. For dyslexic students, reading can become laborious and even result in …
Should We Let Balanced Literacy Vendors Off the Hook?
The science of reading has been around for decades. The science has been conclusive and clear: 1) kids learn best with explicit, systematic phonics instruction 2) balanced literacy fails many …
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What Does Severe Dyslexia Look Like?
Dyslexia is a common disability, affecting about 5-15% of the population. Dyslexia makes learning to read and spell difficult. Kids with reading difficulties need explicit, systematic phonics …
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Phonics Lessons for Kindergarten
Phonics lessons for kindergarten should give kids a strong decoding foundation. Decoding skills allow kids to sound out words. When a child can read words sound-by-sound, he can read a broad range of …
Beginner Reading Books
Beginner reading books should help kids learn to read in a gentle, step-by-step way. There are high quality beginner reading books and poorly designed beginner reading books. What ultimately should a …
Inflectional Ending /ed/ Books
Series 17 inflectional ending /ed/ books are now available in our shop! Series 17 helps kids learn the /ed/ ending gradually. First, kids practice reading /ed/ with short vowel words (ex. hopped, …
CVC Word Lists
Every reading educator needs cvc word lists to prepare phonics lessons. Do you ever find yourself scouring the web for these lists? Now you can find thorough cvc word lists in one place. To help kids …
New Research Suggests Negative Impact of Reading Recovery Program
Is your school using Reading Recovery? Is your child's school using Reading Recovery? Reading Recovery is one of the most popular reading intervention programs in the country. Emily Hanford highlights …
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Short Vowel Worksheet
Kids learn short vowels in Kindergarten. In this FREE printable short vowel worksheet, kids can practice reading short vowel words sound-by-sound. Have your kindergartner first say the sounds in order …