Strong reading instruction develops foundational skills, builds comprehension, and fosters a lifelong love of reading. In elementary classrooms, literacy includes early decoding skills, comprehension strategies, informational text instruction, and meaningful opportunities for students to engage with books.
Elementary students learn about text features to help them read and understand informational text. The ability to navigate and comprehend informational texts is a skill that can be enhanced by…
Motivating reluctant readers is one of those challenges that comes up in almost every elementary classroom. A student sits during independent reading time staring at the page, or picks the…
When a student is struggling to read and feels like everyone else finds it easy, sometimes the most useful thing is a list. Here are some of the most recognizable…
Successive blending is a phonics intervention strategy for students who can identify individual letter sounds but struggle to retain all three sounds long enough to blend them into a word….
The heart word method is a research-backed approach to teaching sight words that asks students to analyze each word’s sounds rather than memorize the word as a whole. If you’ve…
When a student hits a long word and stops cold, syllable division is often the missing skill. Breaking multisyllabic words into smaller chunks is one of the most transferable decoding…
Are you looking for ways to help your students deepen their understanding of different texts? Many teachers use fill-in-the-blank worksheets, cloze reading strategies, and sentence frames as classroom activities. These…
Traditional printed books can be expensive, so alternatives are great. Whether you’re a teacher trying to prepare for reading online or a parent looking for ways to keep kids engaged…
As an upper-grade teacher, I often lamented all of the fun thematic activities in the early elementary grades. Students got to learn about Fall, apples, and pumpkins while diving deep…
Are you wondering how you can provide valuable support for students’ reading comprehension, particularly for those who are still learning to read in English? These Reading Comprehension Bookmarks are designed…
Orthographic mapping is an effective and widely used technique for teaching children how to read. This powerful method helps students recognize and remember the written representation of spoken words, which…
Are you an elementary school teacher looking for a comprehensive overview of the science of reading? No matter your level of experience in teaching reading, understanding where the Science of…
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