When I started teaching second grade back in 2003, I had my students spend time every day drilling sight word flashcards. But despite all of that time and energy, when the Friday spelling test rolled around, many of my students STILL struggled to spell those sight words correctly. Why? I'll break it all down for you in this episode and I'll pass along a print-and-go tool that will help your students memorize words 10X faster!In this episode, we'll talk about...1:12 What research actually show...
One of the things I get asked most often on Instagram is about the best order to teach phonics skills. And while there's not yet a definitive research study pinpointing whether it's better to introduce digraphs before blends or whether diphthongs should come before or after r-influenced vowels, etc. there IS a proven order Science of Reading Formula members and I use to teach it all to students as quickly and easily as possible.In this episode, we'll talk about...1:40 The best order to teach ...
If you have ever had a student who knew all of her letter sounds but, when it came time to blend those sounds together to read a word, she said something completely different, than this episode is for you because we are diving into phonological and phonemic awareness - essential skills that make up students' reading foundation.In this episode, we'll talk about...1:31 How to remember what "phonological awareness" means3:09 The five skills that make up students' phonological awareness4:05 My fa...
I am so excited to officially welcome you to my brand new podcast. Even typing those words is thrilling! This has been a wish of mine for a couple of years now, so finally hitting "record" and inviting you to my little corner of the podcasting world is exciting...And, truth be told, a little bit nerve wracking...But we are going to push those nerves aside because we have very important work to do. As you may know, 65% of fourth graders in the US are currently reading below grade level.We have...