
Brain-Friendly Ways to Teach Sight Words
Did you know that there are 109 words in the English language that account for 50% of written English in
Did you know that there are 109 words in the English language that account for 50% of written English in
Not long after I started teaching in the late 1980s, literacy educators were involved in a “reading war”. For those too
Last week was exhausting. We are no longer knee-deep in a pandemic–it’s more like chest-deep with no end in sight.
Children progress through spelling stages on their literacy journey. J. Richard Gentry lists these five stages of development: Stage 1
Invented spelling has become a dirty word in many circles. For this reason I prefer the following terms to describe
J. Richard Gentry developed a developmental spelling inventory, sometimes called the “monster test”, which is an easy way to determine a child’s
Word walls are great tools for teaching vocabulary, high-frequency words, and word patterns. It is often a challenge to get
I have found this technique to be extremely effective with my young spellers who have not developed full phonemic awareness.