Phonics 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 Read More »
Phonics Making Sense of the Science of Reading vs. Balanced Literacy Conversation Not long after I started teaching in the late 1980s, literacy educators were involved in a “reading war”. For those too Read More »
Homemade I Spy Game: Fun With Phonics Last week was exhausting. We are no longer knee-deep in a pandemic–it’s more like chest-deep with no end in sight. Read More »
Phonics Word Families: A Powerful Way to Strengthen Phonics Skills Most of us would agree that English phonics is complex! Word families are a powerful tool to help our students Read More »