As far as Science of Reading strategies go, teaching the skill of “silent e” can be challenging for first graders,…
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Podcast Episode 5 – Partner Reading – reading with peers as a strategy
Let’s talk about reading with peers. Letting children not only choose what they read, but WHO they read it with…
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Episode 4 – Stories from Sandra
Every so often I will sprinkle in some stories from teaching. I mean, after 29 years in the trenches, I…
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Podcast Episode 3 – Oral Reading – What it is and how to teach it.
Today’s episode covers Oral Reading. Oral Reading is an important part of a comprehensive Literacy program. In this episode I…
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Podcast Episode Two: Direct Reading Instruction
In this episode we go over the essentials for direct reading instruction. ย These include: Decoding Vocabulary Building Working Memory…
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