b/d Confusion
It is not uncommon for children to confuse p/d/q/b. There is a great video clip in which an educator holds up a watch by one end of the band and asks his audience of teachers what he is holding – … Continued
Reading for Leisure
We live in a society where being literate is crucial. Rather than diminishing the need to be literate, technological advances (at least in the short term) make literacy even more important. Where once we used to pick up a phone … Continued
Reading with Fluency and the Importance of Punctuation.
Fluency is a crucial reading skill. It is the ability to rapidly and accurately decode words and understand the words once they have been decoded. If a student cannot read with fluency, it means all their mental energy is being … Continued
Word Detectives
This is a quick and simple activity for helping children recognise high frequency words, especially the ones containing graphemes that they haven’t yet learned. Have the child write the focus word in large font on a blank piece of paper. … Continued
Crazy Essay Topics
An important component of teaching students how to write a persuasive essay is to teach them the formula. The Cracking the ABC Code Writing Persuasively and Introduction to Writing Persuasively books provide a systematic, structured strategy for teaching this formula. … Continued