A homophone is a word that sounds the same as (or very similar to) another word but has a different meaning and spelling. From an intervention perspective, it is common for students to confuse homophones, so they need multiple opportunities … Continued
When I ask students to define a noun, they will quickly tell me, “It’s a person, place or thing.” At the very least they need to add on ‘or idea’. I would rather that they use the definition: A noun … Continued
Reading comprehension depends firstly on our ability to decode the words on the page, and then to make sense of each individual word and groups of words joined into sentences, and then to make connections between groups of sentences. This … Continued
Once children can read competently, it is useful to learn the skills of skimming and scanning. Skimming is the process of rapidly reading text to obtain the main idea of the information presented, without necessarily reading every word. Scanning is … Continued
Let’s begin this discussion with a technical definition of a sight word. A sight word is any word that you can automatically and accurately recognise and associate with the correct pronunciation and meaning. It is not a word that must … Continued