There is no doubt that being able to read with fluency is an important component of reading. Hasbrouck (2020) provides a succinct overview of the information contained in the National Reading Panel report, published 20 years ago, and assesses it … Continued
By Jerry Zar Northwestern Illinois University Copy and paste this poem into a word document and then run it through the normal spell checker. Although a few of the words will be underlined in blue (indicating a grammatical … Continued
For a substantial period of time the preferred method of instruction has been focused on enquiry learning and direct, explicit instruction has been viewed negatively. Yet, there is a large body of research demonstrating the benefits of direct, explicit instruction … Continued
As a specialist reading teacher, success for me is when a child picks up a book to read for pleasure without any prompting. How can we assist our children reach this milestone so that once they can read they will pick … Continued
Why do we pronounce the ‘o’ in ‘woman‘ as /oo/ like in ‘book’, whereas the ‘o’ in ‘women‘ in pronounced /i/ like in ‘insect’? According to Crystal (2012), in Old English the word for ‘woman’ was ‘wifman’ (literally wife-man, but … Continued