There is a growing body of evidence showing a strong correlation between a reader’s morphological skills and reading comprehension. Levesque et al.’s (2018) longitudinal study investigated whether morphological awareness, morphological analysis or a combination of both most influenced the development … Continued
Before students can comprehend the written word, they need to be able to decode the text and this should always be a core focus of intervention if this is the underlying problem. One component of comprehension is to be able … Continued
There are many programs available for teaching reading. How do you decide if a program has ‘scientific’ validity and is likely to be effective, especially from an intervention perspective? Nayton and colleagues (2022) identify some core components of high quality … Continued
It is not uncommon for children to go to the school library (or community library) and spend the allocated time wandering around with no books to check-out when it is time to leave. In addition, children are often reluctant to … Continued
Poems are often rich in figurative language and consequently can be an excellent teaching tool. Often having students learn to recite the poem from memory is a great additional challenge. Click here for more information. Here are some ideas using … Continued