Reading

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

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

For many children, especially those with poor working memory, many repetitions are required for the information to be stored in long-term memory. These repetitions should involve a ‘testing’ type format whereby children are required to recall information. After every attempt … Continued

Before computers, printing involved carving letters out of wooden  blocks, then dropping the blocks into metal to create a ‘stereotype’ from which to print.  The French word for this was ‘clicher’, a variant of ‘cliquer’ meaning ‘to click’. Some phrases … Continued

 Homonyms are words that are pronounced and spelled the same, but have different meanings. This video clip provides a fun way of introducing this concept to students. Challenge students to make a list of other homonyms and then use … Continued