Decoding Vowels
The vowels are ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’ and sometimes ‘y’ acts as a vowel (‘y’ acts as a vowel when it sounds like a vowel – sunny, sky, pyramid). A short vowel is the basic common sound given to … Continued
The Power of Poems
Word recognition and reading fluency are essential skills for reading competency and both of these factors influence comprehension. Poetry is a writing form that is infrequently used in the teaching of reading and yet it is well suited for teaching … Continued
Reading Difficult Text: It’s OK to struggle
How do you help students who are struggling to read classroom texts while preventing them from becoming disengaged? Should we be providing these students with easier texts to facilitate comprehension and learning or should we be helping students read these … Continued
Brain Development and Reading Instruction
This post is a summary of Van de Walle de Gheicke, Rossion and Lochy’s (2018) study investigating the impact of different approaches to teaching reading on the development of neural circuits. Background It is known that adult expert readers have … Continued
6 Reason to Teach Using the ‘Science of Reading’
In the inaugural edition of the Reading League Journal, Jennifer Buckingham (2020) identified six benefits of using teaching strategies guided by scientific evidence. Earlier and more accurate word reading The research clearly shows that accurate word reading is achieved successfully … Continued