Create a Literacy Trail
A StoryWalk trail is essentially a trail along which pages of a book are posted onto signs. It is a way to engage readers and encourage physical activity. The idea is that you walk along the trail stopping to read … Continued
Orthographic Mapping
The word ‘orthography’ is comprised of two Greek words: ‘Orthos’ meaning straight, right or correct and ‘graph’ meaning to write. So, literally, orthography means writing correctly. In literacy, orthography refers to writing words with the proper letters in the correct … Continued
How do you pronounce ‘gh’?
Today, ‘gh’ is pronounced as /f/ as in ‘laugh’, /g/ as in ‘ghost’ or is not pronounced at all as in ‘daughter’ or ‘night’. It is interesting to look at the history surrounding this combination of letters as in fact … Continued
Question–Answer Relationships
There are four key types of comprehension questions that students will encounter. Many students will find it useful if these questions types are explicitly taught and practised. Four Types of Questions: Right There Questions (Literal Questions): The answer to literal questions … Continued
Decodable Readers
In this episode our AI investigators will do a deep dive into decodable readers – what are they and why are they useful? Decodable readers for beginning young readers: https://crackingtheabccode.com/home/learn-to-read-series/ Decodable readers for beginning adult readers: https://crackingtheabccode.com/multisensory-reading-program/first-steps-to-reading-for-adults/