May 2021 - Lori Josephson

What Does a Weekly Spelling Test Really DO FOR and TO Kids and Parents??? PART 2

Leave a Comment / Dyslexia, Handwriting, High Frequency Words, Memory, Sight Words, Spelling, Written Language / By Lori Josephson

Last week I introduced you to my former student, Luke, who requested testing and tutoring since he was “tired of needing parental signatures on his tests and then having to serve in ‘time out’.” How many fifth grader pre-adolescent boys do you know who would have done that? This week, I want to share with […]

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What Does a Weekly Spelling Test Really DO FOR and TO Kids and Parents??? PART 1

Leave a Comment / Decoding (Reading), Handwriting, High Frequency Words, Science of Reading, Spelling / By Lori Josephson

A parent recently posed this question to a Facebook Group I help moderate: My 1st grade son is experiencing difficulties with isolating phonemes and blending. He still cannot decode. His general education teacher refused to use the strategies that help him in her reading instruction and has promised to modify/differentiate his work, specifically spelling words

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“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can……”: Your Child’s/Student’s (and Yours Too!) Promise to be ‘The Little Engine That Could’

Comprehension, Executive Function & Literacy, Social Emotional Learning / By Lori Josephson

Be the parent (or teacher!) who forges ahead, saying, “I think I can, I think I can…”

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