Science of Reading

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

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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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Parents Ask: How Can I Help My Child Learn to Spell? – Part 1

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PART 1-Early Elementary Students “Reading [decoding…my add] is like breathing in, and writing [spelling…my add] is like breathing out.” Pam Allyn Pam Allyn’s quote refers to the idea of sharing the voices and perspectives of the reader and the writer, but I think it also perfectly captures the reciprocal and interdependent nature of reading and …

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