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What Parents Need to Know About Literacy ‘Words’-It Can Be CONFUSING!?#@

2 Comments / Back to School, Decoding (Reading), Early Literacy, Handwriting, High Frequency Words, Parenting, Phonological Awareness, Reading Fluency, Science of Reading, Sight Words, Spelling / By

The new school year is now pretty well underway, so many students have been screened, tested, assessed–whatever your child(ren)’s school(s) wish to call it. Getting the results, as well as the ‘plans’ for literacy instruction can be confusing–if not a bit overwhelming. You will likely receive, or have received, paperwork with these terms, as well […]

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My Book About How Kids’ Brains Learn to Read and Spell Is About To Be Published! Be One of the First to Get YOUR Copy!!

24 Comments / Background Knowledge & Literacy, Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia, Early Literacy, Executive Function & Literacy, Handwriting, Language Literacy Connection, Morphology - What's That?, Parenting, Phonological Awareness, Pre and Early Literacy, Reading Brain, Reading Fluency, Speech to Print, Spelling, Vocabulary Development / By

WHEN? My new book entitled Calling All Neurons! How Reading and Spelling Happen will be published at the end of May, which coincides with the end of the school year. Timing of the publication is perfect for several reasons including: With adult guidance, this book is appropriate for children beginning at age 8. Older students

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Does Your Child(ren) or Student(s) Struggle With Reading? I’m So Passionate About Helping Kids Learn To Read and Spell, I Wrote A Book!

6 Comments / Adolescent/Young Adult Dyslexia, Attention, Background Knowledge & Literacy, Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia, Early Literacy, Education Equity, Executive Function & Literacy, Handwriting, High Frequency Words, Language & Literacy, Language Literacy Connection, Morphology - What's That?, Parenting, Phonological Awareness, Pre and Early Literacy, Reading Brain, Reading Fluency, Resiliency, Science of Reading, Social Emotional Learning, Speech to Print, Spelling, Vocabulary Development / By

WHY DO I SUGGEST STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE READING/SPELLING/WRITING BRAIN PROCESSES? Let’s talk about this phrase: “Knowledge is POWER.” Don’t you agree? The more students of any age know abour how a task is accomplished, it’s got to have a positive outcome. Children and parents alike are often confused and upset when things aren’t going well

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‘Tis the Season to be Give and Receive. Do Our Children Know How to Express Gratitude in Writing?? Let Me Show You How and Tell You Why!

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Why Write a Thank You Note? A thank you note is simply an effective and simple way to show appreciation for the kindness of others in terms of generosity and support.. One can write a thank you note not only for gifts received (’tis the season), but also for any kind gesture including, but not

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WORDLE: Location, Location, Location and a lot MORE!!

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Yesterday the New York Times announced that it has acquired Josh Wardle’s newest word craze, Wordle, for “7 figures”. I read that millions of people now play it daily and that it has only been in existence for a little over 3 months! Many people even routinely post their ‘Wordle prowesses and pitfalls’ on social

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A Question From A Parent Answered: All About Suffix -ed

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I’m going to respond to a question posed by a parent recently on a Facebook Group. Parents and teachers repeatedly pose this same question concerning the sounds and spellings of suffix -ed. All stakeholders (children, parents, teachers) need to understand that the English language is a ‘morphophonemic language’. What’s that??? It’s a pretty long word,

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TIME TO MEET REESE, THE STAR OF MY NEW VIDEO AND CHILDREN’S TALKING BOOK FRIEND, WHO WILL TEACH YOUR KIDS (AND YOU!) HOW THEIR BRAINS LEARN TO READ!

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“I’m Reese, and I’m here to teach you how your brain learns to read!”

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

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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

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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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