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What Do Parents Need to Know About Reading Fluency?

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A question from a teacher this week prompted this article. The teacher writes:  I tutor a 9 year old student with a diagnosis of dyslexia. This student has been taught ‘the code’ (I take that to mean this student is familiar with most, if not many sound/symbol relationships). This student’s first or ‘cold read’ is […]

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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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