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Cultural shift from letter names to sounds

Posted on 3rd May 202223rd May 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Learning to Read, Science of Reading, Synthetic Phonics and tagged Article, beginning readers, consonant, how to teach reading, letter name recognition, letter names, Phonics, Science of Reading, sounds-write, structured reading, structured reading instruction, struggling readers, vowelLeave a Comment

Happy Spring!! The weather is getting warmer, the flowers will be in bloom, and the Kindergarten Center teachers are wondering when it will be time to teach letter names! For those of you who did not read, “Lynbrook Takes the Lead on Long Island,” the Lynbrook School District is revamping its reading curriculum and is…

Why ‘structured’ reading instruction is not enough

Posted on 6th July 202022nd May 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Decodable Books, Learning to Read, Reading Resources, Synthetic Phonics and tagged Article, beginning reader, blending, cumulative reading instruction, decodable books, good phonic programs, how to teach reading, Science of Reading, segmenting, structured reading, structured reading instruction, word-buildingLeave a Comment

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Why we need to teach ‘structured and cumulative’ reading instruction In the bad old days before I learned how to teach kids to read, I taught kids to read in a structured way. That is, what I thought was structure: Week 1: letters a, b, c, d Week 2: letters e, f, g, h Week…