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Best Spelling Strategies for Effective Teaching
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Best Spelling Strategies for Effective Teaching

ByKatie

Want to help your students become confident spellers? Learn SEVEN powerful spelling strategies for effective teaching! These research-backed techniques are easy to implement, helping students master spelling tricky words with confidence and accuracy. Teaching Spelling Strategies English is a morphophonemic language, which is just a fancy way of saying that word spellings are influenced by…

Decoding & Encoding: What Are the Differences?
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Decoding & Encoding: What Are the Differences?

ByKatie

Have you ever wondered, “What is decoding?” or “What is encoding?” Learn the definitions, the differences, get resources to practice, and understand why they’re essential components to literacy success. Differences Between Decoding & Encoding Decoding is another word for the reading process, while encoding is another word for the spelling process. Both processes are essential…

Semantic Mapping to Build Vocabulary
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Semantic Mapping to Build Vocabulary

ByKatie

Semantic mapping is a helpful strategy for students to better understand and connect words! Learn more about what semantic mapping is, how to use it in the classroom, and get a FREE Semantic Mapping Template to make implementation easy! What Is Semantic Mapping? Semantic mapping is a strategy used to connect and organize words in…

Sentence Anagrams for Syntax Practice
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Sentence Anagrams for Syntax Practice

ByKatie

Sentence anagrams are a must in your structured literacy classroom routine! Learn what sentence anagrams are, why they’re effective, and get a FREE printable to use with your students. What Are Sentence Anagrams? A sentence anagram is a fun word-play activity that targets many important literacy skills like syntax, phonics, fluency, and comprehension. Students are…

How Structured Literacy Helps Struggling Readers
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How Structured Literacy Helps Struggling Readers

ByKatie

Learn about the principles and components of Structured Literacy, the most effective approach for helping struggling readers and writers. Explore why it works and how it’s different from Balanced Literacy. This post is sponsored by Lexercise. All opinions are our own!📚 Take a free Dyslexia Screener and learn more about Dyslexia Therapy options for struggling readers and writers! What Is Structured…

Teaching Rhyming Words
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Teaching Rhyming Words

ByKatie

Most people can recognize rhyme, but few truly understand its significance or how it supports early literacy. Explore what rhyme is, why it’s essential for reading development, and effective strategies for teaching rhyme following a Science of Reading approach. What Is Rhyme? Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the end of words. When words…

14 Dyslexia Myths and Facts
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14 Dyslexia Myths and Facts

ByKatie

Have you ever heard that intelligent people can’t be dyslexic, or that dyslexics see letters backward? Is dyslexia even real? We’re exploring and debunking 14 common dyslexia myths and sharing important facts about dyslexia! This post is sponsored by Lexercise. All opinions are our own!📚 Take a free Dyslexia Screener and learn more about Dyslexia Therapy options for struggling readers and…

Hidden Dyslexia Symptoms: The Dyslexia Iceberg
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Hidden Dyslexia Symptoms: The Dyslexia Iceberg

ByKatie

What are the symptoms of dyslexia? Like an iceberg, some symptoms are visible, while much is hidden. Learn about the hidden and visible symptoms of dyslexia, the strengths of dyslexia, and how to support kids! This post is sponsored by Lexercise. All opinions are our own!📚 Take a free Dyslexia Screener and learn more about…

Dyslexia: Characteristics, Definitions & Resources
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Dyslexia: Characteristics, Definitions & Resources

ByKatie

You’ve probably heard the term before, but exactly what is dyslexia? As part of our dyslexia info series, we’re sharing definitions, characteristics, research, and resources for parents and teachers of struggling readers. This post is sponsored by Lexercise. All opinions are our own.📚 Take a FREE Dyslexia Screener and learn more about Dyslexia Therapy options…

The Differences Between Vowels and Consonants
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The Differences Between Vowels and Consonants

ByKatie

Did you know vowels and consonants are sounds, not letters?! Review the definitions, characteristics, examples, and the differences between vowels and consonants to better understand and teach this foundational information. What Are Vowels and Consonants? Let’s start by reviewing some important background information. All words in the English language are made up of a combination…