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The Science of Reading and Leveled Readers

February 14, 2022 by Wendy and Jen

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The Science of Reading and Leveled Readers are the crux of the reading wars. If your school district is requiring you to use leveled readers as part of your reading instruction, there are ways that you can incorporate the science of reading within these texts.

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Filed Under: Instruction, Science of Reading, Structured Literacy Tagged With: Science of Reading

What Is a Consonant Digraph and Why Is It Important?

September 27, 2021 by Wendy and Jen

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Consonant digraphs are two consonants next to each other that work together to make one sound. The most common digraphs that beginning readers need to recognize are wh, ch, ph, sh, th, and ck.

Why do I need to teach about consonant digraphs if my students already know their letter names and sounds?

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Filed Under: Instruction Tagged With: consonant digraphs, emergent readers, instruction, phonics, reading intervention, Science of Reading

Make the Most of Summer Tutoring with Structured Literacy Lessons

May 31, 2021 by Wendy and Jen

Summer is right around the corner and if you are looking to streamline your approach as a reading tutor, structured literacy is the way to go! Summer is short and there is no time to waste. We’ve use the structured literacy format with emergent and struggling readers and it works like a charm!

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Filed Under: Instruction, Intervention, Structured Literacy, Summer Learning Tagged With: Science of Reading, summer learning, Summer Reading Skills, Summer Tutoring

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