Streamline Effective Reading, Writing, and Spelling Instruction: Work Smarter, Not Harder
Let’s Marie Kondo literacy instruction! Or, follow the advice from the dynamic, amazing teacher and trainer Anita Archer: “Cut the fluff and teach the stuff.” Have you ever noticed that we all want things easier (and better) but often don’t know how to do it or find ourselves sabotaging our progress or resisting choosing to […]
Fun Games to Boost Student Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness is a hot topic in recent months and years, and rightly so! The literacy research is rock solid on the importance of phonemic awareness in reading instruction. Back in the mid-90’s, when researching how to teach reading, what I learned about effectively and efficiently teaching reading was heavily infused with phonemic awareness instruction, […]
The Joy of Reading: Create a Book Club
Have you ever read a book and wanted to find someone else who had read it so you could discuss it with them? After reading The Shack many years ago, I remember feeling almost desperate to find someone to have a conversation with about that book. I finally resorted to Googling ‘discussions about The Shack’! […]