I am so happy to have Anne-Marie Morey from the BayTreeBlog.com as a guest blogger! I absolutely LOVE Anne-Marie's blog and she's my go-to gal for issues relating to dyslexia. After reading her post, be sure to visit her blog and download her FREE Workbook for Letter … [Read more...]
Developmental Sequence of Phonological Awareness Skills
Click the following link to download this free handout Developmental Stages of Phonemic Awareness My good friend, Heidi, who is a Reading Specialist at one of our local elementary buildings, asked if I'd be interested in co-presenting with her at our next year's district-wide … [Read more...]
Preventing the Summer Slide
As much as teachers love summer vacation, there’s always a little (actually, big) panic that sets in as we pack up the classrooms and send our children off during those three lazy months of fun in the sun. What if they never pick up a book? Oh, and they were so close in … [Read more...]
Homophones Activity
Just click the following link to download this list of homophones: Homophones Word List 2 A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word or words, but has a different meaning and spelling. Homophones can really trip up our young readers and writers. It's sometimes … [Read more...]
Preventing the Summer Slide
As much as teachers love summer vacation, there’s always a little (actually, big) panic that sets in as we pack up the classrooms and send our children off during those three lazy months of fun in the sun. What if they never pick up a book? Oh, and they were so close in … [Read more...]
Parent Handouts- Perfect for Conferences!
I am really envious of my friends and colleagues who are organized. I am just not one of those people. I'll confess my computer files are a mess. Files are saved on several different computers, in different folders and under a variety of file names. Well, conferences are … [Read more...]
Parent Handouts for Learning Sight Words and Improving Reading Fluency
As the school year ends, parents often ask for suggestions on how to help their child at home over the summer months. Last year I developed several parent handouts to address specific areas of reading. The Learning Sight Words handout provides suggestions for teaching and … [Read more...]