My daughter, Lizzie, is now 21 and will be graduating from college soon. Many moons ago, when she was seven, we received word from her teacher that she wasn't where she should be in terms of reading. Unlike my other two children, Lizzie just wasn't into reading and I have to … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Improve Oral Reading Fluency
Picked up a good book lately? Well, my shelves are literally busting with school-related books and I just organized them into categories. During my organizational frenzy, I came across Tim Rasinki's book The Fluent Reader. I read this book cover to cover over spring break one … [Read more...]
Parent Handouts- Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words, Oral Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension
So it's almost mid-year conference time. Parents often ask for ideas for helping their child at home. Here are few handouts that can come in handy. I've developed handouts for each area of literacy. Each handout briefly explains the area of literacy and then ideas helping … [Read more...]
Four Ways to Build Reading Fluency
I'm on spring break now and before leaving had to decide which book to pack for reading on the beach. I came oh so close to purchasing the Hunger Games, but grabbed Timothy Rasinski's book The Fluent Reader from our loaning library at work instead (sad, I know). I've read … [Read more...]