Unlocking Literacy: A Simple Guide to the Simple View of Reading Theory

As a professor, my favorite courses to teach are in the area of literacy,reading and writing development. I share the Simple View of Reading with my students to show the importance of both teaching decoding and language comprehension development. As literacy champions, you play a crucial role in shaping young minds and fostering a love for reading. This post will dive into a theory that can guide your approach to teaching reading effectively – the Simple View of Reading.

Mastering Phonemic Awareness: The Key to Reading Success

Are you looking for the key to unlock reading success for your child? Look no further than mastering phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate individual sounds (or phonemes) in spoken words. It is a crucial skill for early readers as it forms the foundation for decoding and spelling words.

How To Teach Phonemic Awareness 9 Simple Definitions and Examples

Phonemic awareness comes under the umbrella of phonological awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate the individual sounds in a word. It is very important for students to have this skills in order to do well later with phonics and higher level reading skills. Phonemic awareness teaches us to listen for and hear the individual sounds or phonemes in a word. PA helps students with spelling and writing later on.

What Are The Benefits of Word Sorts ?

When I taught second grade, word sorts were my favorite way of giving my students a hands on, multi-sensory way to practice letter recognition, spelling patterns and word families. Now, I am teaching Kindergarten and I am using them again. In moving schools, I lost my “big book of word sorts” , so now I […]