What Are Sentence Pyramids? A sentence pyramid (or sentence ladder) builds a sentence one word at a time, adding one word on each line until the full sentence is formed. Students read each line, getting repeated practice with the words as they build toward reading the full sentence. For beginning or struggling readers, decodable sentence pyramids can provide repeated, supported practice with ... Read More about Sentence Pyramids to Support Decoding and Fluency
How to Use Word Chains to Build Spelling & Decoding Skills
Word chains are a simple yet powerful routine that builds phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, and word recognition together. This is a routine worth revisiting regularly within your literacy block during your dictation time. What Are Word Chains? A word chain is a sequence of words where each new word changes by only one sound or spelling. Students are asked to spell a word, then instead ... Read More about How to Use Word Chains to Build Spelling & Decoding Skills
Phrased Reading (Scooping Phrases): Reading Fluency Foundation
Phrasing is a foundational part of reading fluency. Teaching students to read in phrases strengthens prosody, decoding momentum, and comprehension by helping the brain group words into meaningful ideas. Teaching students to identify and read in phrases builds the habits fluent readers use naturally. What is Reading Fluency Fluent readers do more than read quickly. They read in meaningful ... Read More about Phrased Reading (Scooping Phrases): Reading Fluency Foundation
Corrective Feedback in Reading Instruction
Corrective feedback is one of those small moves that makes a big difference! It’s the practice of responding to student errors in the moment (clearly, directly, and supportively). Instead of letting an error slip by, corrective feedback gives students the chance to notice what went wrong, try again, and solidify the correct response. To be honest, giving corrective feedback isn't easy. It ... Read More about Corrective Feedback in Reading Instruction
Sentence Scramblers for Decoding & Fluency
Sentence scramblers are one of my favorite activities because you can get so much out of them! At first glance, it looks simple: students take a set of words and arrange them into a complete sentence. But when you dig deeper, this activity is packed with opportunities for decoding practice, fluency, comprehension, and grammar. How to Use Sentence Scramblers This activity builds syntactic ... Read More about Sentence Scramblers for Decoding & Fluency
Handwriting and Phonics Instruction
When you think of teaching phonics, handwriting might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But did you know that the simple act of writing letters and graphemes by hand actually supports phonics instruction and plays a powerful role in helping kids become fluent readers and spellers? To be honest, I hadn’t really thought much about integrating handwriting with phonics — until a former ... Read More about Handwriting and Phonics Instruction
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