Fostering Thoughtful Literacy

If you’ve been following my blog for awhile now, you may know that I actually enjoy reading professional articles and books.  Last year I came across Richard Allington’s article “What Really Matters When Working With Struggling Readers” in the April 2013 of  The Reading Teacher.  I immediatley made copies of the article for all my colleagues.  I think we all read that article over 50 times as each person’s copy was tattered, had rows of text marked with highlights, and notes scribbled in the margins. We talked about the content of that article for months. I will admit, it kind of shook our world.  Several of his issues with current practices of instruction and intervention for struggling students we were actually

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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 their child develop those skills are provided.  Hope you find them helpful! Click the following link to download the Parent Handout for Phonemic Awareness Kindergarten Phonemic Awareness Parent Handout- Kindergarten Click the following link to download the Parent Handout for Phonemic Awareness First Grade Phonemic Awareness Parent Handout- First Grade-1 Just click the following link to download the Parent Handout for Learning Sight Words Learning Sight Words-1 Just click the following link to download the Parent Handout

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