Comments on: Rethinking How We Teach Sight and High Frequency Words

By: Jillian Kaster

Jillian Kaster — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:45:58 +0000

In reply to Dolores.

Hi Dolores,
Thanks for the great question. Below you’ll find the response from Lindsay.
Jillian
Community Manager

Hi Dolores! Pam Kastner from PaTTAN has a letter to parents she created just for this purpose. You can find it here: https://bit.ly/3PXrSCv
Hope this helps! -Lindsay

By: Dolores

Dolores — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 17:57:25 +0000

Thank you so much for this clarifying information! I have to rethink the whole list approach. Any suggestions on how it clearly explain this approach to parents – I teach K-3rd grade learning support with children with significant and varied delays. I have the same children for 4 years – how can I best explain this change of approach to my parents?

By: Jillian Kaster

Jillian Kaster — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 19:36:06 +0000

In reply to Jennifer Adams.

Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for the question. Below you’ll find the reply from Literacy Talks podcast host, Lindsay Kemeny.
Thanks so much,
Jillian Kaster
Community Manager

Hi Jennifer,
There’s nothing wrong with setting aside time for writing in your classroom! However, there is usually little explicit instruction in the typical “Writing Workshop.” Students are prompted to work on things like “style” when they still need help constructing a coherent sentence. We also know that it’s powerful for students to write about what they’re reading and learning about, which is often missing in Writing Workshop. Thanks for this question. This is an excellent topic for a podcast episode!
-Lindsay

By: Jennifer Adams

Jennifer Adams — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:38:16 +0000

I recently found you after watching one of your edWeb webinars and I am so thankful for all of your insight! I know this is a completely different topic than sight words but you briefly said “when we used to do Writer’s Workshop…” So I’m wondering. What should we be doing now with writing? I do Writer’s Workshop with my kindergartners and now I’m thinking, uh oh! What should I be doing instead?!?

By: James Miller

James Miller — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:18:51 +0000

It was relevant to teaching students how to learn sight words in a stepped way, relating sound to spelling and spelling to sound without skipping methods and learners missing accurate spelling. I was encouraged to listen to more podcasts on Reading Horizons. Thank you for presenting it.

By: Jillian Kaster

Jillian Kaster — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:27:27 +0000

In reply to Julianna Giglio.

Hi Julianna,

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing! It is great to hear you’re using the backward decoding strategy to support students and finding it successful! It is a good strategy for students who guess at words or need support with the vowel and/or ending sounds. This strategy comes in handy when teaching special vowel combinations (-ll, -ng, and -nk) since those consonants can change the sound of the vowel sound. We are glad you like the podcast, keep listening and sharing your thoughts!

Jillian Kaster
Reading Horizons Community and Advocacy Manager

By: Julianna Giglio

Julianna Giglio — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 12:56:47 +0000

Thank you so much! I’m excited to listen to the rest. I did want to mention at the end with your disagreement, Kilpatrick says that when we use orthographic mapping, left to right is not always necessary. That when we’re reading, our brains are taking in all the graphemes and coding them into phonemes all at once, not necessarily in a left to right method. He says that sometimes readers find it easier to map words backwards, starting with the end of the word (often the rime) and adding the initials sounds after the rime. I have started using this with my students and definitely see the benefit. I know that you were particularly speaking about a Heart Word routine, but just thought I’d share. Thank you! 🙂

By: Jillian Kaster

Jillian Kaster — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:58:37 +0000

In reply to Mary b Olender.

Hello Mary,
Can you please give more details? Are you looking for professional learning hours or credit?
Thank you,
Jillian Kaster
Community and Advocacy Manager

By: Mary b Olender

Mary b Olender — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:46:02 +0000

could you please send me a certificate for this

By: Jillian Kaster

Jillian Kaster — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 13:57:07 +0000

In reply to Kim.

Hi Kim,
Thank you for posting.
You can find the transcripts for this episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1903769/10170253-rethinking-how-we-teach-sight-and-high-frequency-words
We are in the process of getting closed captioning as well. Thank you for your patience! We’ll update you as soon as they are available.

Jillian Kaster
Reading Horizons Community and Advocacy Manager