Contents tagged with Teaching Reading Tips
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The Essential Need for Orton Gillingham Based Reading Instruction: Webinar Q&A
We were so excited to have reading expert Kathy Chappell-Muncy present a webinar for us! She presented on “The Essential Need for Orton Gillingham Based Reading Instruction” and did a fabulous job! … more
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What if a Research Based Intervention Doesn’t Work for a Struggling Reader? Then What?
One day this cute lady called us just frantic. She had been using the home use version of our product with her dyslexic son and he had improved to some degree but it just wasn’t helping him like she … more
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Four Ways to Get Your Students Attention During Reading Instruction
Today’s students are surrounded by distractions in the classroom: friends, cell phones, social media, computers, books, and papers that are screaming to be doodled upon. Not to mention internal … more
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Dramatically Improve Spelling & Vocabulary Test Performance With A Simple Process
Every teacher wants their students to succeed. Not one teacher out there hopes that their students will perform poorly. So… if there was a simple, easy to implement process that would take your … more
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How Long Should Struggling Readers Practice Reading Each Day?
There’s nothing more painful than making someone do something they don’t like to do. When a student absolutely loathes reading… even though you know they need to practice, you don’t want to put them … more
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One 2-Minute Task That Can Drastically Boost a Struggling Reader’s Success
There is a simple 2-minute task you can have your students do each day, that, if repeated for 21 days researchers have found brings the following results:
“Your intelligence rises, your creativity … more
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Is Handwriting an Important Part of Language and Literacy Instruction?
Since I first learned how to write the alphabet I’ve had a fetish with improving my handwriting. I did not have a notebook, folder, or scratch paper throughout my entire schooling that was not … more
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How to Improve Working Memory for Struggling Readers (and all Students) – Webinar Q&A
We recently hosted a wonderful webinar presented by Jay Kelly, a Reading Horizons Teacher Trainer. The topic of the webinar was “Why Johnny Can’t Remember What He Read,” focusing on how to help … more
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5 Simple Time Management Tips for Teachers
You’ve probably heard of effective time management tips throughout your life, but being a teacher makes a lot of them hard to implement. The very nature of your job seems to slap a lot of the advice … more
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Five Rules for Determining Whether a Vowel Sound Should Be Short vs. Long
It's easy to teach students' that there is a long and short vowel sound for a, e, i, o, and u. But... it's much more difficult to help students understand when each sound should be used. Here are … more