Before You Sign Up for Another Professional Development Opportunity, Read This
At the time I’m writing this, my kids are at soccer camp, and I’m sitting at the kitchen table trying to decide what to do…
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When Decoding Isn’t the Only Struggle: Supporting English Language Learners With Weak Reading Comprehension
If you’ve ever worked with English language learners who struggle to decode and seem completely lost when reading even the shortest decodable text, you know…
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The Invisible Cognitive Load of Structured Literacy Teaching
Why teachers need systems, not more random resources If you know even the slightest bit about structured literacy teaching, you know that so much of…
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Want a Smoother Start to Fall? It Begins with Summer Practice
For many struggling readers, the first few weeks of school are not just a transition. They are a reset. Routines are different. Reading stamina is…
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When Doing More Stops Working: A Sustainable Approach to Orton Gillingham Teaching
There is a moment that many Orton Gillingham teachers eventually reach. It usually does not happen at the beginning. At first, there is excitement. Teachers…
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The Summer Confidence Gap: Why Struggling Readers Need Maintenance, Not More School
Every year around this time, the same question comes up: how do we prevent the “summer slide”? But for struggling readers, especially students with dyslexia,…
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Homeschooling a Child With Dyslexia? How a Coaching Session Can Help
Homeschooling a child with dyslexia can be incredibly meaningful, but it can also feel overwhelming in ways that are hard to explain unless someone has…
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Why Teaching Suffixes Matters More Than Memorizing a List
There is a moment many of us have seen before. A student comes to a longer word in a connected text, pauses, stares at it,…
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Why Morphology Instruction Shouldn’t Feel Random
A Practical Roadmap for What to Teach, When to Teach It, and How to Build It Over Time Over the years, one of the questions…
