7 Fluency Tips for Little Words
One of the most common patterns I see with students with dyslexia is difficulty with little words. They may get some of the more challenging…
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Understanding Fatigue from Dyslexia
Fatigue from dyslexia is a very real concern. Imagine the struggles of being someone who has dyslexia during just one day in the classroom. From…
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5 Ways the KPS Help Structured Literacy Educators
The KPS or Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading were developed by the International Dyslexia Association in 2010 and revised in 2018. They…
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Levels of Certification Through The Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI)
There are many organizations that offer Orton Gillingham training. In addition, there are trainings in various Orton Gillingham-based programs. It can be difficult for professionals…
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Tips for Teaching -S and -ES Plurals
One of the very first suffixes that I teach students is the suffix -s. This suffix makes a word plural. Teaching -s and -es builds…
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Voiced and Unvoiced S: 7 Teaching Tips!
It is important to teach the voiced sound of S fairly early in the instructional sequence. Students will need the voiced S to add the…
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7 Tips For Helping Students Recognize Patterns In Words
There are several reasons why recognizing patterns in words is difficult for our students with dyslexia. Dyslexia often causes difficulty linking the phonemic analysis with…
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Top 6 Picture Books for Teaching Affixes
One of the logical places to start to teach students about morphology is with prefixes and suffixes added to base words. Even quite young students…
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How To Get the Most Out of Your Structured Literacy Professional Development
If you are anything like me, you love going to conferences and workshops. Although I always wind up physically exhausted, I somehow also find myself…
