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The Literacy Nest is proud and excited to announce that we are an accredited IACET provider! What is IACET? IACET stands for the International Accreditors of Continuing Education and Training. This organization is responsible for the development of the original Continuing Education Unit (CEU) and the development and maintenance of the ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing…
Scribal o is a spelling convention with a fascinating historical story. The History of Scribal O Long ago, before the printing press was in common use, manuscripts were written by hand. The people who did this job were called scribes and many times they were monks. The writing style popular at the time was comprised…
Is it time to breathe new life into the visual card drill portion of your Orton-Gillingham or structured literacy lessons? After your students become familiar with the card drill routine, it may feel like a mundane task. There are beneficial ways to offer the card drill routine that will not only increase engagement but also…
Finding Orton-Gillingham practicum students may seem intimidating, but it can be quite easy if you’re networking in the right places! What is an Orton-Gillingham Practicum? The O-G practicum is similar in many ways to student teaching. It is a way of putting theory into practice with the support and feedback of a mentor. A practicum…
The more students know the more complicated spelling becomes. They begin to need to take into consideration not only sound and symbol correspondence, but the word’s morphology and part of speech. One potentially confusing concept is words that end in -ous or -us. Both endings are pronounced /ǝs/. So how do we know when to…
For students with dyslexia, composing a piece of writing can be incredibly challenging. Writing requires the orchestration of many complex tasks. Students must: This cognitive load can be overwhelming for our students. For teachers of structured literacy, time is our most precious commodity. Choosing how to spend our lesson time is a serious decision. Much…
It’s important to help our students build their morphological awareness, but how can we do this? By using controlled text! What is morphological awareness? Morphological awareness is the ability to recognize the smallest units of meaning in words. These units, or morphemes, may be prefixes, suffixes, base words, or roots. Looking for resources to help…
As students move on to more advanced concepts, certain spelling conventions don’t fit neatly into a clear-cut rule with a catchy turn of phrase. They are often particularly difficult for students to master. These concepts can also be challenging for teachers to explain clearly and concisely because of their complexity. In addition, unless someone has…
Although many schools avoid the word dyslexia, favoring “specific learning disability”, it is important to say the word dyslexia for a few key reasons. Using the word dyslexia helps to build a community of learners with similar difficulties. Saying the word dyslexia carries with it an understanding of the disability and the best practice intervention….