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The spelling generalizations for vowels really are cumulative. Although it may take a lot of practice for your students to internalize them, an understanding of the principles at work is very important. As your students continue to learn less frequent vowel teams, they will need to draw on their knowledge about other vowel teams and…
Some of the mountains that our struggling readers must climb are bigger than others. One skill that we must introduce fairly early on, but that will take a long time to master is the vowel team syllable. Let’s look at some tips for teaching vowel teams. In principle, the vowel team syllable is easy to…
Welcome back everyone! This is part four in my six part syllable series. I am having so much fun sharing this information about syllables with you!A few quick reminders: If you are new to this series: Please read part one and click here. Read part two and click here. Read part three. In order to…