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Bring your morphology lessons to life with this engaging set of 24 Latin Roots Mini Readers! Each short nonfiction reader explores a high-utility Latin base with real-world connections, helping students understand how words build meaning from the inside out.
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As Orton-Gillingham teachers, we know how much every little thing we say can matter. Sometimes, we forget just how much weight our words carry when teaching students with dyslexia or other language-based learning differences. So much time is spent planning multisensory activities, prepping materials, and setting up routines. If we aren’t being intentional with our…
Whether you’re a structured literacy teacher with summers off or a practitioner that works year-round, summer represents a shift in rhythms and schedule. My thoughts always turn to summer reading books. I definitely intend to read the summer’s hottest beach read or that gripping new thriller. I also find that the change of seasons inspires…
Often, the students we work with as tutors struggle with time management. Some may not have a good sense of time, and some struggle with using time efficiently and effectively. You may need some time management tools for your students. Why is this so often a problem for our students? As you know, ADHD and…
Letter reversals are very common for early readers and writers. This is particularly true for b and d reversals. Letters are one of the very first times students have encountered something that changes its identity based on its orientation in space. A chair is a chair regardless of if it is right side up or…
Audiobooks are one of the most important and valuable accommodations for students with dyslexia. Listening to audiobooks, or “ear reading” as we call it is important for several reasons. Audiobooks allow students with dyslexia to access text at their interest level. This helps develop vocabulary and build an interest in reading. In my experience, the…
This book companion bundle supports the Wise Words Decodable Book Series! You’ll find book companion activities for all 25 stories in the Wise Words Decodable Book Series.
A learning profile is a holistic summary of a student’s strengths and needs. To be truly valuable, a learning profile is going to be more than test scores and percentiles. A learning profile will include information directly from the student such as interests and passions. A learning profile may include information about a student’s disability,…