A Guide to Long U Spellings
Jess2022-01-29T20:20:25+00:00Teaching any long vowel and all of its spellings can be challenging. Long U spellings are usually the last long vowel we teach. You would think after teaching long a,
Teaching Long O Spellings
Jess2021-12-30T17:53:35+00:00Teaching any long vowel and all of its spellings can be challenging. Long O spellings are not without their own tricks and challenges. Many of Long O spellings do have
Teaching Long I Spellings
Jess2022-01-20T12:16:35+00:00Teaching any long vowel and all of its spellings can be challenging. Long I spellings are not without their own tricks and challenges. Luckily, many Long I spellings do have
Teaching Long E Spellings
Jess2021-12-30T15:24:26+00:00Teaching any long vowel and all of its spellings can be challenging. Long E spellings are not without their own tricks and challenges. Why Long E can be Tricky? Long
Teaching Long A Spellings
Jess2021-12-30T15:25:03+00:00Teaching any long vowel and all of its spellings can be challenging. Luckily with Long A its spellings (graphemes) have some pretty clear guidelines of when to use each of
Finding Effective Decoding Strategies
Jess2021-10-19T00:00:05+00:00Decoding strategies are a necessity for any early reader. They are also needed for older readers too as many students encounter new words daily. You would think over a decade
Two Vowels Go Walking, The First One Might Do the Talking- Know Better, Do Better, Part 1
Jess2021-09-07T11:02:24+00:00We all know the saying “When two vowels going walking, the first one does the talking.” We might even have a picture of O and A walking together with smiles.
Untangling Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness & Phonics
Jess2021-08-17T10:46:26+00:00Have you ever asked yourself, “I can’t remember if this is phonemic awareness or is it phonics?” Or maybe you were like me and the way you differentiated between the
Phonemes, Graphemes, Morphemes and Why They Matter
Jess2021-08-09T20:50:53+00:00You might have heard these words before and thought they were just some big words for those who really study and teach speech. Well, I’m here to tell you that’s
Structured Literacy, Balanced Literacy & Science of Reading | Making Sense of It All
Jess2021-08-08T19:15:59+00:00There is a shift in how we, as teachers, are talking about and approaching teaching literacy. It feels like there are so many buzzwords and hot topics: structured literacy vs