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Building-Up My Toolbox: Self-Monitoring Strategies
This year, I’m working with a challenging group of second and third-graders who are NOT consistently monitoring their reading and comprehension. Some fail to fix-up their meaning-changing miscues,...
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Crunch and Munch Words
Do your students get stuck on multi-syllable words? Do they tend to leave off word endings? Do your students take the time to read through the entire word? “Crunch & Munch” is a great strategy for...
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Practicing Accuracy Using Similar Word Pairs
Do your students make a lot of visual errors? Visual discrimination is a tough for many readers who struggle with decoding. Many of the substitutions I see with my students include words with similar...
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Introducing Daily Phonics
For those of you who love my Daily Fluency series, I’ve developed a Daily Phonics series to help students practice identifying sounds and word patterns. This series of resources is perfect for any...
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3 Ways to Use Clothespins for Working With Sounds and Syllables
Guess what?! Clothespins are not just for laundry! Clothespins are one of my go-to teaching tools for my reading groups! They’re cheap and have so many instructional possibilities. Plus, they’re easy...
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Unlocking the Mystery of Schwa: The What & How (Part I)
Schwa – It’s funny to say, tricky to teach, but important to know and understand. “Schwa” is defined as the most common sound of spoken English. It is the relaxed vowel sound that is often found in...
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Unlocking the Mystery of Schwa: The What & How (Part II)
In Part I of Unlocking the Mystery of Schwa, we talked about the WHAT of schwa. This post will provide a follow-up to Part I and will get into the HOW. Specifically, we’ll be looking at how to teach...
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Introducing the “Click and Clunk” Self-Monitoring Reading Strategy to Improve...
Self-monitoring is important skill for students to learn and apply while reading. Not only does it support reading accuracy and fluency, but it ensures that students are able to make meaning from what...
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Using Whisper Phones to Improve Accuracy and Encourage Self-Monitoring Skills
Whisper phones are a powerful tool! Also known as “Toobaloos” or auditory feedback phones, these plastic “phones” are used while students are reading aloud and help students self-monitor for accuracy...
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Teaching Syllable Types to Help Students Decode Challenging Words
Do you have students who have difficulty decoding multisyllabic words? Words that contain multiple syllables can be difficult for students to read, especially if they don’t have strategies in their...
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