When our students start intervention, many of them are only comfortable reading simple texts or are not comfortable reading at all. This means they do not have as much familiarity with the structure of written language as their peers. Most of our students read sentences or decodable stories at the end of each lesson. This gives us the perfect opportunity to talk about sentence structure.
Category Archives: Science
What is Structured Literacy?
Literacy support for students with dyslexia has been under development for over 100 years. Back in the 1920s, a pathologist named Samuel Orton tried to figure out why some children with average and above average intelligence experienced language difficulties similar to his adult patients with brain damage. Since he thought that their left and rightContinue reading “What is Structured Literacy?”
Decodable Texts: They might sound strange, but…
Decodable texts certainly aren’t perfect, but they are an essential component of reading instruction.
More than Sounds
English is not as illogical as many people think, but it often seems illogical when meaning-related patterns are not included in literacy instruction.
Reading and the Science of Learning
The science of reading has become hot-button issue in recent years, leading to arguments over who gets to claim they are following science and who is making too many compromises to make that claim. In the midst of this discussion, I think it can be easy to forget about the other important science involved — the science of learning.
Developing Readers 