Syntax: Building Strong Sentences
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…
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 right…
Decodable Texts: They might sound strange, but…
Decodable texts certainly aren’t perfect, but they are an essential component of reading instruction.
Reading Aloud
Though most of my time is spent teaching students how to read, it is also important to teach students to want to read. Children without positive reading experiences tend to avoid reading as much as possible, so they need adults to encourage them by modeling and providing enjoyable reading experiences. Reading aloud to kids is…
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About Elena Girling
Hi! I founded Developing Readers with the goal of supporting students and parents with the process of learning how to read and write. This blog is a space for sharing activities, research, and news related to the development of reading.
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