Contents tagged with Teaching Reading Tips
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The Five Must-Know Phonetic Skills
When children are young, they often rely solely on phonetics to read and spell. Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. When novice writers spell phonetically, they “sound out” the word they want … more
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Why and How to Use Nonsense Words
"Research has shown that using nonsense words in phonics instruction can increase a student’s ability to read words with accuracy and automaticity."
By the time most of us first encountered … more
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8 Classroom Accommodations for Dyslexia (That Benefit ALL Students)
This blog post has been updated for content and republished.
Dyslexia is a language-based learning difference that manifests in a cluster of symptoms. Students with dyslexia have challenges with … more
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4 Key Differences in Teaching ESL to Adults vs. Children
By Guest Writer, Lauren Bailey
For several years now, I’ve actively participated in a local literacy organization, which aims at teaching reading to recent immigrants. Although I’ve tutored and … more
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Approaches for Teaching ESL Students: Prediction vs. Decoding
One of my biggest character flaws is definitely impatience. One way I’ve discovered this is through my drive to complete other people’s sentences. I usually do this when I want to speed up a … more
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Supporting ESL Students: 10 Tips For Mainstream Teachers
From the 1997-98 school year to the 2008-09 school year, the amount of ESL learners enrolled in U.S. public schools increased from 3.5 million to 5.3 million, a 51% increase (National Clearinghouse … more
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ELL Instructional Strategies: Improving Vocabulary Improves Reading Fluency
Non-native speakers of English who are in an ELL classroom face struggles with reading in English even if they are already strong readers in their native language. The natural tendency is for the … more
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Five Effective Motivation Strategies for Struggling Readers
What do you find to be the most difficult thing about teaching beginning and struggling readers?
We asked this exact question to educators as they registered for a webinar. Of all the varying … more
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How to Make ESL Reading Instruction Effective
Guest Post by Dr. Eugenia Krimmel
As is made clear when working with a struggling reader or English Language Learner—reading is a complex language skill. Each aspect of reading has its own … more
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4 Tricks for Helping Students Correct b/d Letter Reversals
This blog post is brought to you by the lowercase letters b and d. They look so similar that you can see where confusion occurs for beginning readers and writers. Letter reversals are frequently seen … more