Once upon a time a king asked several blind educators in his village to examine a new beast that had come into his possession and to tell him all about it. The first educator went up to touch the Literacy Lion, and then ran back to the king shouting ”This beast is made up of...Read More
Let’s face it, folks, there are a lot of kids out there who are read-i-phobic because books are full of words – those squiggly markings on the page that don’t make sense when you’re just starting out to read, and for some kids, don’t make sense even after spending quite a bit of time trying...Read More
Lately, there’s been a resurgence in the ”reading wars,” which is the term used to describe the dispute between supporters of a ”phonics” or ”phonemic awareness” method for teaching reading and those who instead promote a ”whole language” approach. This war has been going on ever since 1955 when Rudolf Flesch wrote the best-selling book...Read More
When I was in school, a long long time ago (sounds like the start of a fairy tale!), we had these Science Research Associates (SRA) reading programs that came in a box. The box contained scores of laminated pages (like the files in a filing cabinet), each of which had a story on it with...Read More
Once a student has learned to decode (e.g. read the actual printed words on the page or screen), then reading teachers (and remedial teachers) launch into an enterprise called ”reading comprehension.” Taken at face value, this really just means being able to understand what you are reading. There are rare cases of individuals who are...Read More
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