The Great Awakening in Reading Instruction
The lockdowns did a few good things. One was to prove to suspicious parents that their children are wasting time in garbage instruction, and the other was to prove to […]
Category: Reading
Kindergartener Reads the Declaration of Independence!
Can a kindergartener learn to read fluently? Can a kindergartener read anything?
Curriculum Choices for the Homeschooler ~ Choose Wisely!
When teaching one ought to know why and how the curriculum one is using was created. What is pedagogy? Pedagogy is the approach to teaching, the theory and practice […]
Lucy Calkins FAILS READING! Experts Say Widely Used Reading Curriculum is Failing Kids
The day of reckoning for Lucy and her minions is coming.
Hard Words Why aren’t kids being taught to read?
Hard Words, Why Aren’t Our Kids Learning to Read?
Phonics Faux Pas ~ American Educator Magazine
I pulled this article from the latest AFT magazine online. Here’s the link to the entire magazine: American Educator AMERICAN EDUCATOR | WINTER 2018–2019 13 ILLUSTRATIONS BY LIZA FLORES Phonics […]
The AFT Statement of Literacy
In today’s society, the child who doesn’t learn to read does not make it in life. If children don’t learn to read early enough, if they don’t learn to read with comprehension, if they don’t read fluently enough to read broadly and reflectively across all content areas, if they don’t learn to read effortlessly enough to render reading pleasurable, their chances for a fulfilling life—by whatever measure: academic success, financial stability, the ability to find satisfying work, personal autonomy, self-esteem—are practically nil.
Analysis of Basal Vs. Direct, Systematic Explicit Instruction
Note to readers: I did this by myself at the school because I wanted to compare the instruction at the school vs. my instruction with SSRW. No one asked me […]
A Tribute To A Champion ~ Bob Sweet
I considered Bob a soldier, a comfort and a warrior. A Commander General in the battle we hold here in the USA for reading and children; his absence will leave a gaping whole in our fight.
A Sudden Change of Heart
Whenever we visit with each other, Sue Dickson, author of Sing, Spell, Read & Write, and I share our most baffling reading war stories. On my most recent visit, I […]