The Essential Components of Reading

** A guest post by Lynn Givens ** Reading is an astonishingly complex cognitive process.  While we often think of reading as one singular act, our brains are actually engaging in a number of tasks simultaneously when we read. There are five components in the process...
Morpheme Monday

Morpheme Monday

Throwback to our first  #MorphemeMonday! blog post… You may be wondering what exactly #MorphemeMonday is: it is simply a day to bring awareness about the importance of morpheme instruction to parents and educators out there. Technically speaking, morphemes are...

Does CVC refer to letters or sounds?

** A guest post by Debbie Hepplewite** The need to distinguish between consonant letters and vowel letters through teaching about ‘the alphabet’ compared to consonant sounds and vowel sounds through teaching about the ‘alphabetic code’   Teachers need to teach...
Morpheme Monday: July 22, 2019

Morpheme Monday: July 22, 2019

Happy #MorphemeMonday everyone! Thanks for joining the quest in expanding our students’ decoding skills beyond the basics of sound-symbol relationships to the higher level of morphological awareness. Just as a reminder, morphemes are the smallest unit of meaning...