Shifting from Word Walls to Sound Walls: Promoting Early Phoneme-Grapheme and Speech Sound Development
Shifting from using a word wall to a sound wall is a small change could make a big impact on students' abilities to learn how to read.
What’s in a name? – Everything! A reflection on the Three-Cueing System
The three-cueing approach to reading encourages students to guess words based on context or prior knowledge rather than building their decoding skills.
Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in French as a Second Language Programs
Changing attitudes and a shift in teacher training are necessary to meet the growing diversity of student learning needs in FSL programs.
Using Prosody to Perfect Reading Proficiency
Prosody is characterized by the following: pace and flow (that we bring together here under the concept of speed), emphasis, volume, pauses, and intonation (Lafontaine & Dumais, 2014). These are elements that all bring a certain musicality to a text that is read.
The Dos and Don’ts of Phonics Instruction
This article, adapted from Wiley Blevins (2021), discusses the characteristics of strong phonics instruction and common causes of phonics instructional failure
Learning to Read and Write Using Decodable Texts
This article will help you understand the role that decodable texts play in developing early reading and encoding skills for students.
The Individual Education Plan: How to Support Parent Involvement for a Bigger Impact
The development of an IEP is an essential process in the continuous progress of students with special education needs. It is important to involve, include and support parents throughout this process in order to ensure that they understand it and are comfortable with the support provided by educators.
Creating Inclusive Classrooms
Creating inclusive classrooms can be hard work. It takes commitment to the guidelines of inclusion and a willingness to critically examine our beliefs, assumptions, and practices.
Using Preparatory Activities for Students with LDs: Volume and Spatial Sense Problem-Solving
Problem-solving is an important skill in math curricula around the world, however, it presents many challenges for students, especially those with LDs. Preparatory activities can be used in math class to reduce student anxiety and develop problem-solving skills, through thoughtful engagement.
Know the Facts about Reading
Click here to view and download the Facts about Reading Handout. Written by Stacey Rickman Learning to read is NOT a natural process - it must be taught. Learning to speak and listen is a natural process that typically developing children learn by being immersed in oral language; learning to read is not, and must [...]