Are you wondering how to teach a child to read? This helpful video and free ebook will tell you everything you need to know! I get many emails from parents wanting the answer to this question: How can I teach my child to read? It often takes me weeks before I reply to their message, because the answer is such a big one. For that reason, I decided to create…
4 Ways to boost reading comprehension
Learn how to boost reading comprehension in today’s video blog post! It’s time for another video blog post! This time we dive into comprehension. Watch the video to learn: How to use think alouds to improve students’ understanding of a text How to ask the right questions How to teach students to monitor their comprehension How to choose appropriate reading response activities Useful links: Teaching with interactive read alouds How…
5 Things You Need to Know about Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Welcome to another video blog post! In this video I share five things you need to know about phonological and phonemic awareness. Links mentioned in the video Ultimate list of rhyming books Silly sentence word awareness activity Free syllable sorting cards Free little letter books Pete the Cat lunch box (affiliate link) Simple rhyming board game Rhyming clip cards 25 Phonemic awareness games Online course: Teaching Every Reader Guidebook: How…
8 Ways to build fluency
This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for joining me for another video blog post! Today’s video shares 8 ways to build fluency in grades K-5 (and beyond!). Links mentioned in the video: Video blog post: What you need to know about sight words My page of phonics printables Reading Fluency Table from Reading A to Z Shel Silverstein’s poetry books: Falling Up, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in…
What you need to know about sight words
Thanks for joining us for this summer video blog series! In this video I cover the following: What are sight words? How do you know which sight words to teach? How do you teach sight words? How do you help students who are struggling to learn sight words? Recommended posts, resources and materials: Sight word lists – from This Reading Mama Magnetic letters Sightwords.com – enter your words, and…
How to teach synthesizing with Aesop’s Fables
Want to know how to teach synthesizing? This lesson is easy … and it works! This post contains affiliate links. Have you been following along with the reading comprehension series that I’m doing with This Reading Mama? Each week, we show you how to teach a reading comprehension strategy with a particular picture book. Here’s what we’ve shared so far! Setting a purpose for readingwith Surprising Sharks Teaching kids to activate…
How to teach the strategy of “determining importance”
Looking for a fun way to teach the strategy of determining importance? Let’s dive in! This post contains affiliate links. Have you been following along with the collaborative blog series I’m doing with Becky Spence of This Reading Mama? Each week, we’ve shown you how to teach a specific reading comprehension strategy with picture books. Today I’m tackling one of the tougher ones … determining importance. If you ask a…
How to teach visualizing with picture books
Today’s post will show you how to teach visualizing with picture books! This post contains affiliate links. Today I’m sharing another way to teach comprehension strategies with picture books. It’s part of the collaborative blog series that I’m doing with This Reading Mama. Up next? Visualizing! Visualizing is the ability to hear (or read) a story and have a mental image of the text. I grabbed a copy of the…
Free Games for Ending Blends
Grab these free games for ending blends! Have you seen my Roll-a-games? I’ve shared a ton of these no-prep games that are great for helping kids hear and identify sounds in words. You can download any of these sets for free: Roll a short vowel Roll a long vowel Roll a rhyme Roll a blend Roll a digraph Roll an ending sound Recently a reader requested a set of Roll-a-games for…
How to teach predicting with picture books
In today’s post I’m sharing a lesson and free printable that will show you how to teach predicting with picture books. This post contains affiliate links. Have you been following along with the blog series I’m doing with This Reading Mama? We’re sharing specific ways to teach reading comprehension strategies with picture books. Today I’m sharing a lesson about predicting. How to teach predicting with picture books Step 1 Choose a…
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