One of my favorite items to use during tutoring sessions was always plastic cups. They are inexpensive to buy, and you can use them in many ways to practice skills and concepts! Materials:Plastic Cups … read more

What Are Red Words?Red words are sight words that don’t follow typical phonetic patterns, making them difficult to decode using regular rules. Unlike regular words that can be sounded out, red words … read more

Vowel Teams are a combination of two vowels making the long vowel sound. They appear often and early in English vocabulary and are taught as early as Kindergarten for reading. Some facts about teachin … read more

Understanding digraphs and blends is important to developing strong reading and spelling skills. These play distinct roles in the decoding process, helping students recognize and pronounce words … read more

The third part of the 3-Part Drill, blending, increases fluency. The goal for Blending is to be able to read these syllables as whole units. Working toward this goal is an important step to successful … read more

The Auditory Drill supports the students’ spelling and reading. It is extremely important to keep the drill as multisensory as possible. Always ask for difficult sounds or multiple spellings to give s … read more