A form of handwriting containing connected letters.Lowercase letters begin at the baseline requiring less motor planning.Unique letter formations lead to fewer reversals.Letter strings are identified … read more

As with Phonics First®, in Structures®, we teach several prefixes and suffixes. In Phonics First®, we focus more on reading and spelling with the affixes, but in Structures®, we also focus on the mean … read more

What is Visual Spatial Learning?Individuals with dyslexia are often referred to as visual-spatial learners. A visual-spatial learner primarily stores and accesses information in picture form. Ha … read more

Do your students struggle to remember the meanings of the suffixes -ness and -ment? Mine did until I came up with a simple memory trick for them.What is the Meaning of Suffixes -ness & -ment?B … read more

Have you ever marveled at how the sway of stress in a sentence can change its entire meaning? Stress is the art of the accented syllable – an essential yet often overlooked aspect of the English l … read more

Where was Scarborough's Reading Rope back when I started teaching? After going through college as an education major in the 90s, the complexities of reading, including how one learns to read and co … read more