Vowel Intensive The short vowel activities in the video are fantastic adaptations to the basic Vowel Intensive in Phonics First.  A Vowel Intensive asks the students to focus on differentiating betwe … read more

Hi everyone, It’s almost Christmas vacation!  Hang in there!  I know the time before break is tough, but you’re tougher.  I’ll be going on Christmas break here myself for the next 2 weeks.  Posts will … read more

Hi everyone, It’s been just over a month since I posted the survey about how prepared teachers feel to teach struggling readers in their classrooms.  Thanks so much to those of you who took the … read more

Hi everyone, I get to visit a lot of classrooms when I coach teachers who have taken the Phonics First training.  There have been 2 classrooms recently that took my breath away (in a good way).  In bo … read more

Hi everyone, Today is quite the Monday: Cyber Monday and Multisensory Monday!  There is an awesome Cyber Monday sale going on at shop.rlac.com.  (By the way, I also just got some great deals at Kohls. … read more

Hi everyone, It’s awesome to see that so many of you liked and shared the multisensory activities from this week!  I am especially thankful to Dite this week because the day after I posted her activit … read more