Happy Monday everyone! This week we have a short and sweet activity that is sure to please any student working towards mastering the vowel team -OE! Make it Multisensory Vowel team -OE is usually plac … read more

Understanding how to identify accented syllables is a finer point of language, and should be addressed only after students have mastered phonics. ACCENT, STRESS, AND SCHWA Accent is also known as stre … read more

I love this activity! The kids get to move, think, and play. I used this activity when teaching -ng (-ing,-ang, -ong, -ung) and -nk (-ink, -ank, -onk, -unk) concepts. However, it can be adapted to mos … read more

Vowels are the trickiest sounds in our language.  They can be especially frustrating for struggling readers and challenging for teachers as well.  It’s not your imagination that the /o/ sound in “dog” … read more

The Land of Plurals Once upon a time, in the Land of Plurals, there was a school.  All words went to this school. Some words wanted to become more than one, or plural (like cat).  Other words were ver … read more

Inspired. Humbled. Determined. Three words that describe my first experience with dyslexia. After years of teaching English and reading to high school students, I made a horrendous error, leading to a … read more