Using a key word such as pizza while teaching letter P can help students better recall the sound in the future. This simple multisensory activity focuses on having your student(s) differentiate betwee … read more

Games are a great way to reinforce learning, especially for more complex concepts and rules. The 1-1-1 Doubling Rule is one of the Three- Great Rules and often required review or re-teaching. The rule … 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. Both -ness and -ment carry the same meaning; they mean … read more

-nk ending sounds can be tricky for students (-ink, -ank, -onk, -unk) to become automatic with. The letters n and k usually sound especially strange next to a vowel, and it’s easier for students … read more

In English, some words follow the rules and are phonetic. Some words do not follow the rules and are not phonetic. A word that does not follow the rules is called a Red Word. In this video, we briefly … read more

Two syllable Magic-E words are tricky for struggling readers and require additional practice. Games are a fun way to include extra practice, and students play either in small groups, as a learning cen … read more