Learn to Read Blog

Has the money inadequacy scarred your life and made it hard to survive? Don’t you want to check out a mortgage lender frequently just for the ar______________

P has been doing very well reading, spelling, and writing Level one words.  Level one words include the most frequently used words in speech and______________

My reading students chose to participate in their annual talent show recently.  They chose to sing along with songs they liked.  Once they selec______________

Today is a bright, blue sky autumn day in Southside Virginia.  The leaves of the trees are losing their green, and are glowing with reds, orange______________

In many instances, the teacher is assigned a particular curriculum to be used for language arts/English instruction.  The material often creates______________

Many struggling learners of English have difficulty with phonemic awareness.  They do not hear the sounds of words clearly enough to comprehend ______________

Citizens of the world are interested in learning the English language.  English-speaking countries generally value democracy and free enterprise______________

Struggling readers have the desire to be able to communicate with their friends on social media.  They wish to be able to read and post messages______________

Readers are writers, and writers are readers.  Natural readers enjoy reading widely, often at an early age.  They comprehend the words and the t______________

Today I helped a learner who is planning to sing a self-selected country song in a talent show this fall.  He has listened to the song on the ra______________

Recently I was asked why I insist on teaching phonics to students who are having difficulty learning phonics.  My answer to that question is tha______________

Once upon a time, there was a little first grade boy who had given up on reading.  He came to class each day very reluctantly, and he wasted his______________

Recent research shows that students who are frequently involved with texting are losing formal writing skills.  So, how do teachers/parents help______________

Recent research using fMRI reveals differences in brain functioning between some pre-readers with a family history of dyslexia and pre-readers w______________

Children who are read to have better success in school.  That is generally accepted fact.  So, when do you begin reading to a child?  Well, try ______________

"...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rig______________

Struggling readers are able to develop routines that help them function in everyday situations.  They are able to get information and entertainm______________

Many struggling learners also struggle with appropriate learning habits.  It is very important for the teacher/parent to provide interesting and______________

I recently attended the high school graduation ceremony for a group of students who were also graduates of The Sounds Of Words.  I had helped th______________

"Determination, patience, and genuine love for teaching," is a phrase that describes teachers.  Teachers involved in exceptional education may e______________

I had an interesting telephone call on Wednesday.  One of my former struggling students, now 40 years old, called me to share information about ______________

Recently I bought a spelling activity game to use with my learners.  The goal of one version of the game is to find and use alphabet letters obt______________

Research has found that, "when writing by hand, the movements involved leave a motor memory in the sensorimotor part of the brain, which helps u______________

Now struggling learners have another option if they wish to increase reading comprehension using The Sounds Of Words!  The book, which originall______________

Students with problems learning to read will often have problems with comprehension for single alphabet letters and their sounds.  The Sounds of______________

What does the parent/teacher do when the reading selection requires the learner to use comprehension for homonyms?  Learners with decoding probl______________

Here are some thoughts related to Earth Day:  Clean energy sources and uses prevent Earth's atmosphere from becoming polluted and overheated.  T______________

Were you aware that April 12 was National Drop Everything And Read Day?  That day is Beverly Cleary's birthday, and since children love her book______________

The reading book was a good choice for P.  Page by page, she read aloud each selection.  She took a copy of each page to practice reading for fl______________

Because P was reading material with ungraded vocabulary, she was encountering some complicated words.  I was using the term "complicated" when t______________

P came to me with a little book of poems that she wanted to learn to read.  She knew how to read some words, but had difficulty reading a senten______________

When helping a struggling reader improve reading skills, it is helpful not to encourage her/him to rely on context to figure out the word.  The ______________

At http://Facebook.com/thesoundsofwords

Every word is decodable.  The natural reader is able to look at a word, pronounce it, read it, and understand it, because she/he has been able t______________

Help students make "sound sense" of any word they need to read.