by Jan and Kari | Mar 29, 2025 | Literacy Leadership
It’s surprisingly common to find upper elementary students who still need help with foundational spelling patterns, like short vowel sounds in closed syllable (CVC) words. But with older kids, not only is time of the essence—they need to catch up without missing out...
by Jan and Kari | Feb 1, 2025 | Phonics
It’s surprisingly common to find upper elementary students who still need help with foundational spelling patterns, like short vowel sounds in closed syllable (CVC) words. But with older kids, not only is time of the essence—they need to catch up without missing out...
by Jan and Kari | Jan 25, 2025 | Strategy Instruction
It’s surprisingly common to find upper elementary students who still need help with foundational spelling patterns, like short vowel sounds in closed syllable (CVC) words. But with older kids, not only is time of the essence—they need to catch up without missing out...
by Jan and Kari | Jan 18, 2025 | High-Frequency Words
It’s surprisingly common to find upper elementary students who still need help with foundational spelling patterns, like short vowel sounds in closed syllable (CVC) words. But with older kids, not only is time of the essence—they need to catch up without missing out...
by Jan and Kari | Dec 14, 2024 | Decodable Texts
Who doesn’t love a cat nap? We know we do! We kind of needed one after we wrestled with using AI-generated images to illustrate a decodable text. We found that AI elevated the quality of the illustrations far above what we could cobble together with clip art. These...
