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“But you KNOW that word!” Sound familiar?

“But you KNOW that word!” Sound familiar?

We’ve all been there! We’ve all said some version of this phrase! After chanting and practicing and highlighting and rainbow writing a word repeatedly, a student encounters the word in print (or goes to use it in their writing) and looks at it like it’s a martian with...

Looking for free decodable texts?  We wrote one for you!

Looking for free decodable texts? We wrote one for you!

What could be more fun than thinking about pups? We really can’t think of much. Speaking of puppies, if you’re familiar with our book, Shifting the Balance, then you know that Chapter 6 is about finding “aligned” texts for students. Aligned texts are more than...

Laying Language Track for the Word Reading Train

Laying Language Track for the Word Reading Train

In Chapter 1 of Shifting the Balance, we untangle a widespread misunderstanding about reading comprehension. It is “Misunderstanding 4” in the chapter that is about language comprehension. Misunderstanding 4 goes like this,“Successful comprehension in beginning...

METANOIA  . . .

METANOIA . . .

We didn’t know this word a few weeks ago. But since we first became aware of it, we seem to be noticing it more and more.  Maybe it’s because we’re immersed in thinking about children’s language development these days. Maybe it’s because we’re thinking a lot about the...

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