Reading Strategies

Scroll to the bottom for some really great evidence-aligned bookmarks that will remind students to slow down and decode unknown words!

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First Rule of Reading: Keep Your Eyes on the WordsAll kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade teachers — as well as reading interventionists — should teach students to keep their eyes on the words on the page so that they do not have to later struggle with breaking a habit that hampers effective, efficient reading.

Stanford brain wave study shows how different teaching methods affect reading developmentStanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading.

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Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work.

S1-12. A conversation with Bruce McCandliss - Science of Reading: The Podcast

‎Meet the Experts (Reading Rockets): Dr. Louisa Moats: Teachers on Apple Podcasts‎Show Meet the Experts (Reading Rockets), Ep Dr. Louisa Moats: Teachers - Jun 25, 2010

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The Kastner Collection: Decoding Prompts and Bookmarks - Wakelet

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Evidence-aligned bookmarks:

FREE reading strategy printable posters and slides shared by Orton Gillingham instructor Carla Siravo! Aligned with best structured literacy practices. Use these fun characters to engage your readers and help them to remember word attack skills!

decoding bookmarks.pdf

From Tiffany Peltier at https://understandingreading.home.blog/resources/

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