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How to Teach Sight Words for Strong Reading and Spelling

Phonics, Research, Teaching 101, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunAugust 19, 20211 Comment

Improve reading by learning how to teach sight words using a research-based method. Perfect for teachers working with the Fry words. With limited time to teach reading, it makes sense to focus on teaching words students will encounter frequently. Enter: the Fry Words. Dr. Edward Fry developed a list of the most commonly used words…

How to Teach a Child to Read: The Ultimate Guide

Phonics, Teaching 101, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunFebruary 28, 2018

Inside: Follow these five steps to teach a child to read. Helpful for parents, homeschoolers, and teachers that are teaching beginning readers. This post contains affiliate links.     I looked like a mother hen with my chick gathered around me. Sitting on the floor with my legs crossed, I stared into six eager pairs…

FREE Bossy R song and video is a fun way to practice r controlled vowel phonics patterns

Teach the Bossy R Pattern with this Fun Video

Phonics, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunAugust 20, 20162 Comments

If I were ever on a game show and asked to name all 50 states in alphabetical order, I could absolutely do it. And it’s not because I have a savant-like memory, it’s because in 8th grade we learned a song that listed all states in ABC order. I might not remember much else from…

Crash Course in Phonics, part 2

Phonics, Teaching 101, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunAugust 24, 201515 Comments

Everything you needed to know about teaching phonics, you learned in college….right?  Wrong!  My professors were great, but there really wasn’t a course dedicated to teaching phonics.  Once you have your own classroom it doesn’t take long to realize that the phrase “sound it out” will only get your students so far.   Don’t worry!  I’ve…

Kid-Friendly Syllable Rules

Phonics, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunSeptember 29, 20148 Comments

  Honestly, I don’t ever remember learning syllable rules when I was in school, and amazingly enough, I still learned how to read.  When I first started hearing about syllable rules (as a teacher) they were complicated statements like, “with a CVC pattern, if the vowel is short then divide after the second consonant.”  Holy…

Crash Course in Phonics

Phonics, Teaching 101, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunAugust 28, 201410 Comments

Teaching Phonics Looking back I’m not sure how this happened, but somehow I got through college without actually learning phonics rules.  Hold on, hold on!  I know how to read and I know letter sounds but as far as actual “rules” that I could tell my students…I was lost.  And I know I’m not the…

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