About five years ago I worked with a middle school student with Down Syndrome on reading decoding. She had the worst time trying to sound out simple CVC words when I realized she just couldn’t hear the word she was decoding. I tried something to get my student to help her figure out what she was sounding out, not knowing that it was already “out there” as a strategy in […]
Read moreI am on fire with all of the knowledge and product information I have been learning this summer as it relates to struggling readers, especially those who have Dyslexia. I can confidently say that I not only know how to teach reading, I also know what products or strategies to use for those students who struggle with conventional reading instruction. I am so excited, that I just needed to share it […]
Read more
09
Sep
2019
Use Tapping to Help Make Decoding Words “Sticky”
We know that when teaching reading, a multi-sensory approach is the best way to help students to get information and make it stick especially for students with a specific learning disability. One of those multi-sensory strategies is tapping. What is tapping? It’s a strategy using your fingers to make sure students understand the 1:1 correspondence of the number of phonemes in a word or syllable. Take a look! Stay tuned […]
Read more
26
Aug
2019
A Multi-Sensory Rainbow Alphabet
If you’ve got students who can’t seem to remember their letters, perhaps they’re telling you they need something more. Perhaps they need something that can tap into any and all modalities that they need to learn. If so, then you are going to want to know about the Rainbow Alphabet. You’re going to ask, “Does it work because the students can visualize the different letters better?” Or you might ask, “Does it […]
Read moreHave you ever assigned some kind of reading material to a student and wondered if it was the correct reading level for that child? Have you ever wondered why your child or student was struggling to read something that was supposedly at his/her reading level? Now you have a way to Make Sure what your student is reading is at least ”playing fair” because the text is at the correct reading level that […]
Read moreAs you know, I love children’s literature! I know we have students who will sometimes connect better through a story than through personal contact with others. One of my students on the autism spectrum lost his grandmother. He was very close to her, spent tons of time doing things with her and he knew she understood him. When she died, he told his parents it was like in the movie, […]
Read moreI know that you know just how hard it is to get a student with ASD to write! Meltdowns or refusals are quite common. Anyway that we can make things easier for our kids to navigate this torture chamber activity is a GOOD thing! For one, I’d love to see homework go by the wayside. If you read the body of research done by Hattie, you already know that he found homework […]
Read moreI know you want to do the right thing for your students who struggle with reading. Whether or not they have dyslexia, the fact is, you’ve got a student who is not being successful. What to do……..? Several years ago, a brilliant colleague and friend introduced me to Orton-Gillingham strategies. These strategies work wonders with students who struggle with reading. The problem is that many educators start to think that […]
Read more
