Defeat the Summer Slide!
Consider the similarities between reading and math skills to exercise. What happens when you stop for a considerable amount of time? Those g
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Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
May 2, 20202 min read
List of Sight Word Practice & Word Play Resources
This post is simply a list of places that offer opportunities for young readers to practice their sight words in a fun way and see the words
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
May 1, 20203 min read
Struggling Reader Sight Word Instruction
How a teacher approaches reading instruction needs to look different for early elementary-aged students versus junior high students.
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Apr 24, 20202 min read
Early Reader High-Frequency Word Instruction
Once little readers have an understanding of letters and their sounds, where they are able to identify consonant-vowel-consonant words, I
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Apr 17, 20202 min read
3 Reasons Why I Stopped Using Flashcards for Word Identification Instruction
My job as a teacher who specializes in literacy is to provide learning opportunities that inspire a reader to enjoy the process of thinking
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Why are sight words important?
It is important to know words by sight because readers are able to spend less time on automatic word recognition and more time on understand
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Apr 15, 20202 min read
Sight Words vs. High-Frequency Words
Sight words are the words that a reader should identify by sight. High-Frequency words are the words that appear most often in literature.
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Mar 31, 20204 min read
Qualities of a Quality Reading Teacher or Tutor
Qualities of a quality reading teacher or tutor.
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Mar 24, 20202 min read
FREE Elementary Literacy Resource
One of my clients shared Cincinnati Zoo's Home Safari daily Facebook LIVE event with me. My children LOVE it. Due to the fact that I'm...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Mar 16, 20202 min read
How can I best support you during this time of unrest?
I was speaking to one of my dearest teacher friends forced home due to the Coronavirus scare that we are currently facing as a world. She...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Feb 15, 20204 min read
Do These 5 Things NOW to Boost Vocabulary Instruction
Think about how you learn a new word and apply those same principles to your instruction. That is one way I think about instruction, the...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Jan 21, 20203 min read
Monitoring Comprehension
An important aspect to teach readers is how to self-monitor their misunderstandings. Good readers have a few fix-it strategies in their...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Jan 6, 20203 min read
Modeling Comprehension
Seasoned, independent readers automatically process text by predicting, asking questions, connecting, visualizing, fixing mistakes,...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Nov 20, 20193 min read
3 Research-Based Fluency Strategies to Implement Now
Do you have students in your class or homeschool room that lack expression, ignore punctuation, read so quickly (or slowly) that they're...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Nov 13, 20193 min read
What is a fluent reader?
As soon as my kindergartner mastered phonics, we began her first grade year learning what it meant to be a fluent reader. I knew that...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Nov 5, 20195 min read
Systematic Phonics Instruction (Researched Strategies that WORK!)
Let's get down to the basics and what the research reveals about how to approach teaching a beginning reader to read. It's pretty simple,...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Oct 28, 20195 min read
Move from Phonemic Awareness to Phonics to Fluency
Last week was rough. My youngest was sick twice and it was all I could do to stay on top of life much less blog posts. As a result, the...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Oct 14, 20194 min read
Phonics & Phonemic Awareness (Why They're Both Important)
Every language consists of symbols with each symbol representing a sound. In English these are known as letters or letter combinations....
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Oct 7, 20193 min read
The Value of ABC Books
You want an environment filled with reading material readers cannot wait to read. The goal is that you reader hears the sound that...
Rebecca Lowery, M.Ed.
Oct 1, 20195 min read
Phonics Beginner Activities
My little girl is in Pre-K and does not want to do school most days. If I can get ten solid minutes on letters and numbers I'm absolutely...
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