Teaching Reading

Have you tried cloze technique to build reading comprehension?  The idea is simple: Efficient readers actually don’t read every word in a passage.  They make predictions and then check their expectations against the text that is actually there.  The more effective the predictions, the less frequently the reader needs to stop and actually decode the [...]

Want to build reading comprehension skills?  One fun tool is the mini-mystery.  These go by assorted names, and they come in books and on websites, but the general idea is that they present a little mystery story in just a few paragraphs, complete with clues for the solving.  A careful reader can pick up on [...]

One way to help children learn phonics attributes and word analysis skills is through word sorts.  These activities will help with reading as well as spelling.  The basic premise is that words can be put into groups based on various phonetic attributes, such as a long or short vowel sound, number of syllables, type of [...]