Teaching Reading

Reading comprehension is one of the most talked-about topics in this arena, so I’m always on the lookout for outstanding articles about comprehension. You’ll want to check out Seven Strategies To Teach Students Text Comprehension over at Reading Rockets. This article does an outstanding job of outlining ways in which reading comprehension can break [...]

Reading A-Z is a hugely popular resource for homeschoolers and even classrooms. The site offers a wealth of free samples so you can take a peek at their popular printables. When you visit, you can click on the ‘free samples’ button and be taken directly to the list of freebies.  There are12 leveled readers with related worksheets, four [...]

Reading Pathways, by Dolores G. Hiskes, offers a wealth of reading fluency exercises.  Through the use of ‘pyramids,’ students are led through a series of increasingly difficult readings.  The lessons begin with the short A sound and continue through polysyllabic words such as effervescent and panorama.
Each lesson starts with a ’sounding out’ activity where students [...]