Learning How to Read
Congratulations! Learning how to read is arguably one of the best gifts you can give to another person that will contribute to his experiencing a fulfilling and productive ...
Author: Veronica McCarthy
I am a Certified Reading Specialist who has taught reading in the school system as well as privately for over 25 years. Parenting two children with dyslexia, I have addressed the challenges of a struggling reader as a parent and as a teacher. My mission is to assist parents and teachers to help children become fluent readers, one reader at a time!
Essential Reading Skills
There are seven essential reading skills necessary to be a fluent reader. These skills are: Phonemic Awareness; Alphabet Knowledge; Phonics/Decoding; Sight Words; Comprehension; Fluency; and Vocabulary. A deficit ...
Fry Sight Word List
Fry Sight Word List Sight words are the most common words used repeatedly in every type of reading material. Many of these words do not follow the phonics ...
Learning How to Read
Learning how to read is a skill that contributes immensely to a person’s quality of life.Teaching someone to read is arguably one of the best gifts you can ...
Multisensory Reading Instruction
Multi-Sensory Reading Instruction An activity can be considered multi-sensory when more than one sensory mode is used to complete a task. A sensory modes are see, touch, hear, ...
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Vocabulary This is another skill which supports comprehension. Vocabulary pertains to an understanding of the meaning of all of the important words in a reading passage. Sometimes ...
Reading Fluency Strategies
Reading Fluency Strategies Reading fluency strategies can be taught and readers can improve their fluency rate. First of all, what is fluency? Fluency is a combination of the ...
Reading Comprehension
What Affects Reading Comprehension Skills? Reading Comprehension means how much of the information being read is understood and remembered. Reading Comprehension can be adversely affected by several factors ...
Phonics
Phonics Phonics Phonics is the collection of rules we use in the English language to read and spell words. This skill is usually taught incrementally along with reading ...
Learning the Alphabet
Learning the Alphabet Learning the Alphabet Learning the alphabet can be extremely difficult for some learners. The learner needs to know the name and one or more sounds ...
