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Month: March 2018

Writing Frame Inspired by “The Gas Men: The Test”

March 24, 2018 Victoria Leslie

The Gas Men: The Test is a dramatic, dystopian science-fiction story, the same genre as The Hunger Games trilogy and the…

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Posted in: Literacy Tools, Teaching Tools, Writing Filed under: dyslexia, dyslexic, scaffolding, writing supports
A group of teens lying on the ground in a circle with their heads touching and smiling up at the camera exemplifies "friends", the word for the phoneme /f/.

Phonemic Awareness training for teenagers and adults

March 23, 2018 Victoria Leslie 2 Comments

[September 2018 Update: There’s new app called Funny Phonemes by our own Greg McDonald specifically designed to make phonemic awareness…

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Posted in: Literacy, Phonics, Teaching Methods Filed under: adult literacy, high school, middle school, older students, phonemic awareness, phonemic awareness training, phonics for adults, phonics for teens
List of 800+ decodable words at the simplest phonics level

List of Decodable Words: TAP Level 1

March 21, 2018 Greg McDonald

“Over 800 decodable words at level 1?  Don’t be a tease….what are they?”  No problem.  Below you’ll find the alphabetized…

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Posted in: Literacy Tools, Phonics, Teaching Tools Filed under: decodability analysis, decodable words, decoding, phonics, support
No Shortage of Decodable Words is a post about the number of words in each level of our phonics progression

No Shortage of Decodable Words

Greg McDonald

We recently made available online a free beta version of the decodability analysis tool that we use to guide us in…

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Posted in: Literacy Tools, Phonics Filed under: decodability, decodability analysis, decodable books, decodable words, levelled readers, phonics, phonics books for adults, phonics books for teens, phonics for adults, phonics for teens, phonics readers for adults, phonics readers for teens
Offers comprehension die printout for Kid Mum decodable book for teenagers and adults

Free Comprehension Die for “Kid Mum” (aka “Kid Mom”)

March 19, 2018 Victoria Leslie

A comprehension die is a playful way to encourage discussion about a text.  This free comprehension die can be used…

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Posted in: Literacy Tools, Teaching Tools Filed under: decodable books, engagement, phonics books for adults, phonics books for teens, reading comprehension, reading instruction
How decodable is my text: our browser based decodability analysis tool is available now

How decodable is my text?

March 13, 2018 Greg McDonald

Today we made available on this website a tool for analyzing the “decodability” of a text in terms of the…

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Posted in: Announcements, Literacy Tools Filed under: decodable, decodable books, decodable readers, decoding, levelled readers, phonics

What is an Open Syllable and Why are they Important for Emergent Readers?

March 2, 2018 Victoria Leslie

What is an Open Syllable and Why are they Important for Emergent Readers? My previous post considered the importance of…

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Posted in: Teaching Methods, Uncategorized Filed under: decodable books, decodable readers, levelled readers, phonics, phonics for adults, phonics for teens, reading instruction, teen emergent readers

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