The Drop Inn
A blog about learning to read
Is your reader confused when a vowel doesn't make its expected sound? Here's why and what to do...
Did you say a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y? Not quite. Here's what they REALLY are....
Your child doesn't HAVE TO love reading...Really, they don't. But they have to learn HOW TO read.
Long lists of words to memorize. Frustration and tears. Here's a secret. That's not what a sight word is.
Why does my child get frustrated and resistant when I try to help them read library books? This is the reason why...
Letter names and letter sounds...which is more important to teach?
When I worked in the first grade classroom, my students struggled with syllables. Lots of kids do. They're easily confused with the sounds in a word because teachers often tell them to clap to count syllables. But where do you clap? There's a better way...
Maybe you've heard the phase "scope and sequence" thrown around, but what does it really mean?