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  • December 28, 2022

    Too many rules and exceptions!

    As the Science of Reading pushes awareness of how to teach reading and spelling, people are jumping on the bandwagon. Publishers also see an opportunity to make money, so they are cranking out a “phonics-based “ curriculum with all the...

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  • Teaching r-controlled vowels
    January 25, 2020

    Teaching r-controlled vowels

    Bossy r? I never let consonants boss me around, do you? So why would we call r bossy? R controlled vowels can be some of the trickiest concepts to teach, this is true, but is calling them bossy r to...

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