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Sight Words For Early Readers

  • Dec 20 2023
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Welcome to the foundational steps of reading! If you're guiding early readers on their learning journey, understanding and teaching sight words is pivotal. These words form the backbone of many sentences and stories your young reader will encounter.

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What Is Phonic Awareness?

  • Dec 15 2023
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When you embark on the journey of literacy development, one of the first stops you'll make is at the fascinating world of phonic awareness. This foundational aspect of phonological processing is not just a fancy term in early childhood education.

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What Is Decoding In Reading And How Does It Work?

  • Dec 13 2023
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Decoding in reading is the process of phonetically understanding written language and correctly pronouncing words. It is a vital skill that enhances reading comprehension and fluency. By employing various strategies such as sounding out letters and word sounds, recognizing letter-sound relationships, identifying patterns, and familiarizing oneself with common words, decoding enables readers to accurately pronounce words, especially unfamiliar ones.

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6 Important Skills For Reading Comprehension

  • Dec 11 2023
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Reading comprehension is a complicated process that involves a set of skills important for understanding what is read. These reading skills include decoding, fluency, an extensive vocabulary, sentence construction and cohesion, reasoning and background knowledge, as well as working memory and attention.