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Strategies for Building Sight Word Vocabulary in ESL Classrooms
Strategies for Building Sight Word Vocabulary in ESL Classrooms Sight words are essential to learning a new language, and can be especially challenging for ESL students. Building their sight word vocabulary is essential to helping them achieve fluency, and it requires creative strategies that work best for each student. In this article, we’ll discuss tips… Continue reading Strategies for Building Sight Word Vocabulary in ESL Classrooms
Activities to Develop Sight Word Recognition in ESL Students
Activities to Develop Sight Word Recognition in ESL Students Sight word recognition is a key component of language learning, and can be especially challenging for ESL students. Developing these skills requires creative strategies that work best for each student, and it is essential to helping them achieve fluency. In this article, we’ll discuss tips and… Continue reading Activities to Develop Sight Word Recognition in ESL Students
Building Vocabulary through English Phonics for Non-English Speaking Students
Building Vocabulary through English Phonics for Non-English Speaking Students Introduction As an experienced educator with a focus on the fundamentals and tools required to provide creative solutions for kindergarten teachers, it is important to understand the unique challenges that come with teaching non-English speaking students to read and build their vocabulary through the English… Continue reading Building Vocabulary through English Phonics for Non-English Speaking Students
Innovative Approaches to Teaching Sight Words to ESL Students
Innovative Approaches to Teaching Sight Words to ESL Students The ability to recognize sight words is an important part of becoming a proficient reader. For English language learners, the challenge is even greater because they must learn to recognize the words while continuing to learn English. Fortunately, there are innovative approaches to teaching sight… Continue reading Innovative Approaches to Teaching Sight Words to ESL Students
Phonemic Awareness Lessons for Kindergarten
Phonemic Awareness Lessons for Kindergarten At Reading Teacher, phonemic awareness is the foundation of long-term reading success. This fundamental skill takes time to develop — but by starting as early as kindergarten, young readers can get a headstart on their ability to hear, recognize, and play with the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. … Continue reading Phonemic Awareness Lessons for Kindergarten
Testing Sight Words and Reading Comprehension
Testing Sight Words and Reading Comprehension Teaching sight words and reading comprehension is one thing, but testing these two skill areas is an entirely separate challenge. If you’re an educator and slowly working through a list of sight words with your students, you understand the importance of these words for students’ reading comprehension. These… Continue reading Testing Sight Words and Reading Comprehension
Adult Literacy Reading Programs
Adult Literacy Reading Programs At Reading Teacher, we often talk about early childhood literacy — but how do adult reading skills compare? While a majority of adults in the U.S. are functionally literate in English, a striking minority cannot perform basic literacy tasks. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, one in five… Continue reading Adult Literacy Reading Programs
Learning to Read for Older Students
Learning to Read for Older Students In discussions about struggling readers, we often talk about “early intervention.” But when students fall behind early — and interventions begin too late — these readers continue to struggle well beyond elementary school. What can parents, educators, and schools do to support the older struggling reader? Across the… Continue reading Learning to Read for Older Students
My Child Struggles With Reading Comprehension: What Should I Do?
My Child Struggles With Reading Comprehension: What Should I Do? Think of your child’s favorite story or picture book: the one that you read together, without fail, every day. They know the words, the characters, every twist and turn. But when your child attempts to branch out and read a new book, they struggle to… Continue reading My Child Struggles With Reading Comprehension: What Should I Do?
Best Reading Lessons for Early Readers
Best Reading Lessons for Early Readers Early readers take in a lot of new information. And if we’re being honest, it can be hard to motivate both kids and adults to continue reading, learning, and mastering new skills. If you’re looking for fun, engaging, and age-appropriate activities for your youngster, we’ve compiled some of… Continue reading Best Reading Lessons for Early Readers
How to Learn Phonics: 5 Steps for Reading Success
How to Learn Phonics: 5 Steps for Reading Success Before your reader picks up any chapter books, they have to pick up phonics. Both learning and teaching phonics takes time, effort, and strategy. But with daily practice and a science-backed curriculum, most kids can pick up this essential skill and move on to the most… Continue reading How to Learn Phonics: 5 Steps for Reading Success