You have a large class of older students. Through data collection, you find that a few of them are substantially behind in reading. You want to help t...

Through the years, I’ve visited classrooms all around the world.  

I recently visited a classroom full of inquisitive students ready to engage in a f...

In 2019, I began a doctorate while simultaneously enrolling in an educators' course on mindfulness in the classroom and a separate course focused on c...

Here Are 5 Reasons.

• When taught one-on-one, this systematic reading builds confident readers. The programming progresses in an emotionally sound wa...

If you are:

• Moving to a new school
• Needing information for a meeting with a specialist
• Doing a reading assessment to create action steps or “wher
...

A new grade 4 student arrived at the school, in the middle of the school year. There wasn’t any data from her former school. There wasn’t much informa...

Do your students or loved ones:

• find it challenging to get started on a task that requires reading and writing?
• have difficulty with stamina, spee
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Today, I was searching for a specialized program for one of my students. Nearly every tutoring service I explored emphasized the concept of the "summe...

Every school year, I was approached by worried parents and caretakers with this question:

 "Will my student’s reading difficulties go away? Will I ne...

Assessing reading progress is VERY important to moving the reader along at the JUST RIGHT pace.  For this to happen, the reading, strategies, and cont...

I love this picture above.  Learning at it’s finest!  These were my favorite moments as a teacher and reading specialist.

It captures the essence of ...

Learning anything new takes time.  Lots of little baby steps add up.  If a reader LOVES reading, you’ll see these steps move faster and faster, gainin...