Strategies for Teaching Your Child to Read

Be clear with students;  What am I learning?  Why am I learning this?  How will I know that I have learned it?

• Anita Archer wrote, "Always teach to an outcome.  We can help students know their destination or reason for the lesson by clearly stating what they will be able to do at the end of a lesson."

• "Always emphasize the curriculum standards."  Mike Harklerode

• I always like to begin with a "warm up" before lesson.  This should be a repetition piece that students are working on as a goal (see my created map for how to begin focused, consistent letter name and sound practice.

Below are some useful resources I use with students daily.  Have fun working with students!

I remastered original Dianne Craft Right Brain Sight Words from paper cards, into pictures, then Google slides.  You can access sight words here:  Right Brain Sight Words Slides 

More information on Dianne's "craft" can be viewed here:  Dianne Craft   

There are many word lists from Linda Mood Bell to practice nonsense words, which I call "Pure Decoding".  It is good to have your child reading these kinds of words because they must spend the time decoding instead of guessing for a real word.  This helps the child that has difficulty when reading and substitutes guessed words for real words which doesn't make sense in the sentence or story.  It is also good practice to have the child rhyming with each word read with their own real or nonsense word.

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These are brain integration therapy exercises from Dianne Craft that helps students gain balance, coordination, and left/right brain pathways to open the learning gates to reading.  These should be done at least three times per week, but could be done more often.  The atmosphere should be quiet and peaceful.  Soft music can be played, but silence and focus on the breath is also good.