Reading Foundational Skills Workshop

 Here is a link to my presentation in case you wish to follow along on your own or take electronic notes:

Reading Foundational Skills from the CCSS

Here are some differentiated resources for your continued learning:

Syllable Types  Why teach this?     Intro and Closed 

Closed            Consonant-le                Open            Vowel team       Final e or Silent e (not magic e) 

R-controlled 

Syllabication   syllabication simplified  spot and dot  spot and dot  syllable patterns

Morphology  Overview  Examples of determining meaning thru morphology 

 History of the English Language                  Historical View 

funny video  25 unusual word origins   TAG perhaps    chart

Other related topics

Neat: teaching vocabulary/spelling words using visual cuing strategies

backward chaining - for tasks that are just too tricky for some students (teach the task backwards)  - task analysis  - ask me how to use backward chaining with students who have a hard time blending

What is dyslexia?