Phonemic Awareness is an oral language skill. It is the awareness that phonemes exist as abstractable and manipulative components of spoken language. It is not phonics, and it is more than auditory discrimination. Let’s see what phonemic awareness programs are all about. Phonemic Awareness Tasks In short, children need to learn to communicate effectively. Talking … Read more
Every day, various reading comprehension strategies are used by teachers to help their students understand the lessons in a better way. The techniques used can be direct or indirect. The teachers even use techniques that come in the form of games, which actually help the students understand the lessons much better. So let’s take a … Read more
Fiction is an imaginative narrative in any form that is designed to entertain, as distinguished from writing which is designed primarily to explain and describe. Fiction is found in many literary forms. So let’s dig a little deeper in Fiction Branches and What Is Fiction… I think it’s important they understand how to distinguish between … Read more
Reading Wonders is a fully digitalized reading education program that is developed in line with the Common Core Education Standards for Reading English. So let’s check it out: Reading Wonders Grade 1 – How does it work. Every component of the program combines research-based learning methods and instruction with lots of new tools to meet … Read more
Whooo’s Reading is a great app for motivating, monitoring, and tracking student progress. Students can earn coins and go to the owl store for upgrading their owls. Students have many choices and it’s easy to track their progress. Whooo’s Reading Comprehension questions are based on Common Core Education Standards and are set up in a way that students can deepen … Read more
Michael Heggerty was a great veteran educator at the elementary level. He was active in the education world for over 30 years, of which 28 as a classroom teacher. All through his life, Dr. Heggerty has always been life-long learning himself and his CV includes two master credentials and one doctorate degree. Let’s look a … Read more