Quick step-by-step guide with pictures and links to help you effectively implement UFLI in your classroom. This thorough phonics program focuses on the systematic and explicit teaching of foundational skills necessary for skilled reading. UFLI is based on repetition and the ‘I do, we do, you do’ technique. I have implemented it in my small …
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How to Effectively Assess Reading School-Wide | Tier 1 Screening
Looking for an effective elementary literacy assessment guide with free screeners school-wide? I have searched (and found) an effective way to assess every student in school for reading. Screen for tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 reading challenges. My criteria: a systematic, accurate and realistic recipe. If you are new to my blog, I …
How to Use Word Games to Teach and Strengthen Reading
Teaching reading can be fun through word games along with a solid phonics program. As you may know, I have been trying out a new program this year to teach reading to my kiddos – UFLI – yes, the ever so popular program that has been sweeping the education world. It has been one month, …
Quick Phonics Assessments to Pinpoint Reading Difficulty
If you want to know more about quick phonics assessments and how to pinpoint the students’ reading difficulty to guide your teaching and form small group interventions, then read on! Words are broken down into individual phonemes or sounds, which you should teach in a sequential order for students to learn to read. There are …