Tag: phonemic awareness
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Decoding What Your Child’s School Is Actually Telling You: From Vague Labels to Real Information
Schools use vague labels like “struggles with phonemic awareness” in IEP meetings, but most parents don’t know what those terms actually mean. Here’s how to decode the jargon and ask the right follow-up questions so you can actually understand what’s going on with your child’s reading.
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7 Reading Skills Your First Grader Should Have, and How to Check Tonight
First grade is the most important year for learning to read. Not because of the curriculum. Because of the window. A landmark study found that 88% of children who were poor readers at the end of first grade were still poor readers in fourth grade. Not most of them. Nearly all of them. This isn’t…