Literacy Archives - School and the City

Host a Family Writing Night

I’m thrilled to recap our elementary school family literacy night for you! We’ve been working really hard on aligning and…
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What should students be working on independently while you teach small groups? This is a question that is continuously asked…
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A vowel intensive drill is the perfect way to open a small group lesson for students struggling with phonological awareness….
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Beginning readers need to be explicitly taught how to sound out and blend unknown words. This will require lots and…
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When it comes to explicit phonics instruction, students need lots of practice both decoding (reading) and encoding (writing). It’s easy…
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