Welcome back to teaching in room nine our summertime edition. My name is Julia. I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard school but here for teaching in room nine my lessons focus on phonemic ...

Julia uses an anchor chart, songs and whole brain teaching to review the 7 syllable types. Julia reviews previously learned skills. Then she uses an anchor chart, songs, and whole brain teaching to ...

The students in Emily Hoard’s first-grade class trace letters in their sand trays, then break down the sounds the letters make in simple words. This is what the science of reading looks like as Hoard ...

Already troubled by her 4th grade students’ low reading levels, San Antonio-area teacher Melody Fernandez entered “survival mode” when she was moved down to 1st grade—and discovered the full scope of ...

Hua-Chen Wang does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Teaching the alphabet is the foundational step in the learning process for a child. While parents eagerly introduce the ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

Many primary schools in England are not teaching letter sounds properly, inspectors have said - hindering children's progress in reading and writing. The vast majority of schools have now moved to an ...

They promise to help young children learn the basics of reading, but parents are now being warned that most apps fail to ...