by Gabby Alderman | Oct 28, 2021 | Assessment, Dyslexia, Fluency, Langsford, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Reading, School, Tests
Seeing letters and words backwards is dyslexia, right? Wrong! In a recent presentation, Stephen McCrocklin, Langsford’s Executive Director, dispelled that long-held belief. In fact, dyslexia is not a visual issue at all. Reversals are simply the consequence of less...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 31, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Is your child’s reading choppy or robotic-sounding? If so, you will want to focus on the smoothness of their reading. In this case, an invaluable tool is their finger. Having your child read with their finger under the words as they read, touching the book and...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 31, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Sometimes when children read, they do not pay attention to punctuation. They will read right over commas, right over periods, then they get to the end of a paragraph and just keep going to the next sentence. So some children need to be explicitly encouraged to pay...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 25, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Does your child struggle with being able to read in long phrases, rather than word by word or every other word? If so, the best way to help them develop their fluency is to have them read poems. Poems are written in a way where they are grouped in long phrases. They...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 25, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Have you noticed that your child is not reading very fluently? Their reading may be choppy. They may have had to stop to sound out words. Or, they might sound like a robot! If you notice these things, here is an easy thing you can do to help them develop their...
by Gabby Alderman | Aug 25, 2020 | Fluency, Reading
Reading is not just about being able to read the words on the page, or being able to read accurately. It is also important that your child becomes a fluent reader. Fluency includes 4 components: Pace – some children think it is important to be a fast reader, but...
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