The Building Literacy Blog
This blog has been created to explore key topics and issues, such as reading disability/dyslexia, distance learning, effective materials and techniques, reading level vs. grade level instruction, and use of technology.
The Building Literacy Blog will also provide teaching tips, research briefs, reviews of professional books and student materials, and more.
Revised Intervention Program
I have just published Beginnings, the last component of Building Foundational Literacy, an intervention program that includes provision for the most severely disabled readers. Building Foundational Literacy is a revision of Word Building, which has been used in...
Assessing Foundational Skills
With their schooling having been interrupted by Covid-19, it is more important than ever to find out which foundational skills students have learned and which skills need to be developed. There is a temptation to begin at the beginning and reteach skills. However,...
Streaming Services
Because of the pandemic, I have been unable to check out books from my library since the middle of March. A favorite place, my library was both a source of recreation and professional development. After checking out a biography or two for leisure reading, I would...