Rate and accuracy are definitely both components of fluency. However, fluency is so much more than that and there are few fluency skills that get way less attention (but are just as important!) Keep reading to find out what they are.

When it comes to vocabulary instruction, rote memorization of definitions has been the go-to strategy for students for a looooooong time. While this flashcard strategy can be an effective way to learn new words, it ultimately isn't effective for long-term retention. We’ve found a strategy that can easily be incorporated into your existing literacy lessons to support vocabulary development and comprehension. Curious? Click here to learn more.

Is a side hustle right for me? We see this question all of the time. Click through for more information on how to decide whether or not a side hustle is right for you!

Running summer groups was one of the best decisions for us and we know it can be for you too! Click through to learn the 3 reasons why running summer groups will be the best thing you do this year!

As the summer rolls near you may be thinking about ways to earn some extra money. The great news - you have an incredible skill set that is extremely valuable. Keep reading to learn more about how you can use your skill set to make extra money this summer!

Is there anything better than a great read-aloud when developing early literacy skills?

We think not!

One of the questions we get often is, “How do I align my read-aloud with the Science of Reading?”

Keep reading to learn more!

Raise your hand if you've ever been told that your literacy instruction is boring. 🙋‍♀️ If you're raising your hand - you're definitely not alone.

It can be difficult to teach these skills to students in a way that feels engaging and exciting because let's face it - the skills that we have to teach aren't very exciting. Luckily, there is a solution.

By putting lessons together in a way that focuses on students' interests, you can absolutely change the game in your literacy instruction. Keep reading to learn our step-by-step process for putting these lessons together.

As students progress through reading instruction and learn harder skills, it is imperative that we review previously learned concepts with them too. Without systematic review, we risk students losing previously mastered skills. Read on to see how we systematically review with our students - these strategies have made a huge difference for us!

Hi friends,

It’s that time of year again! The time of year where people are looking to show appreciation to the teachers in their lives. Instead of yet another gift card, get them something they really need this year!

This blog breaks down our TOP TEN teacher gifts your child’s teachers or your colleagues are SURE to love.

So I don't know about all of you, but when I started out delivering OG intervention I was trying to figure what supplies and materials I absolutely needed for my classroom and small group intervention. I knew I would need writing materials, reading supplies, games, activities, word lists, the list went on and on. We’ve put together a list of Orton-Gillingham necessities to help make your life a little easier!

Have you ever found yourself rifling through a drawer full of task cards, looking for the set that you need, only to pull out torn pages and crumpled, incomplete sets? We get it - we’ve been there too! Keep reading to learn more about the system we use to keep all of our task cards, flashcards, and review games organized.

Who doesn’t love a good organizational overhaul? I mean Home Edit meets Pinterest meets education - yes, please!

We get TONS of questions not just about how we organize our lessons with our students but also about how we organize ALL THE THINGS. The literal things that we need to use to deliver our instruction. Well, friends, we’ve got you covered because today we’re talking all about how we organize the materials we use with our students so we can spend more time actually working with our students, than finding all the materials.

Let’s dive right in shall we?

We spent years pulling resources from different programs and trying to piecemeal things together. Talk about a headache. It always felt like no matter how hard we tried, no matter how many different resources we collected, it wasn’t getting easier to target everything in our lessons.

That is until we finally figured out the secret to creating cohesive lesson plans.

Now - we want to share that secret with you! Keep reading to uncover the “not-so-secret” secret formula to creating cohesive literacy lesson plans.

You can't teach comprehension explicitly.

...at least, that's what we were told when we started in this field. 

After working with hundreds of students, we realized that comprehension can and should be taught explicitly.

...and that teaching it doesn't need to be as hard as we once believed. It just relies on us recognizing one important detail before we jump in. Click here to read more!

Raise your hand if vocabulary instruction has ever scared you. (We immediately raise our hands).

How do you teach it? Which words are we supposed to use? We had these questions, too. That is until we cracked the code and figured out how to easily incorporate vocabulary instruction into our literacy lessons across grade-levels. Click through to read more!

There are so many different factors that play into learning to read and write effectively. It can often feel overwhelming because it seems like we need to hit on all of these skills separately and hope that it all comes together! This isn’t the case. With just one activity, you can hit on multiple skills and help your students grow!

Have you ever wondered what SOR-aligned phonics instruction looks like? Click here to keep reading & learn more!

Have you ever tried to organize something and had NO idea where to start?

Making sense of our phonics patterns used to feel that way! That is until we started to understand the six syllable types. These provide us with an organizational system for our phonics rules and help make reading & spelling infinitely easier for our students. Keep reading to learn more AND to grab our free Syllable Type Anchor Charts.