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Vocabulary Scope and Sequence   In this week’s blog, I will present the Scope and Sequence for English Vocabulary for the Spanish Speaker series. The Scope and Sequence will soon be posted on our website under Teacher Resources and then under Vocabulary. Scope and Sequence for the English Vocabulary for the Spanish Speaker Series English Vocabulary…

Writing Scope and Sequence   In this week’s blog, I will present the Writing Scope and Sequence for English Writing Composition for the Spanish Speaker series. This Writing Scope and Sequence will soon be posted on our website under Teacher Resources and then under Writing Composition. Scope and Sequence for the English Writing Composition for…

Scope and Sequence for the English Reading Comprehension for the Spanish Speaker Series   In this week’s blog, I will present the Scope and Sequence for English Reading Comprehension for the Spanish Speaker Series. Scope and Sequence for the English Reading Comprehension for the Spanish Speaker Series will soon be posted on our website under Teacher Resources and…

Assessments for the English Reading and Spelling Series   In this blog, I will present the assessments for the six workbooks in the English Reading and Spelling series. These assessments can be used as placement tests or pre and posttests. There is an assessment for each workbook. Each assessment tests the sounds that are presented…

Scope and Sequence for the English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series   In this week’s blog, I will present the Scope and Sequence for the English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series. This Scope and Sequence will soon be posted on our website. Scope and Sequence for the English Reading and Spelling…

English Speech Sounds Part 4   In my last two blogs English Speech Sounds Part 2 and English Speech Sounds Part 3 , I’ve talked about long and short vowel sounds. In this week’s blog English Speech Sounds Part 4 I will talk about the the “other vowel sounds.” The vowel spellings oi and oy both…

English Speech Sounds Part 3   In last week’s blog English Speech Sounds Part 2 I talked about the short vowel sounds: a says /a/ as in cat i says /i/ as in sit. o says /o/ as in hot. u says /u/ as in cup. e says /e/ as in pet. This week I’ll talk…

 English Speech Sounds Part 2 In last week’s blog, I talked about the English speech sounds made from consonants. The English alphabet has 21 consonants and 5 vowels, a total of 26 letters. In this week’s blog, I will talk about English Speech Sounds and the spelling rules for the short vowle sounds. English Speech…

English Speech Sounds   English Speech SoundsI taught kindergarten and first grade for seventeen years. Reading was my specialty. Both my boys had difficulty learning to read. This came as a surprise since I had read stories to them since they were babies; and both had gone to Mommy and Me classes since they were…

    Fisher-Hill’s Literacy Program   Fisher-Hill’s Literacy Program – Last week, I got a call from a customer asking about Fisher Hill’s English Literacy Program for Spanish-speaking teens and adult. Anytime you have questions about our books, please give me a call or email and I will be glad to answer your questions. For…

                               Recognizing Dyslexia       Having two boys who had difficulty learning to read, I have been interested in dyslexia for many years. Recently, I came across The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity. Their website if full of very useful information about dyslexia and what is being done to help students and adults who have…

Reading Fluency   In December, I wrote a blog about Context Clues. Context clues in reading can help readers figure out the meaning of an unknown word which can aid in comprehension. Comprehension is the bottom line in reading. Comprehension is understanding what you’re reading. In order to have good comprehension you need to be…

Eat Healthy   Here is my last suggestion for a 2017 New Year’s resolution, Eat Healthy. Eat healthy by eating more whole foods. Whole foods are foods that have not been processed or refined and are free from additives or other artificial substances. This would include: fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, lean protein and whole grains. Here…

Sleep   In my last two blogs, I talked about New Year’s resolutions. Another good resolution would be to get more sleep. Getting seven to eight hours a night is a key part of a healthy lifestyle which can benefit your heart, weight and mind. Your mind is busy while you sleep. When you are…