No guessing! How to build early reading accuracy, then speed with a FREE resource
This may shock you, but I’m not a gym guy. It’s hard and boring and I’m not good at it! If I can talk my…
Banter Quick Tips: Teach beginners these consonant digraphs (not clusters or blends)!
We have a big problem in written English: we don’t have enough letters for all the consonant speech sounds! So we represent some consonant speech…
Banter Quick Tips: Phonics or sight words? Why it’s the wrong question; and where we should start
Phonics or sight words? I get this question a lot, and I understand why. On the surface, written English seems chaotic: But, under the hood,…
Banter Quick Tips: The stretchy-sound trick: How I teach beginners to read their first words
Once a student has learned their first letter-sound links, I step up to words straight away. The whole point of reading is to read words! To…
Banter Quick Tips: My favourite sequence to teach letter-sound links to beginners and struggling readers
So we need to teach beginners how to link letters to speech sounds. Here are some tips: To make things easier for parents and teachers,…