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Mark Seidenberg on Science of Reading

3 Common Misconceptions About the “Science of Reading”

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  Bringing the Science of "Learning" Into Focus The Science of Reading movement has brought so much change to our schools over the past few years—new curriculum, new resources, decodable readers replacing leveled books and even…
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UFLI Foundations and Secret Stories: The Backbone and the Lifeblood of Your Phonics Instruction

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UFLI is the "backbone" of our phonics instruction and Secret Stories is the "lifeblood" that runs through it. Hi, my name is Leah Ruesink! I am an early literacy specialist, district trainer and adjunct professor from Michigan. I’m here…
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How to Teach Individual Letter Sounds Fast and Easy!

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The Best is Yet to Come - Part 2 A guest post by kindergarten teacher, Sheryl Nicholson. *Note: Sheryl uses Secret Stories to support science of reading-based instruction alongside the Wonders Reading Curriculum. If you read my…
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Secret Stories® Phonics Boom Cards: Reinforcing Learning in the Brain

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  Hello, I am Janelle Schneider. Some of you may know me as Mrs. Schneider from Engage & Inspire with Mrs. Schneider. I wanted to share with you two of my favorite teaching resources, Boom Cards and Secret Stories! I…
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Decoding Words for Reading with Phonics “Secrets”

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Decoding Sight Words with Phonics Secrets is finally DONE!! But before I share more about this, I wanted to explain why I created it in the first place.... It's always seems odd to me when I hear questions like.... "How do I know which…