Reading comprehension refers to how you derive meaning from written words. We can then take that meaning and combine it with our knowledge and past experiences to make sense of the words. Imagine for a moment what life would be like if you weren’t able to do this. If you were given some text and …
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How to help your child with reading Children learn to read at varying rates. Some have the ability to sound out words before they start school and others take a while longer to learn the basics of reading. However competent your child is at reading, there is always something that you can do to help …
Writers like to keep their reader’s attention, right? One way that they can do this is by being creative with their writing and appealing to the reader’s senses, and also by writing in a way that makes the reading fun. One such type of literary device is alliteration. This is when two or more words …
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The AR digraph and Stories in the Stars In this blog we will focus on our week three class for some of our younger students in years K-1. The focus sound that the children worked on in the class was the /ar/ sound. To begin the lesson, the students suggested words that have the …
Let’s Improve literacy levels and help spread the joy of reading. Leap into Literacy is fundraising for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation via the Great Book Swap. They are helping to raise awareness and improve literacy for students who may not be given the opportunity of learning to read and are missing out on this lifelong …
