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Is the science of reading just another pendulum swing? 🤔 (The answer might surprise you!)��👉If you’re ready for reading to finally feel easier for you and your students, comment SHORTCUT below and I'll send you an invite to The Reading Roadmap!

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With stats like this, it's no wonder teaching reading feels hard! 😰

But there IS hope...

When you finally get your hands on the brain-friendly tools and strategies that have been PROVEN to work, everything changes...

Learning to read feels easier for your students and teaching reading feels easier for you.

And THAT means you can finally replace stress and overwhelm with teaching success and unshakeable confidence.👏

But before you can get there, you have to find out what those easier, faster practices actually are!

It’s taken me more than 20 years to design, tweak, and perfect my easy-to-use system called The Reading Roadmap.

And I'm excited to share it all with YOU so that you have a quick shortcut to the good stuff: helping EVERY reader thrive AND enjoying that work-life balance you crave.

I’ve already helped thousands of teachers around the world get bigger results and now it’s your turn.

👉Comment SHORTCUT below and I'll send you an invite!

#iteachprek #iteachk #iteachfirst #iteachsecond #scienceofreading

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There are a million reasons why I’m obsessed with my 4-week course called The Reading Roadmap and this is one of them:

I believe teacher trainings should come with all of the teaching tools you need to actually implement the new things you’re learning instead of leaving you stranded, trying to piece everything together on Google and TPT.💡

That’s why every single module inside The Roadmap comes with ready to use lesson plans, literacy centers, and reading passages that make it a breeze to start implementing everything right away…

It’s a HUGE time and money saver!👏

I only open the doors to The Reading Roadmap twice a year, and this round ends on Sunday.

👉 Comment ROADMAP below and I’ll send you the invite!

#phonicsfun #phonicsgames #phonicsforkids #ortongillingham #thereadingroadmap

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I'm a HUGE fan of shortcuts.... especially when it comes to giving students big learning gains! You too??

It’s taken me more than 20 years to design, tweak, and perfect my easy-to-use, research-based, A to Z system called The Reading Roadmap.

And twice a year, I open up enrollment so I can share it all with YOU.

It's a quick and easy shortcut to the good stuff: helping EVERY reader thrive AND enjoying that work-life balance you crave.

I’ve already helped thousands of teachers around the world get bigger results and now it’s your turn.

👉Comment SHORTCUT below and I'll send you an invite!

#iteachprek #iteachk #iteachfirst #iteachsecond #scienceofreading

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I used to group my students based on their DRA level and then teach them harmful strategies like 3-cueing because I thought it helped them actually learn to read.

But year after year, many of my students continued to struggle…

Sounding out even simple words like CAT and DOG felt overwhelming to them.

It was heart breaking to watch, but what made it even worse is that I didn’t actually know how to help.

Thankfully, now I know better. And when we know better, we can teach better.

That’s what tomorrow’s training is all about! Giving you simple tweaks you can make right away that will help your small reading groups more successful.

👉 Comment SUCCESS and I’ll send you an invite to the free training!

#readingfoundations #teachersoftiktok #structuredliteracy #teachersofinstagram

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Can you relate?! 🙋‍♀️ If your literacy centers and small groups feel chaotic and stressful, you’ve gotta’ join me for Sunday’s free training so you can get your hands on the game changing classroom management tweaks that will finally turn things around.

And just in case you’re thinking, “I don’t have time to learn something new! I’m already stretched too thin…”

This isn’t about adding “another thing” to your to do list-

It’s about adding the ONE THING that will finally help your small groups & centers run smoothly so you can stop feeling stretched thin in the first place.

There’s so much calm and peace waiting for you on the other side of this training.

(And it’s FREE!)

👉 Comment CALM below and I’ll send you an invite!

#iteachk #iteachprimary #iteachfirst #iteachsecondgrade #phonicsfun #classroommanagement

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With the right system in place, you can plan, prep, and teach powerful, differentiated small reading groups... without spending 20,000 hours at school. 👏

I promise.

I’m doing a FREE training on Sunday that’ll walk you through the rinse-and-repeat ACED system that’s helped thousands of teachers meet their students’ needs and strengths - even in VERY diverse classes and I’d love for you to join me!

👉Comment HOURS below and I'll send you an invite!#iteachk #iteachfirst #iteachsecond #literacycenters #scienceofreading

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When your class is filled with a huge range of reading levels, it can feel like you’re being pulled in 100 different directions 😵‍💫…

Beginning readers need to practice beginning reading skills and advanced readers need to work on skills that are more challenging…

But how can you do that without spending 25,000 hours planning and prepping individual lessons??😮‍💨

The answer is having a simple rinse-and-repeat system like the one we use inside The Reading Roadmap called ACED. It saves you hooooours of lesson planning and prep time.

I’m giving a FREE one-hour training walking you through the rinse-and-repeat system from start to finish next Sunday and I’d love for you to join me.

(You’ll get an awesome show up live bonus when you do! 🎁)

👉 Comment ACED down below and I’ll send you an invite!

#scienceofreading #elementaryteacher #primaryteacher #iteachprek #iteachk #iteachfirst

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Need a simple but fun way to practice a specific phonics skill? You’re going to love these Post-it magic squares!

1️⃣ Write your focus skill on a Post-it and stick it on the table. For instance, if you’re working on short A words, write an A. If you’re practicing vowel teams, write EE or OA, etc.

2️⃣ Write one beginning or ending sound on each post it you stick around it.

3️⃣ Have students create words! They can be real or nonsense words – the goal here is to give them practice sounding out and then blending together phonemes.

💡 Bonus tip for students who are struggling: Have them pick up the Post-its they’re using and stick them down below the magic square so all of the letters are in one straight line. That makes it easier to read.

👉 Be sure to save this so you can quickly find it again!

#phonemicawareness #ortongillingham #ortongillinghaminstruction #scienceofreading #elementaryteacher

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By popular demand! 👏 This alphabet chant is pure teaching gold because it helps kids quickly connect each letter to its sound, a word it starts with, and a corresponding action…

“A is for apple. /a/ /a/ /a/.” (Hold your hand to your mouth as if you are biting into an apple.)

“B is for baby. /b/ /b/ /b/.” (Pretend to rub your eyes with your fists as if you are crying.)

“C is for cat. /c/ /c/ /c/.” (Draw imaginary whiskers on your face.)

I can’t wait for you to see the magic for yourself!

👉Comment CHANT below and our friendly Plato-Bot will send over the alphabet chant & alphabet flashcards so you can start implementing it right away.

#scienceofreading #phonics #learningtoread #alphabet #weareteachers

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Question from a community member: When do we spell a word with PH versus F? 🤔

Here’s the scoop…

If a word is Greek in origin, it’s spelled with PH. For example, photo means light so words like photograph, photocopy, and photosynthesis all have that shared Greek root so they’re spelled with PH.

The word graph means writing so words like autograph, paragraph, and biography also have a shared Greek root and are spelled with PH…

And sphere means ball so words like stratosphere and atmosphere have Greek origins and use PH too…

But all of those non-Greek words including fish, family, and fun use F instead!

👉 Be sure to save this…

👉 And tag a friend who would love it too!

#scienceofreading #thescienceofreading #phonics #phonicsfun #spelling

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Every child, in every zip code deserves the chance to learn to read.

Unfortunately, only 25% of teacher training programs currently cover all the core elements of science-based reading instruction.

And that means most teachers (including me when I graduated back in 2003) are disempowered from effectively teaching reading.

But it doesn't have to be this way!

We have 70 years of research pinpointing the most effective ways to unlock learning for ALL children.

We know what best practice looks like...

We just have to consistently use it.

I'm opening up the doors to my 4-week course called The Reading Roadmap in a couple weeks and I'll be handing over the step-by-step system that makes it a cinch to teach reading the easier, brain-friendly way.

👉 Comment INVITE below to join the priority list!

�#scienceofreading #socialjustice #readingteacher

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You probably already know that ED makes three different sounds when it’s added to the end of a word, but do you know why?

The answer is in the root!

🍎 If the root word ends in a T or D, the ED ending will say /ed/.

🍎 If the root word ends with a voiced sound like /l/ or /m/ or /v/, the ED ending will say /d/.

(Bonus tip: You can actually feel voiced sounds by putting your fingers on your voice box! If it vibrates, that sound is voiced. If it does not, it is UNvoiced.)

🍎 If the root ends in an unvoiced sound like /p/ or /k/ or /sh/, then ED says /t/.

There you go! Mystery solved.

👉 I’ll be handing over my complete step-by-step system for teaching reading the easier, brain-friendly way inside my four week course called The Reading Roadmap. The next round of enrollment kicks off on April 21st! Comment ROADMAP below if you’d like an invite. 💕

#jollyphonics #phonicsisfun #phonicsfun #scienceofreading #thereadingroadmap #structuredliteracy

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School leaders who make literacy curriculum decisions and are responsible for evaluating teachers' performance absolutely *must* be trained in the science of reading so that they can reinforce best practice.

It's the only way we can move the needle forward together.

That's why I created a free 30-minute training called "Science of Reading for Administrators".

Comment ADMIN down below and I'll have our friendly Plato-Bot send you the link so you can forward it to your leadership team.❤️

#schoolleadership #schoolleaders #schoolprincipal #scienceofreading

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DIY vowel team flip books for the win! 🏆 Those tricky vowel digraphs and diphthongs can be hard to click for kids but this is a simple way to make them a little easier.

Here are some of my favorite combinations to help get you started:

1️⃣ AY ending + P, S, W, H, R, L, B, D

2️⃣ OE ending + T, H, F, D, W

3️⃣ EA ending + S, T, P

4️⃣ AW ending + S, P, CL, DR

5️⃣ OY ending + B, T, S, J, C

6️⃣ OW ending + C, N, B, H, W

7️⃣ IE ending + T, D, L, P

👉 What other combinations would you add to the list? Share them with our community below.

👉 Be sure to save this so you can find it again quickly when you need it later!

#phonics #phonicsfun #phonicsforkids #jollyphonics #phonicsteacher

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Songs are so helpful for making things stick for kids! And this one's a simple way to teach the hard and soft C sounds.

👉 Be sure to save this so you can quickly find it again when you need it later!

#phonicsfun #iteachk #iteachfirst #scienceofreading

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Humans have a superpower for spoken language and that’s great news for us because we can use that superpower to teach students how to read an easier, brain-friendly way…

For instance, instead of having children drill sight word flash cards that rely on VISUAL memory, we can help them memorize words 10 times faster by focusing on the words’ SOUNDS.

Sound maps like this one make it really easy because they move students through five different steps. Students:

1️⃣ Tap the sounds to hear each individual part of the word

2️⃣ Map the sounds so their brains understand that we are going to connect each of those sounds to something else

3️⃣ Write the letters used to spell the sounds to make the letter-sound connections

4️⃣ Write the complete word

5️⃣ Read the word

Repeat those same steps 4 more times, and many students will have memorized the word forever.

Pretty cool, huh?!😆

👉 Comment MAP down below if you’d like a FREE bubble gum themed sound map!

👉 And let me know if you’d like help sound mapping any other words!

#scienceofreading #learningtoread #iteachkinder #iteachfirst #iteachsecond

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Do you know about Gentle Cindy yet?! 😍 This phonics hack makes it soooo much easier to learn the soft G and C sound! When C or G come before the letters E, I, or Y, they say soft /s/ or /j/. For example…

Cent
Giraffe
Cycle
Gentlemen
Circle
Gym

👉 Be sure to save this so you can remember the trick when it’s time to teach it!

👉 And follow @playdough2plato for more phonics hacks you’ll love.

#phonicsfun #phonicsforkids #teachingreading #primaryteacher #scienceofreading

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Is the science of reading just another pendulum swing? 🤔 (The answer might surprise you!)��👉If you’re ready for reading to finally feel easier for you and your students, comment SHORTCUT below and I'll send you an invite to The Reading Roadmap! ... See MoreSee Less