Rooted Report
POSSUM
Reading and writing are skills that involve processing across many areas of language. Likewise, when working with a child with dyslexia or dysgraphia, we must practice skills across each language...
POSSUM
Reading and writing are skills that involve processing across many areas of language. Likewise, when working with a child with dyslexia or dysgraphia, we must practice skills across each language...
Book Arrival
It is finally here! For years, I have been carrying information, ideas and stories in my head-ideas developed over decades of working with hundreds of children and their parents. This...
Book Arrival
It is finally here! For years, I have been carrying information, ideas and stories in my head-ideas developed over decades of working with hundreds of children and their parents. This...
"Happy" vs. "Merry"
Which do you prefer: "Happy Christmas" or "Merry Christmas"? In Clement Moore's "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (1823), the poem ends with Santa exclaiming, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all...
"Happy" vs. "Merry"
Which do you prefer: "Happy Christmas" or "Merry Christmas"? In Clement Moore's "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (1823), the poem ends with Santa exclaiming, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all...
The Gift of Language
Do you say fireflies or lightning bugs? Yardsale, garage sale, or tag sale? Tennis shoes, sneakers, or gym shoes? When your friends argue vehemently over kitty-corner or catty-corner, would you...
The Gift of Language
Do you say fireflies or lightning bugs? Yardsale, garage sale, or tag sale? Tennis shoes, sneakers, or gym shoes? When your friends argue vehemently over kitty-corner or catty-corner, would you...
Fishing for Meaning
In an earlier blog, we talked about making our teaching both visible and enjoyable—for all students. We want to make teaching: Visible because children who struggle in any given area...
Fishing for Meaning
In an earlier blog, we talked about making our teaching both visible and enjoyable—for all students. We want to make teaching: Visible because children who struggle in any given area...
Visible and Enjoyable
I like to compare reading and writing with dancing. I am not good at motor planning, so I need explicit dance instruction that shows each step slowly-practiced over and over-and...
Visible and Enjoyable
I like to compare reading and writing with dancing. I am not good at motor planning, so I need explicit dance instruction that shows each step slowly-practiced over and over-and...
