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Wordless Books for Writing in Bits and Pieces

Lately I've been practicing writing in bits & pieces with my students (see Rita's blog post, "Writing in Bits and Pieces"). As we engage in this process, it is helpful to...

Wordless Books for Writing in Bits and Pieces

Lately I've been practicing writing in bits & pieces with my students (see Rita's blog post, "Writing in Bits and Pieces"). As we engage in this process, it is helpful to...

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Writing in Bits and Pieces

In our book, Trees in the Forest: Growing Readers and Writers Through Deep Comprehension, all of the lessons encourage writing in bits & pieces. Moira and I also encourage bits &...

Writing in Bits and Pieces

In our book, Trees in the Forest: Growing Readers and Writers Through Deep Comprehension, all of the lessons encourage writing in bits & pieces. Moira and I also encourage bits &...

Boy with hands on head looking down at spiral notebook, pencil, rule, sitting at desk, with struggling face

So You Have Dyslexia

One of the most difficult parts of being a Speech-Language Therapist is telling parents that their child has a disorder. Every time I score an assessment and the results are...

So You Have Dyslexia

One of the most difficult parts of being a Speech-Language Therapist is telling parents that their child has a disorder. Every time I score an assessment and the results are...

Pen and pencil laying on a lined spiral notebook

Pick a Pad. Pick a Pen.

Today a student picked a purple pen. These are the new (to us, anyway) Frixion Clicker erasable and retractable pens by Pilot. Picking a pen or pencil is an important piece...

Pick a Pad. Pick a Pen.

Today a student picked a purple pen. These are the new (to us, anyway) Frixion Clicker erasable and retractable pens by Pilot. Picking a pen or pencil is an important piece...

Girl playing a piano with music book open

Reading Music with Dyslexia

I was recently approached by a parent and asked about her daughter's struggles with learning to read music in her piano lessons. This mother wondered if her daughter's difficulty had...

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Reading Music with Dyslexia

I was recently approached by a parent and asked about her daughter's struggles with learning to read music in her piano lessons. This mother wondered if her daughter's difficulty had...

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Hands with knife cutting red onion on cutting board

"When chopping onions, just chop onions."

I have been listening to the book Cooked by Michael Pollan, in which he states his challenge about chopping onions. Pollan laments that he was given a mandate to be...

"When chopping onions, just chop onions."

I have been listening to the book Cooked by Michael Pollan, in which he states his challenge about chopping onions. Pollan laments that he was given a mandate to be...