The Literacy Collective

05/14/2026

Nonsense words help with fluency so much because it shows us which phonics rules they know and which ones they are still struggling with, as they have never seen these words before.

05/11/2026

05/12/2025

When to use -sion vs -tion :

use -tion for all words except:
after l (ex: compulsion) or s (ex: confusion).

01/23/2025

Simply add s to make most words plural.

However, add es behind words that end in s, x, z, sh, ch, tch, and o.

09/13/2023

‘s means “is” in all contractions
(like she’s…she is)
except one: let’s.
In this contraction, the ‘s means let us: let’s.