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Let's Read On-line structured reading lessons from a former kindergarten teacher. Orton-Gillingham trained.

Doesn’t everyone read about dyslexia at the beach? It’s a great place to do homework!
08/24/2026

Doesn’t everyone read about dyslexia at the beach? It’s a great place to do homework!

Do you have a struggling reader who needs help? I have two spots open for the fall semester: M/W from 3:00-3:40 PM or T/...
08/22/2026

Do you have a struggling reader who needs help? I have two spots open for the fall semester: M/W from 3:00-3:40 PM or T/TH from 3:00-3:55 PM (Pacific time). To set up a complimentary meeting, please this out: https://forms.gle/aLUH5kbgv9eJ3UvC8

If you've been following my structured literacy journey, you'll know that I spent the last year working through The Writ...
08/04/2026

If you've been following my structured literacy journey, you'll know that I spent the last year working through The Writing Revolution.

As a tutor, I use the Writing Revolution’s framework to teach writing. Over the past year I created hundreds of sentence-writing resources to use with my students as we learned to write better sentences.

Best writing practices include tying the writing and grammar instruction in with your curriculum, and not teaching them in isolation. When teaching individually (or small groups of students from different classrooms), it’s not always possible to do that.

If your students need help strengthening their sentence-writing skills, and you don't want to recreate the wheel, check them out. You'll find ready-to-go pages, as well as editable pages, geared toward students in 1st - 5th grades.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Sentences-GROWING-MEGA-BUNDLE-Grades-1-5-EDITABLE-Revolution-17238768

(Oh, and P.S. It's in a GROWING BUNDLE that's on sale Aug. 4-7!)

You can find my other structured literacy products here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/the-helpful-honeybee

Yesterday, one of my students spelled "Grace" and "raced" as "Grase" and "rased". We talked about how that usually would...
07/17/2026

Yesterday, one of my students spelled "Grace" and "raced" as "Grase" and "rased". We talked about how that usually would make the "s" say /z/, like the word "phase". That led us to a bunch of exceptions like "case" and "base"! Today we made a word sort and tried to come up with as many words as we could that have a Vse pattern. Then we analyzed our information, to come up with this generalization: When "se" comes after a vowel, a voiced sound, it USUALLY says /z/.

What words/patterns did we miss?

I have three new students this summer. Two started last week, while the third started today. All have had seamless tra...
07/15/2026

I have three new students this summer. Two started last week, while the third started today. All have had seamless transitions into the world of online tutoring, and I look forward to helping them meet their goals.

The mom of today’s new student texted this to me after the lesson. I love what I do! 💛📖✍🏻👩‍💻💛

My Reading Instruction Journey Part 11: This past year of tutoring was exciting for me, as I was primarily working with ...
07/12/2026

My Reading Instruction Journey Part 11: This past year of tutoring was exciting for me, as I was primarily working with older students in 3rd - 6th grades. Many of them still needed fundamental reading skills lessons, but they were also ready (and needing) to dive into multi-syllabic word reading, expand their vocabulary with morphology, and strengthen their writing skills.

Recently, one of our local school reading specialists finished his work to become a Fellow with the Orton Gillingham Academy. What does this mean for me? I get to work with him locally, literally in our small PNW town. While my earlier instruction was fantastic, I was working with a team based on the east coast. Though I teach online, I'm thrilled that I'll have a local mentor who knows our local school system and population.

Next month I'll repeat my earlier trainings, as the OGA prefers that you do your practicum with the Academy Fellow who trained you. Some might not love re-doing that step, but I'm actually excited! I feel I've had a couple years to put into practice what I initially learned, along with my other structured lit deep dives. And now, we tighten it up as I begin my practicum. Follow along with me as I re-enter that part of the journey.

Tomorrow (Sat. 5/30) you'll find me here from 12-2 in Sheridan, Oregon. Come check out the Homeschool Resource Fair!
05/30/2026

Tomorrow (Sat. 5/30) you'll find me here from 12-2 in Sheridan, Oregon. Come check out the Homeschool Resource Fair!

"Hypocritical" was a fun word to explore! My student was familiar with the body part, "hip" (Anglo-Saxon/German origins)...
05/19/2026

"Hypocritical" was a fun word to explore! My student was familiar with the body part, "hip" (Anglo-Saxon/German origins), and "hippopotamus" meaning "horse" (Latin/Greek origins), and wondered if the "hypo" spelling was related.

Another word analysis: We were trying to figure out the literal meaning of "introduction", and what the base "duct" mean...
05/17/2026

Another word analysis: We were trying to figure out the literal meaning of "introduction", and what the base "duct" meant. This was a fun exploration!

How early can you start with morphology and word analysis? Would it surprise you if I said preschool or kindergarten?!! ...
05/17/2026

How early can you start with morphology and word analysis?

Would it surprise you if I said preschool or kindergarten?!! You could start by showing a picture of a cat. As a class you could say the word cat (identifying it as one word). You could write the letters and show that it has three letters in the word. Then you could all say the sounds as the teacher marks each letter with a sound dot. (Students could pop a pop-it, slide a disc, or smoosh a playdough ball as you say each sound.)

The next step or lesson could bring in the very beginning of morphology: introducing suffix s.
Teacher: "This is a cat", as you point to a picture of one cat. "What do we have now?" as you add another cat to the picture.
You have cats. You can do a word analysis with cats, emphasizing that when we add the s or /s/ to the end, it means more than one. "We call that 'suffix s', and it means more than one."

The following day you could do the same thing with another simple noun.

For more advanced students you can do the word analysis by counting letters, words, and sounds each time.

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