Ray Of Hope Academy-Florida

08/21/2026

3 Seats remaining… stay tuned for Ms. Neisha’s Birthday Special 🎂 8/24

08/05/2026

Teach Me Tuesday 📚

Today’s literacy strategy: Sentence Pyramids!

This simple routine helps readers build accuracy, automaticity, and fluency by reading a sentence one phrase at a time.

Small steps. Strong readers. 💙

📌 Save this for your literacy toolbox and share it with a parent, teacher, or tutor.

We are the Confidence Builders.

08/04/2026

📚 Share this with a parent who has ever celebrated their child “reading” a predictable book.

The Leveled Reading Illusion is exactly how little Ms. Neisha tricked her parents into believing she knew how to read. 🤦🏽‍♀️

I would memorize the repeated sentence pattern, study the picture, and correctly predict the next word. To my parents, it looked like I was reading. In reality, I had learned how to use the book’s pattern and illustrations to hide the fact that I could not decode the words.

And I know I am not the only child who has done this!

A correct answer does not always mean a child used an effective reading strategy. Skilled readers look through the entire word, connect letters to sounds, and blend those sounds together.

Decodable texts give children controlled practice with the phonics patterns they have already been explicitly taught.

Rich literature still matters. Read-alouds and authentic books build vocabulary, background knowledge, comprehension, and a love of reading. Decodable books serve a different purpose: practicing accurate word reading.

So, do not only ask, “Did my child say the correct word?”

Ask, “How did my child figure it out?”

Confidence should be built on skills children can independently use in the next book, not on pictures and patterns they have memorized.

Is your child reading the words or reading the pictures?

07/31/2026

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07/28/2026

📢 Share this with a parent or educator who believes children will simply read when they are ready.

Today’s myth: Reading is an innate skill.

Unlike spoken language, reading does not develop naturally. Children must be explicitly taught how to hear the sounds in words, connect those sounds to letters, and blend them to read unfamiliar words.

Reading aloud and providing books are important, but exposure alone is not instruction.

Struggling readers do not need more time to wait. They need explicit, systematic, evidence-based instruction.

Reading is not something we wait for. Reading is something we teach.

LiteracyMythMonday

07/22/2026

Attention Miami-Dade County Public Schools parents! Registration for the 2026 Parent Summer Academy is still open. Join the Parent Academy Miami staff and master M-DCPS teachers who will share tips for parents on how to promote learning at home. English sessions on Tuesday, July 28, Haitian-Creole sessions on Wednesday, July 29, and Spanish sessions on Thursday, July 30. You are the link to your child's success - register today at parentacademymiami.com!

07/22/2026

07/22/2026

Today’s Teach Me Tuesday Skill Spotlight is Rapid Automatic Naming!

In this clip, SunRay Koi practices quickly and accurately reading words with previously taught vowel diphthongs. We focus on accuracy first, then use repeated practice to build automaticity and reading fluency.

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07/21/2026

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