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Connect to Comprehension


Helping Dyslexic Students & Struggling Readers
Dyslexic students and other struggling readers often benefit from charts, diagrams, and visual aids when learning rules such as the CVC doubling rule. Charts help these students visualize relationships and structure information, making rules more accessible. The Connect to Comprehension program uses charts and diagrams throughout each level to help students learn phonics/spelling rules as well as comprehension skills. Explore how the Connect to Comprehension can positively ch

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Jan 161 min read
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Decoding and Comprehension Go Hand in Hand
"The most direct route to good reading comprehension is to make the word recognition process automatic so a student can focus all of his...

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Sep 30, 20231 min read
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Improve Reading for Older Students
Sharon Vaughn and Jack Fletcher's "Response to Intervention with Older Students with Reading Difficulties", published in 2008, identifies...

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Aug 18, 20231 min read
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Teaching Reading is Rocket Science
Beware of anyone who tells you that teaching reading is simple or that it can be simplified into a few easy steps. Reading is much more...

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Aug 8, 20231 min read
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Higher Level Thinking Matter!
One of the unique aspects of the Connect to Comprehension program is that it focuses on upper-level comprehension skills while students...

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Jul 10, 20231 min read
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Climbing Two Mountains
As more and more of us begin to learn about the Science of Reading, we are focusing on phonemic awareness and phonics. These are critical...

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Jun 26, 20231 min read
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Literacy Impacts
Lack of literacy skills constitutes a national emergency. We cannot expect our students to learn by giving them workbook pages or by...

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Jun 17, 20231 min read
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Pillars of Instruction
Connect to Comprehension instruction and practice are solidly based on these five pillars and are directly aligned with the NRP's...

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Jun 10, 20231 min read
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