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lynngivens
Sep 30, 20231 min read
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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lynngivens
Aug 18, 20231 min read
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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lynngivens
Aug 8, 20231 min read
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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lynngivens
Jul 10, 20231 min read
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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lynngivens
Jun 26, 20231 min read
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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lynngivens
Jun 17, 20231 min read
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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lynngivens
Jun 10, 20231 min read
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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