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Guided Reading
Part-to-Whole Phonics versus Whole-to-Part Phonics Making Guided Reading Work Guiding Reading Manuals Many schools today are using Irene C. Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell’s Guided Reading program. I purchased their method books in 2012, when I made this post: Guided Reading: … Continue reading
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Blend Phonics Store 1. Reading Made Easy with Blend Phonics for First Grade: Plus Blend Phonics Fluency Drills. This is the original program for those who prefer to purchase an inexpensive paperback instead of running off the pages for the free program. … Continue reading
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Book Reviews
Introduction: Here I will be reviewing books that I have found valuable in my reading research. There will be choice excerpts that I consider of value. Just click on the titles to purchase from Amazon. Review 1 Find the … Continue reading
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Doctor Seuss: A Different Perspective
Today is Dr. Seuss Day March 2, 2012. This is a picture of me with a copy of Dr. Seuss’ famous The Cat in the Hat. I am afraid very few people know the true story behind Dr. Seuss’ books: their … Continue reading
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Handwriting Summit
On January 23, 2012 a Handwriting Summit took place in Washington, DC. It is the firm belief of the www.blendphonics.org website that handwriting, cursive in particular, is an indispensable component of good phonics, spelling, and reading instruction. The decline in good, … Continue reading
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Sight Words
Secondary Goal of the Nationwide Blend Phonics Campaign The Elimination of HarmfulSight-Word Instruction Problem with sight-words For the Blend Phonics Campaign to be successful, it is necessary to understand clearly the serious harm that the common practice of requiring the memorization … Continue reading
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FAQ
Why is Blend Phonics Free? Hazel Loring’s Reading Made Easy with Blend Phonics is free because there is no other way to get this superior phonics method into the hands of every first-grader teacher in America. This is in the spirit in which … Continue reading
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Blend Phonics Supplements
Blend Phonics Supplement 1. Blend Phonics PowerPoint. This is a link to my Dropbox files of the entire Blend Phonics Program PowerPoint Slides that have been converted to PDF. I have taught many students to read with these slides. 2. … Continue reading
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A Little History
How I got Interested in Blend Phonics. Back in 1999, I read the following stirring recommendation for Hazel Loring’s 1980 Reading_Made_Easy_With_Blend_Phonics for First Grade by Mr. Robert W. Sweet, Jr. Cofounder and President of The National Right to Read Foundation in his … Continue reading
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