"Why would anyone believe such a silly idea? Easy. The students are struggling already wiht math and I find math hard to teach." - Zach Groshell

Students with intellectual disabilities benefit from phonics: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Sound-spelling based word list generator that shows words in order of frequency?! YES please! Check out: devinkearns.com/phinder/

If we do ONE thing as teachers, it’s gotta be teaching them to READ! Literacy is a powerful tool that supercharges all other subjects and allows for independence, the ability to understand other perspectives, and the ability to use resources to problem solve.

My students know how to read CVC words! What’s next?

No one is saying that we shouldn't teach high frequency words. HOW we teach them literally changes how the brain is reading. I only teach high frequency words in the context of phoneme-grapheme relationships.

I definitely want to focus more of my work in early literacy here now! What should I share? Who should I follow? Who is sharing new research and evidence-based practices?