The Literacy Ladder
A place to share resources for students with dyslexia and learn about best practices in reading instruction for all students.
06/26/2023
Now Available On Demand: Heggerty's latest webinar- From Confusion to Clarity: Defining Sight Words, High-Frequency Words, Red Words, and Heart Words
🔗 Watch here: https://bit.ly/43P8Wg4
In the world of reading instruction, there are several terms used to describe words that are essential for building reading fluency and comprehension. However, these terms are often misunderstood and used interchangeably, leading to confusion among educators, parents, and learners alike.
Join us for an engaging and informative webinar as we unravel misconceptions and clarify the distinctions between commonly used terms such as sight words, high-frequency words, red words, and heart words, providing participants with a solid foundation to effectively support literacy development.
05/05/2023
Is your child a STRUGGLING READER? Join us for a virtual conference for PARENTS. May 18th, 7-8:30pm. Register at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/everyonereadingillinois/899884
05/03/2023
🎉 Join us for a new edWeb webinar and discover the key shifts you can make to align your literacy instruction with the Science of Reading.
⭐ During this webinar, you will discover:
🔹Why reading is not a natural process and the significance of oral language in foundational literacy instruction.
🔹 How to break down the Word Recognition and Comprehension strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope.
🔹 Practical tips and resources that you can apply immediately in your classroom or at home.
🔗 Link to Register: https://bit.ly/3VdRyyu
04/27/2023
📣 NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND: Why Teach Articulation Awareness? The Importance of Accurate Sound Production in Literacy.
Watch On Demand: https://bit.ly/3YeivSj
Did you know: Articulation & speech sounds help facilitate phonemic awareness, positively impacting literacy development? Learn why articulation matters, see real examples of how it can influence students' reading & spelling accuracy, and how to avoid common errors when working with students at home or in the classroom.
Share your top takeaway from the webinar in the comments below!
08/12/2022
"MOST readers benefit from being explicitly taught how sounds and letters go together. This is true NOT JUST FOR DYSLEXICS (who represent about 10% of all learners) but for the MAJORITY OF READERS."
https://lnkd.in/gmQfSWrE
The Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read “A lot of times the teachers have no idea that they’re not teaching things that are beneficial to the kids”
04/26/2022
Hello FB friends! If you have a pre-school aged kiddo at home or work with this population and would like to share with their parents how they can support them on their literacy journey, join my colleague Kelsi as she presents this FREE webinar that will share FUN ways you can support early reading skills at home through developing your child's phonological awareness. Establishing solid phonological awareness from a young age can prevent future reading difficulties! Join us to learn more:) Registration is below. Reach out with any questions!
Want to help your child learn to read but don't know where to start? Then this webinar is for you!
Join us for part one of our "Supporting Early Reading Skills at Home" webinar series to learn how you can engage your preschool-aged child in fun, educational activities that will give your child a strong foundation in reading.
In this webinar we will:
• Define phonological awareness and unpack why it's important
• Explore more than 10 activities you can do with your child to enhance their phonological awareness skills including listening for environmental sounds, rhyming, and more!
Register today @ https://heggerty.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TkBuwpbRRqSnbQKlw6KCag
03/25/2022
Learning disabilities in reading impact children without regard to IQ. They impact children whose homes overflow with books. They impact children who are read to every day. They impact children in every economic class and with every skin color.
Children continue to struggle because schools refuse to adopt evidence based, structured literacy curriculum and offer effective early intervention. We don’t lack the knowledge to help struggling readers, our schools lack meaningful action.
11/07/2021
If you are an educator this is a must watch! For all of you out there with a struggling reader, or if you have struggled yourself, this documentary will give you hope for the future of literacy education!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhaIu3JADJ0
To learn more and be a part of this movement visit https://thetruthaboutreading.com/
The Truth About Reading (2022) Teaser Learn more and join the movement at: https://thetruthaboutreading.com/John Corcoran FoundationDNA Films
10/08/2021
If you have an early or struggling reader at home, they should be watching this!!!
TRL Reading Buddies A fun, foundational reading TV series for students PreK-3. The show instructs three important underlying components of skillful word reading: phonological awareness, letter names/sounds, and blending sounds to decode words accurately.
10/06/2021
"The lack of Phonemic Awareness is the MOST powerful determinant of the likelihood of failure to read" - Marilyn Adams
Check out www.heggerty.org to learn more about why phonemic awareness is so important and learn about how you can use these fun oral language play activities with your early or struggling readers at home.
Heggerty Phonological & Phonemic Awareness by Literary Resources Heggerty Phonemic Awareness is a research-based 35-week curriculum of daily phonemic and phonological awareness lesson plans.
10/05/2021
Emily Gibbons is a certified Orton-Gillingham practitioner and creator of the Literacy Nest. You will find amazing resources for working with struggling readers on this page.
https://www.theliteracynest.com/
The Literacy Nest - Orton Gillingham and Dyslexia Tutors Orton Gillingham and Dyslexia Tutors
10/03/2021
https://blog.reallygoodstuff.com/the-lowdown-on-dyslexia/
The Lowdown on Dyslexia: What Does Dyslexia Look Like in the Classroom? Every teacher in every classroom in every school in this country (and beyond) will come
10/02/2021
It's Dyslexia Awareness Month! Over the course of October, I will share resources to bring awareness and enact change to help improve the quality of reading instruction all of our children receive.
"In 2016 award-winning APM Correspondent Emily Hanford reported on the high numbers of college students not academically ready for college. This led her on a quest to understand how kids learn to read in the first place; from there, her research led her to the problems of unaddressed dyslexia. That, she says, was the catalyst for digging deep on how reading is being taught in schools, and why that system is failing so many children. Her series of audio documentaries on this topic has had a profound impact nationally, elevating the conversation around reading instruction and how this is such an important issue of equity." - The Reading League Podacst
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2018/09/10/hard-words-why-american-kids-arent-being-taught-to-read
Why aren't kids being taught to read? Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.
04/20/2021
Amazing ideas for our visual learners❤️
When you have a neurotypical child, you feel reasonably assured that class participation and decent study habits will result in good grades. These kids have close friends. They get invited to participate in social things like dances and weekend gatherings. They make the teams, auditions organizations and clubs.
But when you have a child with certain differences, this is often not the case. Learning may take longer, both academically and socially. Despite their tremendous efforts, results are often a fraction of their peers and social acceptance is fleeting, setting them up for painful comparisons and bitter frustration. Instead of a fun and fulfilling experience, school can become a breeding ground for depression and anxiety, and assignments a battle ground at home. It is exhausting for parent and child alike.
This is the week of SPED (Special Education), Autism, Dyslexia, and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) awareness.
For all the children who struggle every day to succeed in a world that does not recognize their gifts and talents, and for those who are walking beside them, please let this be a gentle reminder to be kind and accepting of ALL people.
Recognize that the "playing field" is not always a level surface.
Children who learn differently are not weird. They are merely gifted in ways that our society does not value enough. Yet they want what everyone else wants: To be accepted!!
If you choose, please copy and paste this in honor of all children who are deemed "different". Our world would be far less beautiful without them.
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My Journey
My name is Lori Jurjovec. I have been in education for 17 years. I worked as an elementary classroom teacher in Naperville District 203 for 6 years and have been privately tutoring students for 12 years. In 2002, I received my undergraduate, Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with a reading endorsement from Illinois State University. In 2005, I obtained a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from National Louis University.
As a private tutor, I have worked with over 100 students. Over the years, I began noticing patterns in regards to students that seemed extremely bright, and had excellent verbal and oral comprehension skills, but struggled to make appropriate gains despite the extra hours put in with successful phonics interventions. Many of these students were motivated to succeed and had incredibly supportive home environments, but they just couldn't seem to retain what they had been taught, and all seemed plagued with difficulties decoding and encoding multi-syllable words.
In 2017, I had a student who received a dyslexia diagnosis. As an educator in the field for almost two decades, I realized I knew very little about dyslexia and how it impacted a students ability to read and spell. Embracing the Maya Angelou quote that reads, "Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it," I began to research dyslexia and how to best instruct a student with dyslexia. I first began using a specific intervention, known as the Barton Reading and Spelling System. This system, which is based on Orton-Gillingham principles, was created for teaching dyslexic students to read and spell. It was designed so that parents who were struggling to find the right kind of support for their child, could train to deliver it to them at home. It was also a great starting point for me. I could train myself at home, by watching instructional videos and then deliver instruction that would be meeting the needs of a dyslexic learner. I was skeptical of the program claims initially, but the more I read on the reading brain, the more I knew I needed a new approach with these students.
After a few months, I couldn't believe the progress that was being made! I was using this intervention with a few students who fit a dyslexic profile. I quickly shifted my practice over to working solely with this population of students. After 6 months, I was completely amazed at the improvement in decoding and spelling! Rules were starting to stick. I could see students applying the decoding strategies and recalling spelling rules and generalizations. My lessons were following a progression that made sense to these students. The instruction was building upon mastered concepts and was tailored to the progress of the individual student.
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