By Dr. Carolyn Brown, Chief Academic Officer Elija held back tears as he tried to continue sounding out words. He was too frustrated to go on. As a fourth grader, he knew something was wrong and he felt like it was his fault that reading wasn’t getting easier. His...
By Jennifer Flieder As a middle school language arts teacher, I know that for students who do not have decoding or automatic word recognition skills, there is no room in the regular curriculum to reteach them the skills they should have learned in elementary...
Over the past several years, our work has focused on students in middle school who struggle to read because they lack basic reading skills. Unfortunately, at least half the students who can’t read at grade level fall into this category. I’d like to reflect on the...
Now is the time to expand the narrative for early reading The value of systematically and explicitly teaching phonics is well-documented as an effective way to help students develop foundational reading skills—skills that are essential to becoming a proficient and...
Hello, I am Carolyn Brown, the co-founder of Foundations in Learning and the Chief Academic Officer of the company. WordFlight was developed by Foundations in Learning. I’m also an adjunct professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of...
