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This page provides FREE information, articles and resources related to effectively teaching children and students how to read proficiently. This information is provided to empower parents and teachers to help their children or students acquire necessary skills & achieve reading success.

Overview of Teaching Children to Read, Background on How Proficient Reading Works, and Information on the Skills Necessary for Developing Proficient Reading. Start with these articles!

· Overview of Teaching Children to Read: Why Reading is Difficult and What You Need to Do to Make Sure Your Child Learns to Read Proficiently

· How Reading Works: The Biologic Process of Proficient Reading and Exciting Scientific Proof - We Can Help Students Learn to Read Proficiently!

· Overview and Visual Representation of the Process of Proficient Reading

· Skills Necessary for Proficient Reading: Explanation of Foundational Skills to develop Phonologic Processing and Higher Level Skills to Advance to Proficient Reading

· Important Background Facts on Written English Language Essential to Effective Reading Instruction

The tools to achieve reading success, one student at a time!

Developing Phonemic Awareness (PA) or Phonologic Awareness:

· Phonemic Awareness Explained; What Phonemic Awareness Is, Why Phonemic Awareness is Important and Linking Phonemic Awareness to Print

· Check your child’s phonemic awareness Evaluation of Phonemic Awareness: A free informal tool for checking phonemic awareness

· Fun Activities to Help Your Child Develop Phonemic Awareness

Establishing Phonologic Processing - Building foundational skills to developing ‘proficient reader’ neural processing pathways

· Foundational Skills Necessary for Proficient Phonologic Processing

· Elements of an Effective Beginning Reading Program: How to Help Children Establish a Strong Foundation of Correct Phonologic Processing

· The Building Blocks of Written English - The Phonemic Code: Why Knowledge of the Complete Phonemic Code Is Important to Proficient Reading and How to Help Students Learn the Complete Accurate Phonemic Code, Teaching Phonics

· Directional Tracking Explained: Why Directional Tracking Is Essential for Reading Development and How to Teach Your Child or Student Proper Directional Tracking

· Blending Explained: Why Smooth Blending is Important to Reading Development and How to Help Students Develop the Ability to Smoothly Blend Sounds Together When Reading

· Decodable Text Explained: What Decodable Text is, Why Decodable Text is Important in Beginning Reading and How to Select Decodable Text

· Help Your Child Learn the Phonemic Code: Free, Fun and Highly Effective Games You Can Play to Teach Direct Automatic Knowledge of the Phonemic Code

Developing Higher Level or Advanced Reading Skills

· Advanced Skills Necessary for Proficient Reading: Overview of Key Higher Level or Advanced Reading Skills

· Reading Fluency Explained: What Reading Fluency Is, How Fluent Reading is Developed and How to Help Your Child or Student Become a Fluent Reader

· Developing Reading Comprehension: Overview of Reading Comprehension and Specific Actions to help Students Develop Comprehension

· Expanding Vocabulary Knowledge: How to Help Your child or Student Expand Their Vocabulary Knowledge

· The Importance of Guided Reading! The Significant Benefits of Guided Reading and Specific Instructions on How to Help Your Child or Student Advance Reading Skills

Difficulties Reading and Overcoming Reading Difficulties (dyslexia)

· Students Who Face Difficulties Learning to Read: Information on Reading Problems and Dyslexia - If your child or student struggles with reading, please READ THIS ARTICLE

· Common Reading Problems: How to Identify Common Reading Problems and Target Instruction to Help Struggling Readers Develop Necessary Skills

· Actual Reading Errors Made by Struggling Readers, What These Errors May Indicate, How to Evaluate Reading Errors to Identify Deficiencies and Target Instruction to Build Necessary Skills

· The Importance of Evaluations in Reading Remediation: How to Conduct Reading Evaluations

· How to Help a Student Who Struggles With Reading Overcome Their Reading Difficulties and Achieve Reading Success

· Elements of an Effective Reading Remediation Program to Improve Reading Skills in Struggling Readers

· What Baseball Batting, a Terrific Dad, & a Bucket Can Teach Us About Reading: A Real Life Example of How Essential Fundamental Skills are Important to Success & How Direct Instruction in Details CAN Help a Child Achieve Success

· The Importance of Guided Reading

· Explaining an Effective Reading Remediation Program to the Student

Teaching Reading Skills

· What Exactly is Direct Systematic Phonics Instruction? How can you tell if a reading program uses an effective direct systematic phonics approach?

· Starting Preschoolers Off in the Right Direction: Helping your preschooler develop pre-reading skills

· More About Direct Instruction Methods in Teaching Reading and Why children Often Fail to Learn with Indirect Instruction.

· What are some of the common less effective approaches to reading instruction

· The Facts: Direct Systematic Phonics IS the Most Effective way to teach children to read

· The Equation for Reading Success

Other Articles and Valuable Information:

· Reading about Reading: A Partial List of Recommended Books to Expand Your Knowledge on Reading

· Tips for helping children pronounce specific sounds. Some children have difficulty saying certain sounds, this provides tips for helping children pronounce sounds

· A mom-designed and kid-tested solution to help students overcome b,d, p letter confusion

· Why Accuracy IS critical to reading success: Word guessing, context clues and similar words do not work in real life. Why the details and accuracy is essential

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Right Track Reading encourages parents and teachers to research additional information on the science of proficient reading, teaching children to read, and the effectiveness of direct systematic phonics programs. Start with some of the websites located on the Links page.

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