Category: Study Skills

Sight Words, Decodable Words, & High Frequency Words
“Dad, I have to practice my sight words for homework.” What is a sight word? In the elementary grades, we use several different terms to…
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7 Quick and Easy Study Strategies
I have researched and adapted study skill strategies from books and seminars, colleagues and classmates, and also from the many students I have taught over…
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A Way With Words: Mastering vs. Memorizing Vocabulary
Part 2 Last time, we reviewed some of the reasons why vocabulary development can be so difficult for students. Now, we will focus on ways…
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A Way With Words: Mastering vs. Memorizing Vocabulary
Part 1 All too often, students study vocabulary words for a test only to never think about them again once that test is over. They…
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The Power of Routine in a Multi-Tasking World
As a society, we seem to be in a constant state of multi-tasking. We watch television, surf the Web, and talk on the phone simultaneously….
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