Mrs. Digilio, I have followed your teachings for years. As an Interventionist and as a classroom teacher. You have helped me to help MANY of my struggling readers to make major progress and some have become successful readers. You have been the best thing that has happen to me when it comes to teaching reading in my classroom. You are the greatest and as long as I see success with my students, I will continue to follow you all of the way! Keep doing what you are doing, and thank you for helping me to help my babies! :)

From my understanding of the science of reading, it says that leveled books are bad if used solely as a way to teach children how to read. That decodable books must be one of the strategies used to teach a children. So in the beginning use decodable books and as they gain skills in word attack gradually shift towards leveled books. Why? Because decodable books can be a bit dry and because there aren’t many irregular words in decodable books and students need to be exposed to IR words. This is my take on what I have researched about SOR.

Someone finally said it! We don't teach children to "guess" the words, we ask them what strategy they can use to figure out or decode the word and if they are unsure, it may be time to teach a NEW strategy. That is a teachable moment! We are starting SoR this year so thank you for giving me some things to think on before diving into the training.

Agree with you 100%!!!!! I’ve taught guided reading for 27 years, Reading Recovery, and have been trained in Wilson and Fundations. Balance is the key!!!!

Absolutely agree with meeting students where they're at and teaching reading with balance! Thank you for your amazing work!

I just started following you. I no longer teach but it turns out that I was already using some of your strategies because I found these methods were the most effective. Btw, I was a foreign language teacher who taught a tonal language. These strategies definitely are the most effective!

Anna, I ABSOLUTELY agree with you! Thank you for sharing this wonderful information!

I completely agree with your description of Balanced Literacy! A true Balanced literacy classroom will always teach differentiated, explicit phonics/phonemic awareness/word study instruction. I also know that some children do not learn how to read through breaking words into the individual phonemes. Some children learn how to read using phonics patterns or chunks. Other children need to have the phonemes taught explicitly. I also completely agree that the overall goal of reading instruction is to teach them how to be lifelong readers --- to love reading!!!

Truly, a mix of Science of Reading and Guided Reading is the best strategy! Love this video!

Anna, You are one of a couple of teachers that I have found that believe learning phonological and phonemic awareness are necessary for children to be able to read. You hit the nail on the head with what you said in your "soapbox". I am going to be trying to use your program in my classroom this coming year. I am looking forward to the Literacy with E.A.S.E program to start up.

Meeting the learners where they are. Great video.

Love your channel because you are fabulous! I am a science of reading teacher in Australia and I can tell you that decodable texts are only for students who are still learning the basic code and use rich texts for story structure , vocabulary, and reading comprehension for all students. So science of reading is all about the 5 components - not just phonics. . See the Reading League for great ideas! Thanks for your great enthusiasm!

Thank you for this! I have 4 dyslexic students this year with one on kindergarten level. I really think this strategy would work to make words “stick” with them.

Mrs. Digilio, what amazing way of sharing your knowledge and experience!!!

Hallelujah!! I have been using leveled books for years but did not know about SOR until recently. As I have learned more, I too did not want to get rid of using good literature. Readers do not just read decodable text. There needs to be room for both. I am now analyzing our guided reading books more to see opportunities to review phonics practices we have learned. I plan to expand this as I go and try to learn even more over the summer.

Such a good video! Thank you for bringing common sense to it all.

I really appreciate your videos. Thank you teacher Anna.

Thank you! I’m a reading interventionist struggling with the current over-focus on phonics. You are saying what I believe as well. ❤

As a homeschooling parent, this was incredibly helpful in understanding orthographic mapping. Thank you.

Thank you! You said everything I have been thinking!

I entered the literacy world in 1999 and became a specialist out of a need to be able to help my students. I am i total agreement with you.

Thank you so much for your explanation about the need for balance in literacy instruction!

I agree with you, thank you for this informative video. I am just entering the teacher life & the school I am in is a whole language school this school believes in 15 minutes of phonics. However I remember I was provided a literacy coach because during my guided reading I was explaining how to decode a word the student got stuck on. The coach told me the best way is for them to look at the first letter of the word and guess it by looking at the pictures. I am a person who stands on my believes and on what I think is best for my students. As I continue doing what I thought was best for my students, I saw improvement in their reading without them relying on the pictures, especially for my ELL students. Although, I do still teach them reading strategy. So when they are reading independently they first decode and when they are stuck they use context.

Love this video. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you soooo much for your guidance. You're just what I needed and at the right time.

I totally agree with you! This is why students are struggling with reading!

This was helpful :D Thank you!! Can't wait to use in my SOR 1st grade ELA classroom.

Very helpful! Thank you. I am practicing words with my 5 year old. This seems to make a lot of sense to me. Since I learned English as a teenager this is all new to me.

Yes!! I agree with you about the bashing of Balanced Literacy! I was also a teacher when the big reading wars started and you are the 1st person I’ve come across to see the need to “do better” but not stop everything that works and is still research based!! ❤❤❤

@TypicallyUnique

11 ай бұрын

Also - yay for leveled books and NOT saying leveled kids 😊

I would love to hear your thoughts as well on equipped for reading success and LETRS. Please do a video on this.😊

Thank you for this. I am homeschooling my son and we are doing phonics lately and I've been posting a lot on my social media and one of my teacher friends messaged me that I needed to get caught up on this drama so you put it in a nutshell for me without me having to listen to the long podcast that just came out lol .. I was a substitute before 2020 so she thought I may be tempted to force sight words like I saw at school but one thing about being a sub, you get a lot of perspectives just like you did when you moved schools

I taught Reading Recovery for 20 years and I did many things that the SOR endorses. MSV is very helpful in analyzing the way a child reads and can tell where the student's strengths and weaknesses are.

Wonderful video!

Thank you!

I just want to say Thank You for articulating your stance on the "Reading Wars" so eloquently. This is exactly how I feel and I appreciate your affirmation of not needing to be on one side or the other, but keeping our students needs in mind, first and for most. My goal is also to teach them a love of reading, but certainly not at the expense of neglecting critical skills they need to become successful readers!

Exactly!!! OMG. Thank you for articulating this. Why is no one saying this!?

100 percent! I believe in both :)

Thank you ❤️

Thank you Anna mam, it's really helpful.

I like using the two sided counters and I have them make the vowel sound red and the consonant sounds yellow.

Loved your video! How would you map a word that contains a "welded" or "glued" sound like -ung or -ink link in sung or pink?

I agree 100%. I don’t think the answer is one or the other. It’s a balance.

100% agree!

I'd like to know your thoughts on Orton Gillingham.

I agree with you, Anna! The Science of Reading is great, but the bashing of the balanced literacy techniques is based on some extreme example that someone conceived in their head. I don't think anyone has taken it to that extreme but rather used those techniques as another support for children learning to read. I am using a method of orthographic mapping very much like what you do, but if an older child has tried all the phonics they know, sometimes looking at the picture and thinking about the context helps. There is nothing wrong with that! A good teacher knows if a student is relying on guessing all the time.

@ReiverGrad14

2 жыл бұрын

I'm raising a child that is the extreme example. He's adhd and dyslexic and in the 3 years he was in public school he was taught to quess. Not read! He was in the 1st grade and didn't know his alphabet. He's not the only child out there.

Thank you for sharing your view of the Science of Reading and Balanced Literacy. I agree with what you said, 100%. There is no end all, be all approach for teaching a child to read. And to say MSV is equitable to having students guess words is crazy. I have never taught that in my practice either. And leveled readers are important for guiding students in appropriate book choices. Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water.

@brentbaumgartner1198

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. Exactly on point.

Thank you Anna for your great videos!! I just subscribed yesterday. I am a second grade teacher and I have started reading Kilpatrick’s book. What specifically in this book do you disagree with? I’m finding it interesting that the orthographic manipulation is the most important task for the kids to get - according to Kilpatrick.

Where can I get your mapping worksheet? You explain things so well!😊

hi, love the lesson, question, how did the counters stay on your mat when you brought it up to show the camera? thank you advance

Good for some, necessary for all. Teach how to break the reading code to everyone. Yea some will be above, but your bottom 15% of the class require this direct instruction. The working brain learns to read with less effort than those at decoding risk. I agree. Both are needed. Supplement or send enrichment work home for the top 15%. Differentiate, but don’t dismiss one section of the class.

Do you have anything for prek?

Can someone please explain the difference between encoding and orthographic mapping? Is it the same?

@Anna Balanced reading and guided reading are the same? Thanks in advance.

Is there any phonics program that you can recommend for adults not native speakers? I would love to learn more about phonics to teach young children. Thanks

Great video but I'm not completely understanding how you would teach them to attack a word they don't know if they aren't at the level to learn to decode that word. For example, if a child is working on CVC words, how do you teach them to decode the word "theater" without simply memorizing it?

Such a relevant meaningful lesson. I can’t locate the download

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

the freebie is in the description just below the video, you may have to click a button to open up the description, I hope this helps,

Hi can I know where u bought the transparent sleeve you use to hold the sound cards

@AnnaDiGilio

Жыл бұрын

You can pick these up on Amazon or Walmart, we hope this helps, SST TEAM

Can't download your orthographic mapping because of click funnel banner which I can't remove.

How can I get the Free downloads mentioned

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there... The link is in the description of the video :). Hope that helps

Do your decodables come in a bundle?

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, check them out in my TPT store here: www.simplyskilledinsecondTPT.com

Where can I find this particular work mat? Thanks!

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

In the description, just below the video, there is a freebie link to download! Hope this helps!

Hello, I followed the link and registered but I can't see the freebie, thanks.

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely email the service team at service @ Simplyskilledteachin . com and they can help you out.

🎉🎉🎉

Hi Anna. İ want yo purchase the leveled reading program along with the phonological awareness program. İ am going to purchase for a month as a parent since i am buying for my two kids. My question is would i be getting the phonological awareness program as well because the content list doesn't mention it when i try to purchase for a month as a parent.

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there. Thank you for your message. If you are interested in the Phonological Awareness with Ease Program, you must join the annual Bloom Plan for teachers. This is not part of the Parent Plan. I hope that helps.

@najwaq17

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Anna

Will this work in grade 5?

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

Orthographic Mapping It is used heavily in K-2 but would also be very helpful for strategic interventions for the upper grades. We hope this helps, SST Service Team

Hello! What grade is this for ?

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

This is used heavily in K-2 but would also be very helpful for strategic interventions for the upper grades.

İ also sent an email for more info via website but haven't got any reply yet

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

Be sure that you check your spam, promotions or even trash folders, the service team responds to all questions within 24 hours (not included weekends), and if you don't hear back, then they did not get the message... so be sure to send it again.

They sure are teaching reading different now then when i was in kindergarten in 1996

How did your counters stay on your mat? Lol

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

LOL... I actually used a little tape so they would stay up when I held up the clear holder ;)

@gwiggs611

2 жыл бұрын

I love that idea! Does your decodable readers come in a bundle?

@AnnaDiGilio

2 жыл бұрын

@@gwiggs611 We sell all of our decodable readers in printable format inside of guidedreaders.com. If you are looking for printed books, you can create your own bundle in our print shop at www.guidedreadersshop.com. Hope that helps

This has nothing to do with science in reading. Very disappointing