Sandie Barrie-Blackley
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VERBS
Verbs are words that name the action or the state of being. Here is a visual organizer for practicing the identification of verbs compared to nouns. (Be sure the client can identify words that are ...
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NOUNS
Here is a visual organizer for teaching the concept of a noun. (A printable version is attached below.) A noun is a person, place, thing or idea. Sort sheet for Nouns.pdf
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The Parts-of-Speech: How to Teach Them Explicitly and Systematicaly
There are eight parts-of-speech in English. Some linguists list a 9th part-of-speech: interjections. noun verb adjective adverb pronoun article (sometimes called "determiners") conjunction preposi...
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Expanding Expression Tool (EET)- for organizing a description
I have been using the Expanding Expression Tool (EET) by SLP Sara L. Smith for improved verbal expression. I find it to be elegantly simple and highly effective with a wide range of clients. ...
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Dictate! A scoring sheet for the instructional strategy for developing accurate sentence conventions and spelling.
DICTATE! SCORING SHEET Instructional Strategy for Developing Accurate Sentence Writing Directions: Read on of the sentences from the student's Lexe...
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Wilson Reading System - Lexercise: Concordance
Attached below is a concordance comparing The Wilson Reading System's scope & sequence with the Lexercise scope & sequence. Wilson and Lexercise are both structured literacy approaches...
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Word Reading: a Face-to-Face Practice Routine
This article for clinicians explains how to provide face-to-face practice that establishes accuracy and fluency at a single word level. The Lexercise games do not include an oral word reading task ...
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Why isn't there an option to repeat words in the game Isolator?
Off-the-shelf computer games typically have a button that allow the player to "replay" or "hear again." Lexercise games don't have this option. Here's why: To be fluent a reader must be right on t...
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Making The World Better, Motivating Progress With Games
Jane McGonigal, a psychologist and game designer at The Institute for the Future, thinks we can harness the power of games to solve real-world problems. Listen to her talk: Gaming can make the wo...
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How Do I Know If My Child Is Making Progress in Reading?
Attached in the pdf below is my complete invited article, published in the Parent-to-Parent Column of the International Dyslexia Association's Winter 2006 Perspectives. ****************** HOW D...