David Paige
Adventures in Literacy
A boy with backpack giving thumbs up in library.
David Paige
Adventures in Literacy

Reading Achievement is Not Bouncing Back

September 5, 2023

NWEA (Northwest Educational Association) released a report showing that reading achievement is not returning to pre-COVID levels and the shortcomings are alarming (Lewis & Kuhfeld, July, 2023). If you don’t know, schools and districts across the country subscribe to NWEA’s…

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How much phonemic awareness is enough?

August 21, 2023

While phonological awareness is a continuum of skills that occur at the word, syllable, onset & rime, and phoneme level. It is phonemic awareness (PA) that has been found to play a causal role in early reading development (Melby-Lervag et…

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Alphabet Knowledge: Learning Letter Names and Sounds

June 25, 2023

Alphabet knowledge is exhibited when the individual can automatically recognize the name and common sound for all 26 letters of the alphabet, in upper and lower case. A corollary skill is the ability to write each letter, again, in upper…

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