You know these learners; you work with them every single day. The kindergartener who slightly mispronounces words and has a difficult time acquiring sound and symbol (letter) correspondence. The quiet third-grader who works hard, completes all of his or her assignments, but just cannot seem to read single-syllable words (e.g., cat, dog, bug) fluently. The brilliant ninth-grader who excels at art and music, yet struggles to effectively and efficiently sound out novel words, making higher level curriculum difficult and frustrating to access. The twelfth-grade, stellar athlete who has difficulty completing reading and writing assignments, but is an intelligent and valuable […]
