Lists of common vowel digraphs and activities for teaching them to young readers.

Teach the six common syllable patterns to build reading and spelling skills for beginning readers as well as older readers who find reading and writing multisyllabic words challenging.

Open syllables are one of the six syllable types. After teaching closed syllables, open syllables are the next type to teach to beginning and remedial readers and spellers.

Here is a description of the vowel-consonant-e syllable. Included are tips for teaching the VCE syllable, also known as the magic e syllable.

When teaching reading or spelling, the closed syllable is the first syllable type you should teach a beginning or remedial student. It is the most common syllable type and the easiest for students to learn. Here are tips for teaching the closed syllable type.

Vowel team syllables are one of the six syllable types. Find out more about them in this article.

What are the eight parts of speech? Learn what they are, and find examples of each.

Does your child read slowly, pausing before every word? Then she needs to work on her fluency. Fluency can be improved in just a few minutes a day with repeat readings.

The sixth and final syllable type is the Consonant+le syllable type. When teaching reading or spelling, it is important that students understand all six syllable types.

The Matthew effect refers to the widening gap between good readers and poor readers. Here are some ideas to help teach reading.