Reading Teachers - Below is an example of the nonsense that is in @JSerravallo's best-seller.

Not a single reading researcher in the world would agree with this strategy.

Read my full review of her book here: https://www.parkerphonics.com/post/a-review-of-the-reading-strategies-book

Here's another knee-slapper. How can anyone take this stuff seriously?

This one will certainly lay the ground work for reading Dostoevsky.

I suppose it's easy to be a speed reader if you don't worry about what the words actually say.

Looks like "Decode the word to determine what it actually says" doesn't make the cut.

When all else fails, have one five-year-old coach another.

Here's a sure-fire strategy to help a struggling six-year old...

Look at the first and last letters of that unknown word. Surely there won't be more than a few possibilities?

BEAT, BOAT, BEST, BRAT, BUTT, BENT, BOLT, BUNT, BAIT, BLOT, BOOT, BUST, BELT, BOOST, BEAST, BLAST, BUILT, BLUNT, BURST, BOAST....

The fact that @JSerravallo's book is a best seller, and that she's considered a hero among many teachers, is stark testimony to the sorry state of contemporary reading instruction. /end