On the Blog with Jen Jones

Some parents and teachers wonder when a child is ready to read...as in actually read the words themselves, and so this post is dedicated to knowing when that time is because there are a few skills that a child must...

When we are looking at Scarborough's Reading Rope, there are 3 strands in the Word Recognition zone that are separated from the Language Comprehension Strands. The 3 strands of Word Recognition are Phonological Awareness, Decoding and Sight Recognition...which in a...

Not only is a phonic skill scope and sequence the backbone of your phonics instruction, it's literally the starting point for everyone phonics instruction related in your classroom, from assessment, whole group instruction, small group instruction, interventions, everything. Most big...

10 REASONS WHY KIDS LOVE READING HELLO DECODABLE BOOKS 1. They are engaging. 2. They have colorful covers, but a simple clean design on the book pages. 3. They feel success, pride and confidence after reading decodables. 4. They pictures...

This blog post outlines the top 5 most practical applications of literacy by replacing leveled text with decodables as the main text source students use when learning phonics. As teachers begin to make the shift from a Balanced Literacy approach...