Tips For Reading Tutors

Tips for Tutors

Advice for First-Time Tutors

     Literacy consultant Cathy Puett Miller helps you get started.

       More suggestions for effective tutoring

       A Toolbox of Terms for Volunteer Tutoring
     Cathy Puett Miller explains the terms used in reading instruction.

Classroom Letter and Language Activities from Dr. Jean Feldman

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       Alphabet Chant
       Cut-Apart Chart
       High-Frequency Word Activities
       Language Experience Chart
       Letter Chart
       Locomotion Letters

Oral Language Circle Time Activities

"Mystery Person" -- A Language Experience Approach Extension

Participation Stories
Phonercise

       Singing the ABCs -- Creative Variations
       Toss A Sound -- Teaching Letter Sounds with Fun and Exercise
       Walk-About Story -- Incorporating Movement with Reading

In Their Own Words: The Language Experience Approach
        An Approach to Reaching Reluctant or Struggling Readers

   Annie, The Sleeping Beauty: How I Taught Her to Read
   by Jean Katzenberg
   For Professionals: Principles and Practices of Language Experience

Talking About Books With Your Students

Why is it important to talk about the books you read together?

Telling Students to "Sound It Out"

Does saying "Just Sound it Out!" really work? We present some alternatives.

The Great Phonics Debate

Which approach is best for your student?

The Road to Literacy:
Teacher/Musician Greg Whitfield on the importance of teaching letter sounds.

Readers' Theater

Children love this activity--and so will literacy tutors.

Word Families

Word Families: A Great Way to "Crack the Code."

The 37 most common word families and how they can be used.

For professionals: More thoughts on phonograms.