Spelling instruction
Tools and routines for teaching the sound-spelling system explicitly.
Variant sound-spelling correspondence chart
A fuller chart of the ways English spells each sound, including the less common variants.
Open → DocSpelling the -ck pattern: practice script
A worked practice script for teaching the -ck spelling, with clear prompts at each level of support.
Open → VideoPronouncing all 44 English sounds
Watch and hear clean pronunciations of every English speech sound, without the extra vowel.
Open →Word reading & decoding
Routines for decoding, plus a tool for tracking reading growth.
Cracking the Code in the Secondary Grades
A 3-lesson course on teaching multisyllabic word reading to older students, moving from morphological awareness and flexible syllabication into classroom-ready routines. Free from Cox Campus.
Open → DocBeginning word reading lesson plan
A worked example built around a 5-step word-reading routine.
Open → SheetProgress monitoring graph tracker
A simple line-graph tracker for instructional decisions. Download it as an Excel file to use.
Open →Research-based routines to support multisyllabic word reading
Melissa & Lori Love Literacy · 2025
Writing instruction
Sentence-level practices that build syntax and grammar.
Work with a family?
The family toolkit has videos and at-home routines to share with parents.