Echo reading is a structured literacy strategy where a skilled reader (teacher/parent/tutor) reads a short chunk of text aloud with great pacing, expression, and accuracy—then the student immediately echoes the exact same words back. Why it works - Builds fluency (smooth, accurate reading) - Improves prosody (expression + phrasing) - Boosts confidence for emerging or struggling readers - Supports comprehension because the brain isn’t working overtime decoding every word How to do it (simple) - You read one sentence or phrase with strong expression. - Student reads the same segment right after you. - Repeat, keeping chunks short and successful. Try it with a short paragraph. Thirty seconds at a time beats a 30-minute struggle!

Encourage the student to improve their reading comprehension by visualizing what they are reading. Explain that this is thinking in pictures, like making a movie. Select a paragraph that uses descriptive language and is at an appropriate reading level. After the student has read the content, ask what images come to mind.

Here's an intervention for spellers who are frustrated with words that don't follow the rules. I usually add one or two of these to each week's spelling list as "bonus words" or "challenge words". Explain to the student that irregular, or exception words have a part that doesn’t follow the usual sound-symbol correspondence rules. Many common words like said, are, and was, are examples. Draw attention to the irregular part of a word by writing the letters larger and/or using a different color. For example, in the word said, print the ai larger or in a different color.

Write a simple word like sip, map, cot, wet, hug. Take turns creating a new word from it by only changing one letter. Pass the paper back and forth adding words until one player can not think of a new word. Example: Start with sip Swap out any one letter to make a new word. sip, sin, tin, tip, tap, sap, map, mat, etc.

How To Determine Accuracy Rate For Level of Difficulty: Determine accuracy rate by calculating the percentage of correctly read words. Divide the number of correctly read words by the total number of words attempted. Frustration Level~below 90% Instructional Level for word recognition ~ 90-95% Independent Level is between 95-100% accuracy