1.0Character Inkhttps://characterinkblog.comday 158: summertime—helping struggling early readers overview part i of ii - Character Inkrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ezugFVgCsT"><a href="https://characterinkblog.com/day-158-summertime-helping-struggling-early-readers-overview-part-i-of-ii/">day 158: summertime—helping struggling early readers overview part i of ii</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://characterinkblog.com/day-158-summertime-helping-struggling-early-readers-overview-part-i-of-ii/embed/#?secret=ezugFVgCsT" width="600" height="338" title="“day 158: summertime—helping struggling early readers overview part i of ii” — Character Ink" data-secret="ezugFVgCsT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> I want to start my “summer instruction” with one of the most important aspects of helping your children academically in the summer: reading. I have two vastly different approaches to beginning reading instruction for this blog’s purposes. (Beginning reading being defined as learning to sound out (or decode) words put before your child, mostly in […]