Manipulatives: Hands-On Tools That Accelerate Reading with SOAR Tutoring Manipulatives Play a Key Role in Multisensory Literacy Instruction Imagine trying to learn the guitar from a slideshow. You’d grasp the theory, yet your fingers wouldn’t know where to go. Reading...
In-Person Literacy Intervention: Why It Works – SOAR Tutoring Digital classrooms offer convenience, yet when it comes to struggling readers, nothing matches the impact of face-to-face, hands-on instruction. At Strands of Accelerated Reading, SOAR, we see daily...
Morphology: A Key Pillar of Literacy with SOAR Reading success is about far more than sounding out letters; it also hinges on understanding how words are built. Morphology, the study of roots, prefixes, suffixes, and inflections, provides children with a blueprint...
Sand Tray Multisensory Literacy Technique with SOAR When reading is hard, adding a tactile element can flip the switch from frustration to “I get it!” One simple but powerful tool is the sand tray: students write letters or words in fine sand while voicing the...
The Reading Rope: Strands That Build Early Reading | SOAR The Strands That Support Early Reading Development When children learn to read, they are not just memorizing words on a page; they are developing a complex set of skills that must work together, much like the...
S.O.A.R. is the life long dream of Suzanne Pollutro, an educator of 15 years, with NYS certifications in PK – 6th Elementary Education, Literacy, Bilingual / ENL, and in SBL/SDL Administration.
“I hope that you will consider allowing me to partner with you in the education of your most precious treasures – your children. I will work hard to earn your trust and to ensure your children become skilled readers, and more!”