What is EBLI?
EBLI stands for Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction. It is a Structured Linguistic Literacy approach to reading and spelling. Students become aware of sounds in spoken language and are taught to map letters to these sounds. EBLI incorporates interleaved practice, so students are continuously exposed to and practice the previously taught spelling patterns.
EBLI is ideal for students with a large gap in reading and spelling skills. It moves through phonics concepts quickly in order to close the gap as fast as possible. This makes it an effective approach for students with suspected or diagnosed Dyslexia and ADHD
EBLI Sessions
EBLI sessions cycle through multiple activities that develop all reading and writing skills:
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Phonemic Awareness: Most activities focus on blending and segmenting syllables and sounds in single and multisyllable words. There are focused activities that work on phoneme manipulation, which helps students become flexible when reading and spelling.
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Phonics: Students work on identifying patterns for similar spellings and sounds using word sorts. Then they are explicitly taught phonics tendencies to notice when reading and thinking about spelling.
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Spelling: Many EBLI activities focus on spelling multisyllable words
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Reading Fluency: Students rea
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Vocabulary development,
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Reading and listening comprehension,
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Spelling,
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Handwriting,
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Sentence/paragraph writing.
EBLI does not focus on mastery of concepts before moving on but focuses on interleaved practice, a learning strategy that mixes and alternates previously learned concepts into session activities. Interleaved practice has been shown to improve long-term retention of concepts.
Tutoring Rates
In-Person $88/hour
Virtual $75/hour