The title is the question posed by a retired SPED teacher on Twitter.
My Answer After Teaching 80+ Smart Kids Who Couldn’t Read"
@SciAdapt, Spot on! The big picture is just a series of small steps—and when we teach those steps right, the rest often falls into place. I’m an accountant, not a trained teacher. Years ago, I started working with a bright boy who had finished kindergarten + Grade 1 but still couldn’t read a single sentence in English. I knew nothing about phonics, so I grabbed a set of Peter and Jane books. I read a sentence, he repeated it after me. We did this for six months until he could read on his own. Then we flipped it—he read while I helped only on tricky words. That success made me curious.
