Reading and Literacy

*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Fluency in Learning to Read” by Katherine Garnett, in Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition, edited by Judith R. Birsh…

A well-stocked, diverse classroom library can help your students develop a lifelong love of reading and expand the key literacy skills you’re teaching every day. Budgets may be tight these…

Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “’Now It Makes Sense!’ Best Practices for Reading Comprehension,” by Stephen Ciullo and Colleen Klein Reutebuch, in the book Fundamentals of Literacy…

Multilingual learners need teachers and schools that support their educational equity, academic success, and positive social-emotional development. In today’s post, explore five important new books that prepare educators to promote…

Today’s guest post is by Joan Sedita, author of The Writing Rope. When assigning writing tasks, how often do you receive work that doesn’t meet your expectations? A common issue…

Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Reading Fluency Among English Learners” by Coleen D. Carlson, in Literacy Foundations for English Learners, edited by Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, CDT, CALT, QI Repeated…

Classroom interaction with teachers and peers is a crucial component of English language development for students classified as ELLs. Excerpted and adapted from the new edition of Wayne Wright’s bestselling…

*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Comprehension Instruction: Grades K–3” by Darcy Dycha and Holly Tate Rocha, in Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K–6, Second Edition, edited by Martha…

*Today’s post has been adapted from Vocabulary Handbook by Linda Diamond and Linda Gutlohn. One way to help students develop vocabulary is by fostering word consciousness, an awareness of and…

*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Teaching Phonemic Awareness” by Lucy Hart Paulson, in Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition, edited by Judith R. Birsh &…