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10 Principles for Teaching Phonological Awareness
November 26, 2024
Phonological awareness is an essential skill that lays a foundation for success in reading. Excerpted and adapted from the third edition of Speech to Print by Louisa Cook Moats, Ed.D., this post offers…
6 Questions with Joan Sedita, Author of The Writing Rope
November 14, 2024
Strong writing skills are an essential component of student literacy achievement. Today we’re excited to feature a Q&A on writing instruction with Joan Sedita, author of the instant bestseller The Writing Rope. She’s…
7 Principles for Teaching Alphabet Knowledge
November 7, 2024
*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Alphabet Knowledge” by Kay A. Allen and Graham F. Neuhaus, in Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills, Fourth Edition, edited by Judith…
Two Essentials for Preparing Effective Comprehension Instruction
October 29, 2024
*Today’s post has been adapted from The Reading Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Hennessy. Comprehension instruction potentially requires a great deal of preparation before you deliver it to your students. If…
16 Low-Cost Ways to Facilitate Reading Skills for Learners with Support Needs
October 17, 2024
When students have disabilities or other support needs, how can their teachers best facilitate reading skills? Here are some helpful, low-cost ideas for literacy supports and adaptations, from the book Effective…
5 Ideas for Enhancing Comprehension During Small-Group Instruction
October 10, 2024
Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from Smartt & Glaser’s Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction, Second Edition. Comprehension is the goal of reading. Reading comprehension, the act of deriving meaning from…
The Why, What, and How of The Writing Rope
October 3, 2024
*Today’s guest post is by Joan Sedita, author of the bestselling guidebook The Writing Rope. Over the past two decades, the literature and discourse related to literacy instruction has focused on reading,…
5 Must-Dos for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
September 26, 2024
Good readers need broad and deep vocabulary knowledge—it’s the key to unlocking the meanings within the wide range of academic texts students will need to master. With some planning, teachers…
5 Tools and Tips for Building Sentence Comprehension
September 17, 2024
*Today’s guest post is by Nancy Hennessy & Julia Salamone, authors of The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity Book. Sentences have been described as the “worker bees” that eventually add up…
10 Tips for Beginning Phonics Instruction
September 10, 2024
*Today’s post has been adapted from the chapter “Basic Phonics” by Carol Tolman, Martha C. Hougen, and Susan M. Smartt, in Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K–6, Second Edition, edited by…