Reading and Literacy

Today’s guest post is by Carolee Dean, M.S., CCC-SLP, CALT, author of Story Frames for Teaching Literacy: Enhancing Student Learning Though Storytelling Mental health is a growing concern for all…

All children can learn literacy skills, but teachers often have questions about how to teach and include students with more intensive support needs or significant disabilities. Excerpted and lightly adapted…

In her bestselling guidebook The Writing Rope, Brookes author Joan Sedita identifies seven teaching principles that should be incorporated when you assign writing tasks and teach writing skills. Teachers, keep…

Effective support for struggling readers is a high priority for every K-12 educator who wants to ensure their students’ long-term success. Today we’re welcoming Louise Spear-Swerling, Ph.D., author of the…

What are cognates, and why should teachers include systematic cognate instruction in their culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms? That’s the topic of today’s Q&A with the authors of the new…

How can your school support the academic success and healthy social-emotional development of multilingual students? Today’s post is a quick introduction to five books that every school team should have…

If you’re a school-based SLP supporting students in elementary and middle schools, today’s post is for you! In her inclusion guidebook It’s More Than “Just Being In,” Cheryl Jorgensen answers…

At Brookes, we believe in the power of structured literacy instruction to prepare students for reading success. We partner with some of today’s most celebrated experts—including Speech to Print author…

Kids love animals—and that’s why animal activities are a great way to expand young children’s early language and literacy skills. Today’s blog post brings you 11 creative activities early educators…

Writing is a complex skill—and to become good writers, students need to integrate skills and strategies from all the components of what author Joan Sedita calls The Writing Rope. Using…