by Jan and Kari | Mar 9, 2024 | Blog, Decodable Texts, Literacy Leadership, Prompting & Feedback, Word Reading Instruction
Talk of decodable texts is everywhere these days. And if you’re like many educators we know, you might be working to sort through the hype to make sense of it all. We’ve written a lot about decodable texts—exploring their significance, selection criteria, creative...
by Jan and Kari | Mar 2, 2024 | Blog, Literacy Leadership, Phonemic Awareness
We all know that teachers, not programs, make the difference when it comes to effective instruction. Scientific research bears out this idea that teachers matter more than programs, especially when it comes to beginning reading (Bond 1966; Readence & Barone 1997)....