Research, Practice & Perspective
Everything we’ve written about teaching reading, inspired by the questions that keep coming up in classrooms, in coaching conversations, and in our inbox.
Literacy LeadershipChocolate and coffee offer a familiar lens for examining confirmation bias and the challenge of looking beyond reading research that supports what…
Multisyllabic WordsContinue reconsidering small-group instruction for early decoders, with further adjustments that bring familiar practices into closer alignment with how children learn to…
Multisyllabic WordsConsider what to keep and what to reconsider in small-group instruction, with five adjustments to better support students who are learning to…
PhonicsUse spelling comparisons to help students notice differences between words and deepen their attention to the phonics patterns they are learning.
PhonicsExplore how word chains can extend explicit skills practice by asking students to notice, change, read, and spell words one step at…
PhonicsBring the phonics lesson into connected text, giving students opportunities to apply the patterns they’ve practiced as they read for meaning.
PhonicsConnect phonics instruction with writing, helping students apply what they know about sounds and spellings as part of a flexible lesson routine.
PhonicsHelp students put sound-spelling knowledge to work through blending practice, connecting individual sounds to the words they read in a flexible phonics…
PhonicsPlan explicit practice with the phonics pattern students are learning, using a focused component of the flexible phonics lesson template.
PhonicsStart a phonics lesson with a brief phonemic awareness warm-up that prepares students to work with the sounds they’ll connect to print.
PhonicsGet to know a flexible template for explicit phonics instruction, with connected lesson components you can use to plan purposeful teaching and…
Beyond the BookExplore an option for customizing science-aligned literacy professional learning around the needs of your school, your teachers, and the instructional work ahead.
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