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.
Phonemic AwarenessUse a four-step routine with Elkonin boxes, or sound boxes, to connect phonemes with their spellings and support orthographic mapping.
High-Frequency WordsConsider why some readers learn words in very few encounters, and how orthographic mapping makes those encounters productive.
FluencyExplore the thinking behind effective high-frequency word instruction and how connecting sounds and spellings helps make words stick.
High-Frequency WordsReconsider familiar high-frequency word memorization routines and explore why a word that seemed learned yesterday may still be unfamiliar to a reader…
High-Frequency WordsUntangle two terms often used interchangeably, and consider how understanding sight words and high-frequency words helps us make sense of how children…
VocabularyFind read-aloud titles that invite curiosity about words and create opportunities to nurture vocabulary, word awareness, and a shared love of language.
Meaningful Independent PracticesFind tools for assessing, planning, and providing responsive reading instruction, including a lesson template designed to support orthographic mapping.
Decodable TextsMeet a free decodable text about pups and find another resource for giving beginning readers purposeful opportunities to practice their developing phonics…
PhonicsTurn decodable word lists into a partner game that gives students independent practice with specific phonics concepts they’ve already been taught.
Decodable TextsFind more ways to use decodable word lists and sentences to supplement phonics instruction and provide practice with the patterns students are…
Decodable TextsExplore practical ways to put decodable word lists and sentences to work, making these resources a useful supplement to your phonics instruction.
Language ComprehensionExplore why language comprehension needs attention from the beginning, alongside word reading, and what that means for instruction with young readers.
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