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.
Knowledge BuildingExplore six common reading comprehension challenges, indicators that students may be having difficulty, and teaching moves to support understanding.
Language ComprehensionExplore five steps for inviting rich, responsive conversations that nurture language comprehension, with examples of how everyday exchanges can help children extend…
Language ComprehensionMake Turn and Talk more purposeful with attention to partnerships, expectations, and routines that help students listen, share ideas, and build academic…
Language ComprehensionExplore five everyday practices for nurturing language development and creating more opportunities for students to talk, listen, and build the language that…
Language ComprehensionBring more meaning into phonics and word study with ten practical ways to connect decoding practice to vocabulary, language, and understanding.
Language ComprehensionExplore why language comprehension needs attention from the beginning, alongside word reading, and what that means for instruction with young readers.
Language ComprehensionFind six ways to weave oral language development into everyday classroom life, supporting the language comprehension students need as readers.
Knowledge BuildingExplore why background knowledge matters for reading comprehension and how helping children build expertise supports their understanding of the texts they read.
Knowledge BuildingConsider how everyday conversations with children can nurture language development and support the understanding they bring to reading.
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