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.
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…
FluencyExplore the thinking behind effective high-frequency word instruction and how connecting sounds and spellings helps make words stick.
PhonicsTurn decodable word lists into a partner game that gives students independent practice with specific phonics concepts they’ve already been taught.
PhonicsThink of phonics as helping children decipher a code, and consider how instruction can make the relationships between sounds and spellings easier…
Multisyllabic WordsExplore how learning to read builds on existing brain systems, and consider the role of instruction in helping children connect speech and…
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