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.
Prompting & FeedbackExplore how prompting readers to try an alternate sound can support flexible decoding when their first attempt at a word doesn’t make…
Prompting & FeedbackExplore how to prompt beginning readers to blend through words, using sound-spelling information from beginning to end to support decoding.
Prompting & FeedbackReconsider prompts that ask beginning readers to search for familiar chunks, and explore how those prompts fit with students’ developing word-reading skills.
Prompting & FeedbackExamine what happens when we teach readers to skip unfamiliar words, and how to keep their attention on the information needed to…
Prompting & FeedbackExplore why looking at the first letter isn’t enough, even when a reader guesses correctly, and how prompting can support attention to…
Prompting & FeedbackReconsider asking readers to use pictures to identify unfamiliar words, with attention to the word-learning processes that support increasingly independent reading.
Prompting & FeedbackUse Ehri’s phases of word learning as a map for understanding beginning readers and choosing prompts that help them move toward more…
Beyond the BookRead answers to questions about Shifting the Balance, including the intentions behind the book and its invitation to reconsider familiar literacy practices.
Beyond the BookA message from Jan and Kari about the purpose of Shifting the Balance and its invitation to bring reading research into familiar…
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