Text-dependent Instruction
Most of the talk around the science of reading is focused on phonemic awareness and phonics, but this only addresses one part of the reading equation. We’re going to take a look at comprehension, and some strategies you can incorporate into your reading block. Where...
Text-dependent Instruction
In one of my first roles as a reading specialist in New York City, I was asked to level each classroom’s library. The school I was working in was entrenched in balanced literacy and they wanted to be able to match students with books based on the A–Z results of...
Science of Reading, Text-dependent Instruction
Did you know that more than 10% of all public school students in the United States are English Language Learners (ELLs)? We want to ensure that the strategies we use when teaching these students support their specific needs. In this post, we’ll look at special...
Text-dependent Instruction
Most of the talk around the science of reading is focused on phonemic awareness and phonics, but this only addresses one part of the reading equation. We’re going to take a look at comprehension, and some strategies you can incorporate into your reading block. Where...
Text-dependent Instruction
Have you ever wondered about the impact of diversity and representation in children’s books? When my son was just 2½, we were following a cookbook to prepare that evening’s meal. My son decided that Daddy couldn’t eat the meal, and we weren’t...
Text-dependent Instruction
In the early elementary years, there tends to be a lot of emphasis on reading for enjoyment. Independent reading time and trips to the classroom or school library to go “book shopping” are often built into the school day, and reading books, magazines, or...
For School Leaders, Text-dependent Instruction
Did you know that one of the best ways to improve your students’ reading skills is through writing? That’s right—even though there’s often a separation between reading and writing instruction in the classroom, the two skills are more closely related...
For School Leaders, Text-dependent Instruction
So your school is transitioning to the science of reading, but there’s one big problem—you still have all the A-Z leveled readers and predictable books that were purchased to align with your old curriculum and balanced literacy practices. If you’re looking at...
For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction
What comes to mind when you hear the term fluency? Is it fast, timed reading? The number of words a student can read in a one minute? While speed and accuracy are two factors to include when assessing fluency, fluency also includes expression, smoothness, pace and...
For School Leaders, Text-dependent Instruction
Vocabulary is one of the language comprehension strands in Scarborough’s Reading Rope (Scarborough, H.S., 2001) and includes word meaning, breadth (number of words known), depth (richness of word knowledge), and precision (accurate use of words in context), with a...
