What is the purpose of Decodable Texts?
Decodables versus levelled readers
Tag: reading
Reading, Disability & Blackness
After listening to Thomas Reid and his must-listen-to podcast “Reid My Mind Radio” I find myself thinking deeper about blackness and reading, disability and reading, and of course, the intersectionality of blackness and disability.
Brain Words Book Club: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching
“When we speak of building a dictionary in each child’s brain, we are referring to building a bank of syllables and words within each child – that includes information on pronunciation, meaning, and critically, spelling. These stored patterns and words referred to by scientists as lexical representations, we refer to here as brain words” p 2.
Literacy Instruction: From ‘Best Practices’ to Centering Student Voices
I am thinking about the intersections of literacy instruction and learning that centers the voices of Black students. I know
Effective Reading Instruction
What are the instructional strategies that promote reading success especially for marginalized students?
Is Assessment also an Inquiry?
Assessing reading ability is a very difficult task. This is because reading is very complex. What exactly are readers doing
Beyond Aesthetics: The Third Teacher and the Literate Learner
The Third Teacher takes a close look at how the design of learning spaces can impact learning. Beyond mere
Instructional and Assessment Design Strategies
When working with our young readers, the way we design our instruction and assessment has a significant impact on the development of proficiency.
Big Ideas in Education 