Balanced Literacy Instruction: What It Actually Means

The term “balanced literacy instruction” is a grossly misinterpreted and misrepresented one lately.  Social media is spreading these wrong messages like wildfire–so I’d like to clarify what this term truly…

What’s Wrong with “Sounding it Out?”

I recently had a conversation with several  primary grade teachers about decoding words.  We were were talking about how to prompt kids to decode words from beginning to end.  These…