What’s Really Behind the Divide in Reading Instruction?

Think about the last disagreement you had with someone.  Without knowing a single detail about your disagreement, I’m pretty confident that the root cause, the way-down-deep-what- started-it-all cause, was miscommunication….

Academic Vocabulary: Helpful or Just Confusing?

We’ve all heard the jokes about the insane amount of acronyms used in the teaching profession.  There are in-school terms like IEP and PLC.  There are mnemonics like CUPS, TIDE,…

Reading Motivation Matters [But Is Often Ignored]

The resurgence of the science of reading as a movement has brought forth some very important reminders.  Some of those reminders are seen everywhere, like the importance of teaching phonics…

8 Ideas for Making Decodables More Fun

Of all the education terms we’re hearing a lot of lately, the word decodables is one of the most frequently used.  Most schools are now incorporating decodables in their curriculum,…

Want to See an Integrated Literacy Day?

I’m a big proponent of integrated literacy instruction.  Why?  Well for starters, it just makes good sense.  It’s also very supported by research. And it helps make the reading-writing connection…