Science of Reading @ the Education Library

Top-rated by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), this bestselling, user-friendly guide to effective reading instruction is solidly grounded in the science of reading. The Teaching Reading Sourcebook comprehensively covers the scientific basis and instructional elements of the five essential components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Addressing a key skill in reading, writing, and speaking, this book presents evidence-based instructional approaches for at-risk students, including English language learners and those with learning difficulties.

This volume is designed to prevent and correct most word-level reading difficulties. It trains phonemic awareness and promotes sight vocabulary acquisition, and therefore reading fluency.

Teachers asked for it: a practical, no-nonsense book that shows them how to use scientifically based reading research (SBRR) in their everyday classroom instruction and improve their students' literacy outcomes.

For researchers and policymakers, the book describes ways to help ensure higher reading achievement for every student, including improvements in core reading instruction, use of RTI practices and the Common Core State Standards and teacher preparation. Readers will: understand why RTI is the best approach for preventing reading difficulties, and why RTI should be used in identification of learning disabilities; learn how diverse reading problems can be understood in relation to poor reader profiles; discover how to make sound, research-based decisions about core reading curricula, interventions, and RTI practices such as universal screening; and explore the most effective interventions for key components of reading and language. The case studies and practical examples cover a broad range of reading problems and help make the latest research findings applicable to everyday practice.

Essentials of Understanding and Assessing Reading Difficulties provides a detailed discussion of the nature and causes of reading difficulties, which will help develop the knowledge and confidence needed to accurately assess why a student is struggling. Readers will learn a framework for organizing testing results from current assessment batteries such as the WJ-IV, KTEA-3, and CTOPP-2. Case studies illustrate each of the concepts covered.

Literacy expert Louisa Cook Moats gives current and future teachers comprehensive, accurate, and accessible information on the underpinnings of language instruction, including: the history of the English language and its effect on spelling English phonology, including speech sounds and their distinctive features how print represents speech in English the morphological aspects of words syntax and its instruction how meaning is conveyed with language Through case studies, activities, recommended teaching principles, and close analysis of real-world student work samples, teachers will also receive invaluable insight into how their students should be taught.

This book prepares today's educators to use specific evidence-based approaches that improve struggling students' language skills and academic outcomes in elementary through high school. Educators will get rich background information on the systems and structures of the English language, plus a deep dive into the what and how of Structured Literacy Instruction. They'll also find practical strategies and guidelines on all aspects of language and literacy instruction, including planning effective lessons, connecting research with practice, conducting and interpreting assessment, understanding the emotional side of learning disabilities, and more.

Based on guidelines from the National Reading Panel, this guide to teaching reading uses the direct instruction reading approach and provides a specific repertoire of carefully sequenced procedures that teach decoding, comprehension, content reading, and study skills. Strategies are recommended for each skill to be mastered; discussions of optimal timing and error correction, along with numerous examples, are included.

Developed for general and special educators of students from prekindergarten to middle school and beyond. Focusing on two interlocking skills--decoding and spelling--this textbook gets teachers ready to promote students' print awareness and phonological awareness through letter naming, letter forming, and listening and speaking activities such as poetry and play improve students' spelling skills by teaching the origins of English words, Anglo-Saxon base words, Latin affixes and roots, Greek combining forms, and multisyllabic words help students understand and correctly use the components of the English language, including common consonant and vowel patterns, syllable patterns, common spelling rules, prefixes and suffixes, roots, non-phonetic words, and contractions deepen older students' proficiency with language by introducing less common Latin roots and Greek combining forms, new words entering the English language, and lessons built around themes such as calendars and mythology.

This Teacher's Guide presents multisensory procedures of 100 phonograms developed in association with Dr.Samuel T. Orton.

Stanislas Dehaene, author of How We Learn, explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings. A world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of spelling, describes pioneering research on hiw we process languages, and takes us into a new appreciation of the brain and its wondrous capacity to adapt.

Explicit instruction is systematic, direct, engaging, and success oriented--and has been shown to promote achievement for all students. This resource gives special and general education teachers the tools to implement explicit instruction in any grade level or content area. The authors provide guidelines for identifying key concepts, skills, and routines to teach; designing and delivering effective lessons; and giving students opportunities to practice and master new material. Sample lesson plans and reproducible checklists and teacher worksheets are also included.

Drawing on scientific studies - many of them in her own laboratory - Dr. Shaywitz demystifies the subject of reading difficulties and explains how a child can be helped to become a good reader. Her book makes clear how research, including new brain imaging studies, is uncovering the mechanisms underlying dyslexia and has led to effective treatments for each age group. She provides exercises, teaching aids, information on computer programs, and many other resources.