In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...

Key points All first graders should show development in two critical phases, Phases 3 and Phase 4, leading to automatic word reading and spelling. In Phases 3 and 4 writing samples, you see evidence ...

In early literacy, the goal is simple but urgent: Help students become independent readers and writers. Every instructional decision we make either moves them closer to that goal or keeps them ...

Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top. “Give us some vowels,” says his teacher, La’Neeka Gilbert-Jackson. His ...

Reading fluency is the ability to read with proper speed, accuracy, and expression. Children, and people in general, must be able to read fluently in order to understand what they’re reading. This ...

In a fillip to the union school education ministries efforts towards addressing the learning crisis in India, IIT Bombay has developed an innovative mobile app, TARA (Teacher’s Assistant for Reading ...