Articles

This report lays out the problem clearly—that too many kids are failing to reach reading proficiency.  But it doesn’t stop there!  It provides scientific insights about how students learn to read, and then it dives into what evidence-based reading instruction looks like.  It then provides a roadmap to help us see how to get from here to there.
Amplify Primers on the Science of Reading
These primers provide a great, easy-to-understand introduction to the science of reading.
Part 1 provides an overview of how humans came to read, with a lot of fascinating information about what’s going on in our brains as we read.
Part 2 takes us into some different ways of thinking about the important contributors to reading comprehension.

Blending Wheels: Tools for Decoding Practice

Learn about the importance of teaching students to decode and how the use of blending wheels can enhance classroom decoding practice. The article includes directions for how to make blending wheels and how to use them with your students.

Dyslexia Basics

An overview of the definition, causes and effects of dyslexia along with information about diagnosis, signs and treatment. Compiled by the International Dyslexia Association.

Hands-On Decoding: Guidelines for Using Manipulative Letters

This article provides evidence for the effectiveness of using manipulative letters to teach decoding skills and guidelines for how to create and implement decoding lessons using manipulative letters.

Preventing Reading Failure: Phonological Awareness Assessment and Instruction

This article provides an overview of phonological awareness development and its relationship to beginning reading. It also includes methods for formal and informal assessment and strategies for classroom-based instruction in phonological skills for emergent readers.

Syllable Types: A Strategy for Reading Multisyllabic Words

This article provides information about explicit strategy instruction for multisyllabic word decoding. It includes a description of syllable types, how to teach them, and how to help students use knowledge of syllable types to decode multisyllabic words.

The Vocabulary-Rich Classroom: Modeling Sophisticated Word Use to Promote Word Consciousness and Vocabulary Growth

This article details the importance of using sophisticated vocabulary with students including tips for selecting words to teach and promoting word consciousness. The article also contains lists of sophisticated words that can be used during classroom routines, when discussing classroom behavior, and that are related to specific content areas.