The news in our study on preschool teachers' child-directed talk, its quality and knowledge-building opportunities is not good: teachers need a curriculum with guidance on ways to support children's language development tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Over the past few decades, the "play" aspect of kindergarten has largely disappeared from classrooms. However, these three teachers explain how they've kept the "fun and play-based" instruction during this stage of formative learning. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Introducing... CLIFTER, the all-new cursive handwriting instruction tool from the IRRC! 🎉 CLIFTER provides educators with flexible, easy-to-use materials for teaching cursive handwriting. Available now! irrc.education.uiowa.edu/resources/clif…

This week, we are posting Teaching Reading for Understanding: Summarizing the Curriculum and Instruction Work by Biancarosa et al. please share thereadingforum.com/teaching-readi…

📖 In Teaching Reading Across the Day, I define explicit instruction as teaching with intention and clarity in a structured and systematic way. 💬 Think about how your current teaching aligns with the 9 elements of engaging, explicit instruction. What might you try? Corwin

Teachers—need engaging literacy activities? Dr. Sonia Campbell introduces FCRR’s Student Center Activities for PreK–5. 📘 Aligned to standards, ready to use! 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/00cjr0g7apI #FCRR #LiteracyInstruction

🎙 #FlashbackFriday to this powerful podcast conversation with Drs. Conradi-Smith, Amendum, and Williams where we explored what truly makes small group reading instruction effective. 🎧 Listen to the full episode here: jenniferserravallo.com/blog/conradi-s… @corwinpress @heinemannpub

Parents and caregivers! You have an important role to play in your child’s reading, writing and language skills. Use these tips to help your student: improvingliteracy.org/family/index.h…

Should Reading Be Taught Whole Class or Small Group? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/should-re…

Although I respect much of what Tim Shanahan suggests on reading instruction, I strongly disagree with his recommendation of: whole group instead of small group instruction. Read Puzio et al journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00… meta-analysis for an alternative view

📚 PHinder is a free tool from Dr. Devin Kearns that helps you find phonics patterns based on their frequency in real words. 🔍 Just type in a pattern or sound and PHinder will do the rest. (You’ll love how nerdy-cool it is. We did!) 👉 Try it out: devinkearns.com/phinder/

Are you a teacher who is finding the job to be more stressful each year? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the ongoing pressure to do more with less? Struggling to cope with the increasingly violent student behaviours? You are not alone.❤️ A recent study found that “77 percent of

Fordham Institute (Fordham Institute) research reveals that adding 30 extra minutes of social studies daily boosts 5th‑grade reading scores. Not ELA. Students gain stronger comprehension through knowledge-rich history lessons. Learn more: tinyurl.com/58s376d8 #HistoryMatters

Registration is NOW OPEN for the LRA 75th Annual Conference! 📍 Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas 📅 December 3 – December 6, 2025 Be part of this milestone year as we celebrate 75 years of advancing literacy research and practice. 🔗 Link to register in our bio!

I think it is quite tough for those that haven't taught to understand how tough a day of teaching actually is.

Dictation activities can help students solidify their understanding of how sounds are represented by letters. This also offers teachers frequent opportunities to give feedback to students. Check out Lindsay Kemeny's book 7 Mighty Moves for more practical tips like this!

Whether you’re reading a birthday card from a grandparent or analyzing the Declaration of Independence, cursive handwriting can be an important literacy skill. Now, teachers can access CLIFTER for free, easy-to-use materials for cursive handwriting instruction, including videos,

Looking forward to presenting at ISTE on our BIG WORDS program on Monday, June 30th at 8:30-9:00am. Join AERDF and us at ISTELIVE! #AERDF

Do your students struggle retaining content knowledge? "Writing about content helps students clarify and organize their thoughts, solidify the material they are learning, and place that learning into their long-term memory." - Joan Sedita