Parents & Professionals

For a quick introduction to why many of our nation’s children are not proficient readers, start with Emily Hanford’s reporting.

Reading

Explicit Instruction by Anita Archer and Charles Hughes

Language at the Speed of Sight by Mark Seidenberg

Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz

Reader, Come Home and Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolff

Reading in the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene

Speech to Print by Louisa Moats

Teaching Word Recognition by Rollanda E. O’Connor

Unlocking the Brain is a special NPR series on dyslexia

Reading Comprehension

Deconstructing Penguins by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone

The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler

Read Alouds for All Learners by Molly Ness

Strive for Five Conversations by Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell

The Reading Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Hennessy

Spelling & Vocabulary

Bringing Words to Life by Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, and Linda Kucan

Explicit Instruction by Anita Archer and Charles Hughes

Morpheme Magic by Deb Glaser

The Logic of English by Denise Eide

Speech to Print by Louisa Moats

Spelling for Life by Lyn Stone

Structured Word Inquiry with Peter Bowers

Writing

Explicit Instruction by Anita Archer and Charles Hughes

From Talking to Writing by Terrill Jennings and Charles Haynes

The Teacher’s Guide to Effective Sentence Writing by Bruce Saddler

Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students by Karen Harris, Steve Graham, Linda Mason, and Barbara Friedlander

Writing Matters by William van Cleave

The Writing Revolution 2.0 by Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler

The Writing Rope by Joan Sedita